For Fiat, being a large industrial group also means acting responsibly and in a manner which minimises the impact of its activities. Based on the conviction that it is possible to reconcile the ambition for growth with respect for the environment, Fiat continues to develop and implement solutions that are increasingly sustainable.
At Fiat Group, ensuring the sustainability of production processes means adopting an integrated approach, taking all possible environmental implications into consideration at all phases of the product life cycle: from design (selection of materials, evaluation of technical specifications for components) to production, use and end-of-life, as well as studying better strategies for procurement and distribution.
Fiat Group aims to expand or, where already active, to improve its Environmental Management System in line with the requirements of the international ISO 14001 standard.
External certification provides a guarantee of the uniform application of organisational and procedural standards, which is indispensable to achieving the Group’s objectives.
With the intention of making this system of rules consistent, in 2009 the Group analysed the different environmental management systems in place at each plant and then established a uniform standard that could be adapted for each Sector. This initiative represents an important step in the process for ISO 14001 certification, which is expected to be achieved by all of the Group’s European plants by the end of 2010, and at plants in the rest of the world by the end of 2012. From 2010, the Group’s Environmental Management System will also be progressively amended to comply with the UNI CEI EN 16001 standard for energy management systems, which places greater emphasis on energy savings and efficiency in industrial processes, thereby contributing to the reduction of CO₂ emissions.