Continental Tyre Malaysia demonstrates sustainability ambitions by holding an Energy & Environment Day

Major corporations are all committing to towards environmental and social responsibility. Continental Tyre Malaysia is no different and to reinforce its belief in the cause, it held an Energy & Environment Day to showcase and celebrate its achievements towards that goal.

The event is open to all Continental employees and partners in Malaysia. This year, over 400 people participated to learn more about the company’s commitment to higher energy efficiency and a sustainable environment that takes it a step further in achieving its 2050 global sustainability ambitions and goals.

Themed “Energizing a Green Future,” the event helped employees gain a deeper understanding of ways they could play a role in the company’s wider sustainability plans. Participants were made aware of the greater need for collaboration among all parties in order to support and commit to the changing environment.

Among the current sustainability efforts employed in Malaysia that bring it closer to that goal include recycling systems for rainwater and plastic. Rainwater collected at their plant is reused in its production, replacing the need for water from the main supply. Meanwhile, plastic is recycled within the plant and reused in its tyre production, thus minimising the need for new plastic sheets.

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Continental’s commitment to drive sustainable and value-creating solutions along the entire value chain covers four key areas with targets to be achieved by 2050. These are:

• Material sourcing - fair and 100 per cent sustainable material sourcing practices
• Operations - to become highly energy and resource efficient, complemented by low emissions operations with 100 per cent carbon neutral production
• Product usage - safe, energy-efficient and long-lasting products contributing to a carbon neutral business with emission-free mobility
• End of life - with 100 per cent renewing and recycling of tyres

Activities on the day included two Tesla electric vehicles that were being exhibited to showcase the sustainability commitment that Continental has towards future mobility. Continental tyres are suitable for most EVs as 7 out of 10 successful manufacturers of EVs worldwide rely on Continental tyres as their original equipment.

Participants also learned from partners which included Gsparx, Exoticmods, Festo, Suruhanjaya Tenaga and Institut Latihan Perindustrian (ILP) who had booths at the event about detailed information, knowledge sharing sessions related to energy saving, technology and recycling.