Over the past few years, at Group level, there has been a gradual reduction in VOC emissions to 46.3 g/m² in 2009, a 41.5% decrease since 2004 (79.1 g/m²), driven primarily by the excellent performance of Fiat Group Automobiles (FGA), Magneti Marelli and Comau.



Worldwide, FGA went from 47.1 g/m² in 2008 to 44.3 g/m² in 2009 (-5.9%). This represents a 44.6% reduction since 2004 (79.9 g/m²).
At European sites in particular, FGA achieved strong results with “water-based” painting systems.
These systems, which use products with lower levels of VOCs, required investment of around €400 million from 2005 to 2007. As a result of the technical solutions adopted and methodological standard in use, FGA achieved excellent results in Europe - notwithstanding reduced production volumes, low capacity utilisation and consequent increase in frequency of washing equipment (due to frequent starting and stopping of production) - with emissions falling from 38.7 g/m² in 2008 to 37.5 g/m² in 2009 (-3.1%). The emissions level recorded for 2004 (74.4 g/m²) has nearly been halved.