Sustainability in Pirelli's history

With more than 130 years of industrial tradition and manufacturing experience with the most advanced technologies on an international scale, the Pirelli Group has made a considerable contribution - within the bounds of its abilities and business responsibilities - to the development of products, technologies and management instruments that promote sustainable industrial development, while always pro-actively interacting with the socio-cultural context in which it operated.

Proud of the results achieved so far, Pirelli wishes to respond promptly to the increasing need of communication and discloses the information regarding its sustainability commitment and the company's results in terms of sustainable performance, in light of the ever-growing attention paid by investors to socially responsible companies.

	In 1990 Pirelli signs the business Charter for Sustainable Development of the International Chamber of Commerce, the basis for the joint position taken by industrial delegates at the Rio Conference
	In order to set up and maintain constant interaction with its shareholders and institutional investors a department for managing relations with investors was established back in the early-1990s, which has the job of implementing a specific active reporting and information program aimed at the financial community: institutional investors and financial analysts.
	Launch of Pirelli Environmental Policy and Pirelli Policy for Safety at Work in 1995
	An environmental management system was inaugurated, conformed to the ISO 14001 standard in 1998