Rio de Janeiro, 18th.06.2012 – During the RIO+20 United Nations International Conference for Sustainable Development, Pirelli presented a number of projects which will be implemented in Brazil in cooperation with the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Tutelage of Land and Sea together with the Brazilian state of San Paolo, to analyze and reduce the climate impact resulting from car tyre production at its Campinas plant.

The projects, presented in the presence of the Italian Minister Corrado Clini and the Chairman of Pirelli Brasile Paolo Dal Pino, are part of a number of commitments taken by the company during its “Sustainability Day”, which took place at the company’s Milan headquarters on 23 January 2012, and underline the company’s commitment to the realization of a sustainable and efficient growth model.

By 2015, the sustainability targets call for a reduction of both specific energy consumption and specific CO2 emissions of 15% and a reduction of 70% in the specific drawing of water compared with 2009.

 

Source: corporate press release