Sustainability Channel

Pirelli ESG Investor Briefing

A PRI – UN Global Compact initiative

13 March 2013 – 9:00 PDT – 12:00 EDT – 16:00 GMT – 17:00 CET

On 13 March 2013, Pirelli will host its ESG Investor Briefing, as part of a joint PRI-UN Global Compact initiative designed to improve company-investor communications on ESG information, following the model of traditional financial quarterly calls.

During the 1-hour webcast conference call Mr. Marco Tronchetti Provera, Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Maurizio Sala, Head of Planning & Control Department and Filippo Bettini, Head of Sustainability & Risk Governance will present the company’s ESG value drivers using a framework developed in collaboration with Global Compact LEAD companies and PRI investors, followed by a 30 minutes Q&A session for participating investors.

The Pirelli ESG Investor Briefing is a part of a series of 10-15 pilot presentations by Global Compact companies in 2012-2013 designed to test and refine the ESG Investor Briefing concept and develop a framework complementary to sustainability reporting for corporate communication with the investor community on strategic ESG risks and opportunities.

If you are interested in participating in Pirelli’s ESG Investor Briefing, and you are a a PRI signatory, you can directly register here. If you are not a PRI signatory, please contact Danielle Chesebrough, Manager of Investor Engagements with the UN Global Compact at Danielle.Chesebrough@unpri.org, who will register you and provide you with a link for the webinar and dial-in details.

Open the PRI-UN Global Compact – Pirelli invitation (PDF Version, 256 KB)

Pirelli awarded by Jaguar Land Rover

Burton upon Trent, March 5, 2013 – On 24th January, a delegation of managers from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), including Terry Sampson, the STA Director for JLR, Russ Perry, STA Manager and Mark Beasley STA Engineer visited Pirelli’s Carlisle site to officially present the JLRQ Award to Pirelli UK.

JLRQ is the Jaguar Land Rover supplier performance monitoring system and since 2011 Pirelli UK have being satisfying the requirements of this exacting standard.  Pirelli is the only tyre manufacturer in the UK to be in receipt of this award.

The award is broken down into three main areas, all of which have to be consistently achieved for the award to be given and then retained.  Firstly, suppliers have to demonstrate robust operating systems and processes in the way they run their business.  Secondly, the quality and delivery requirements of JLR have to be met (measured on a daily basis). Finally and probably most difficult of all, the quality and logistics management teams of JLR have to endorse the performance and support the awarding of JLRQ.  To achieve this quality parts in the right quantity at the right time have to be consistently delivered.

As part of the visit the JLR team were given a tour of the plant before presenting the award to an audience of 70 Pirelli employees from industrial, engineering, quality and research and development. The Director of Quality, Tony Di Gravio, noted that: “This award recognises the effort and dedication of the workforce which has contributed to the extensive range of SUV and UHP tyres that are currently on supply from Carlisle to JLR in 18, 19 and 20 inch sizes.” JLR vehicles fitted with tyres made in Carlisle include the Range Rover Evoque, the Range Rover, the Range Rover Sport and the Jaguar XF.

In recognising the significance of this award in a speech to Pirelli employees, Terry Sampson said: “You have met the quality and delivery requirements of Jaguar Land Rover. We measure these requirements on a daily basis and generate metrics of your performance.  For the associates who come into this factory every day and make our parts this is what you contribute towards every minute of every hour of every day. All of you should be congratulated for the significant improvement this factory has achieved over the last two years in meeting these targets.” He also added that: “This award signifies that this factory and all the associates who help make JLR parts have consistently met our quality and delivery requirements” and concluded by commending our performance and thanking everyone concerned for their hard work and dedication.

Pirelli P1 wins the tyre sector’s most coveted recognition in China

On 2 August in  Shanghai, the magazine Motor Trend bestowed on our Cinturato P1 the  ‘2012 Environmentally Friendly Tyre of China’ title,  attributing to the tyre totally unique characteristics of efficiency and sustainability.

During voting, issues were examined such as how the tyre can carry out an important role in reducing harmful emissions and how the tyre manufacturers can optimise their ethical and social responsibility practices to best help a ‘sustainable circulation’ of traffic.