Certifications and Management Standards
In its application of the first principle of the Social Responsibility Policy for Occupational Health, Safety and Rights, and Environment, Pirelli is very active in the field of Management Systems that it uses to improve the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of its processes and further reduce their impact on employee health, work safety conditions and the external environment.
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In 2004 the international standard SA8000® was identified by Pirelli as the benchmark tool for assessing the consistency of the Group's conduct with the CSR principles specified therein. This entails frequent performance assessment of local sustainability indicators: the Group complements constant monitoring at the corporate level with independent audits by external consultants.
As early as 2008 independent audits were carried out at Pirelli production plants and commercial locations in Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Egypt, China, Romania, Colombia, Mexico and Chile (commercial offices only are located in the last three countries) to monitor internal compliance with the SA8000® Standard (the benchmark tool used by the Group to manage social responsibility).
In 2011 Pirelli will commission new, independent SA8000® audits of production sites located in South America, China, Egypt, Turkey and Romania.
More information on SA8000® Standard