PIRELLI - Environment: ISO 14001 | Certifications and Management Standards

Certifications and Management Standards

In its application of the first principle of the Policy for Health, Safety at work, Environment and Social Responsibility, 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.

Environment: ISO 14001

The standard for certification of Pirelli's environmental management systems is ISO 14001.
The Sector project to implement an environmental management system at its production units based on shared Group procedures and guidelines, led to it obtaining the first ISO 14001 certifications in 1998.

This is now a well-established process: at 31 December 2008, 23 out of 24 production units had an ISO 14001 certified system. The Tyre plant at Slatina, Romania will be ISO 14001 certified by the end of 2009.

In addiction, Pirelli Broadband Solutions, the Group company specialised in products for broadband access. It is a window on the future: it develops innovative solutions that enable new telecommunications services for the home and office, is implementing an Integrated Safety and Environment Management System (ISO 14001 / OHSAS 18001), which is scheduled for the certification audit in 2009.

ISO14001 certification of the Vizzola Ticino test track
The Company also has scientific test centres for tyre/vehicle performance, which conduct experiments and trials on tyres under different conditions of use, by means of subjective and controlled techniques.
The test track located in the town of Vizzola Ticino (Varese, Italy) merits special mention. It was designed and built at the end of the 1960's near the Ticino River. The ISO 14001 certification of the Centre, obtained in 2005, assumes particular importance considering that its 26 hectares lie within the Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino (Lombardy Ticino Valley Park), an Italian nature preserve listed as a UNESCO MAB ("Man and Biosphere") area - one of 425 biosphere reserves in 95 countries worldwide.
The Vizzola site is used by various Group companies for experiments and tests, sports events, driving schools and motoring clubs, and is used by car manufacturers and trade magazines for joint tests and shows.
Implementing the environmental management system has made it possible to define and achieve waste management optimisation targets. Similarly, programmes spanning over several years have been set up and are currently underway to rehabilitate and redevelop green areas with the planting of indigenous plant species, elimination of ozone depleting substances, and support for university programmes to develop low environmental impact vehicles. Given its location within a protected area, the Track is in constant contact with the offices of the town of Vizzola and the Parco della Valle del Ticino. Through an agreement with the park administration, it contributes in economic terms to environmental improvement of the area outside the park.
More information about ISO 14001 Standard

European Regulation no. 1907/2006 (REACh)
In certification of the compliance of chemical products pursuant to European regulations to protect worker health and the environment, the Group has recently implemented all measures necessary to comply with the requirements of REACh (Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals).
Pursuant to these requirements, Pirelli does not produce or does not directly import chemical substances from non-EU countries, constantly controls the chemical substance registration processes implemented by its suppliers, verifies their certification and requests continual updates in accordance as necessary to carry on its business.
More information about REACh Regulation

Last Revised: 24 2009