Sustainability

Ecopia Tyres

In Australia over the last decade, we have invested millions of dollars to achieve this. This includes taking steps to control dust and emissions and reduce noise in our factory; monitoring water usage and recycling water; and developing our fuel-saving, low rolling resistance Ecopia tyres.

Ecopia tyres have been independently shown to reduce fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions.

Environmentally responsible

This is better for the environment in so many ways... There’s less pollution and disease – tyre dumps attract vermin, are a breeding ground for mosquitoes and are highly combustible, releasing toxic fumes and dense smoke when ignited. We reduce our oil use – studies in the USA show that it takes around 80 litres of crude oil to produce one new truck tyre, while retreading only uses one-fifth of that amount. Bandag retreads are created using less energy – our unique cold process retreading is carried out at 99°C, compared with the traditional hot cap process of up to 160°C, also meaning our wear performance is similar to that of a new tyre.

Corporate Environmental Policy

Our commitment to sustainability is best summed up in our Corporate Environmental Policy. We will develop, produce and provide competitive products and services to meet customer requirements whilst operating in an environmentally responsible manner.

The policy is a statement of our commitment to a pro-active approach for pollution prevention, and for meeting or exceeding where we can, the applicable environmental standards and legislation, and for aiming towards continuous improvement of our environmental performance. We are committed to effective environmental management and continual improvement of environmental performance by the company in its Australian operations. We plan to achieve this by:

• Implementing and maintaining third party certified AS/NZS ISO 14001:1996 environmental management systems at our manufacturing operations

• Striving for a position of recognised responsible environmental management within our business operations

• Aiming for best environmental practice across our operations, in order to reduce their impact on the environment

• Regularly reviewing and setting environmental objectives and targets across our Australian operations

• Encouraging and communicating environmental awareness and responsibility amongst our employees, our supply chain, our dealers, our customers, shareholders and the community.