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Programme to switch whole fleet of 200 vehicles to Green Cars by 2025 gets underway
Ermenegildo Zegna Group is strengthening its corporate social responsibility by partnering the Stellantis Group in promoting a programme designed to switch the whole company fleets – currently consisting of over 200 vehicles – to green cars by 2025.
The programme is in line with Ermenegildo Zegna Group’s new Green Car Policy as it introduces plug-in hybrid and full electric vehicles in its company fleets, in order to reduce CO2emissions and air pollution.
To achieve the set goals and promote green vehicles, Zegna Group will install charging stations in all its offices and facilities and will give employees better lease car schemes for plug-in hybrid and full electric vehicles, as well as fuel and charge cards for battery charging.
Moreover, employees will also have the opportunity to take electric car test drives and get eco-driving and fuel-efficiency tips.
Commenting on the new programme, CEO of Ermenegildo Zegna, Gildo Zegna, said: “The quality of our products must go hand in hand with our respect for nature. Protecting and safeguarding the environment is a core value at Zegna for over 110 years and we are still actively committed to it. I am very proud of our partnership with Stellantis Group, which shares our same values and vision to build a better world together.”
Chairman of Stellantis, John Elkann, said: “Today (Monday)’s announcement is a perfect illustration of the capacity of Stellantis to support the Zegna Group towards a zero emission objective for its employees and its supply chain, with state of the art green cars. Today, Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance is at the core of every responsible management decision and it is our common objective to demonstrate that companies have a clear role to behave against global warming.”
For CEO of Stellantis, Carlos Tavares,“We are pleased to be by the Zegna Group’s side with our clean, safe and affordable vehicle range of 30 BEV and PHEV models. Stellantis’ employees are working every day to preserve the freedom of movement for the people with a wide choice of passenger cars and to lower the carbon footprint of our B2B customers with zero emission light commercial vehicles, including hydrogen. Stellantis has the scale, the technology and the ambition to exceed its customers expectation and put their satisfaction at the highest level with efficient mobility solutions.”
It is worthy to note that since the company was established in 1910, sustainable development has been at the heart of Zegna Group’s vision, pursuing its founder, Ermenegildo Zegna’s foresight, undertaking socially responsible activities with respect to the local community, the land and the environment, in order to pass this legacy on to future generations.
Ermenegildo Zegna Group
Ermenegildo Zegna is a leading global luxury menswear brand founded in 1910 in Trivero, Italy, by the young entrepreneur Ermenegildo, whose pioneering vision continues to inspire the company business development in a sustainable way: to use resources for the good of others; to give back to people and to employees; to take care of the territory and communities from which the brand comes. The company is today managed by Gildo Zegna as CEO, grandson of the founder and third generation of the Zegna family. Throughout the years the company has evolved from high quality textile production to the artisan commercialization of sartorial expertise and onto the affirmation of a luxury worldwide lifestyle brand with a retail network covering over 100 countries.
Stellantis Group
Stellantis is one of the world’s leading automakers and a mobility provider, guided by a clear vision: to offer freedom of movement with distinctive, affordable and reliable mobility solutions. In addition to the Group’s rich heritage and broad geographic presence, its greatest strengths lie in its sustainable performance, depth of experience and the wide-ranging talents of employees working around the globe. Stellantis will leverage its broad and iconic brand portfolio, which was founded by visionaries who infused the marques with passion and a competitive spirit that speaks to employees and customers alike. Stellantis aspires to become the greatest, not the biggest while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which it operates.
