Dealing with the challenges of the current macroeconomic context thanks to a network of more than 15,000 suppliers who are always more sustainable and with lower CO2 emissions, focused on high quality raw materials and services, and with continuous innovation through a global presence and stability of supply.
These are the principle factors that have guided the assignment of the Pirelli Supplier Award 2022, the recognition that Pirelli gives each year to nine suppliers of its global supply chain, that distinguished themselves in making Pirelli's supply chain even more sustainable, innovative and qualitatively excellent.
The 9 awards to suppliers of raw materials and services who distinguished themselves in the last year were presented today by the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Marco Tronchetti Provera and Chief Procurement Officer, Andrea Maganzani, at a ceremony at Pirelli's headquarters in Milan, with the participation of the Group's top management.
“The sharing of our company values with our suppliers is a key step towards achieving the goals we have set, in particular those linked to sustainability and innovation. These strategic factors enable us to remain competitive even at this particular time. For this reason we wanted to award the companies that have become important partners for our activities throughout the world,” commented Marco Tronchetti Provera, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Pirelli.
THE WINNING COMPANIES
Nine companies were awarded in 2022 for the various categories of the Pirelli Supplier Awards: Sustainability, DRT (France), supplier of bio-chemical products; Quality, Evonik (Germany), silica supplier; Innovation Asahi Kasei Corporation (Japan), supplier of synthetic rubber and Amazon Web Services (USA), partner for digital transformation; Performance Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Group Corporation (China), supplier of metallic reinforcements; Service Level Kordsa (Turkey), supplier of textile reinforcements; DHL Global Forwarding (Italy) Spa (Italy), international logistics partner; Fortek Srl (Italy), supplier of products and services for industry and DCS Multiserve Ltd (UK), supplier of general services.
LOOKING INCREASINGLY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
The Group's partners are increasingly called upon to use innovative materials derived from renewable and recycled sources and to advance the process of de-carbonization, , with the aim of reducing the CO2 emissions of Pirelli's supply chain by 9% in 2025 compared with the 2018 figure. These are two elements, which characterize Pirelli's sustainability strategy and where the suppliers play a direct role.
