Media Day 2021

In the face of the climate emergency, the 100% sustainable tire is a challenge that the Group must overcome in the next few years. To achieve this, Michelin is relying all its innovative power, and its capacity to develop new innovative ecosystem technologies, and is acting on every stage of a tire’s life cycle: Design, Manufacture, Logistics, Use, Collection and Recycling.

As of its design, the tire already integrates more bio-sourced or recycled materials (natural rubber, bio-sourced resins, recycled plastics, etc.). Michelin engineers are in action on numerous research projects carried out in partnership with startups, laboratories and universities. By 2030, Michelin will integrate an average of 40% sustainable materials in its tires. In 2050, this rate will reach 100%.

When manufacturing tires, Michelin undertakes to reduce the environmental footprint of all its production factories, in terms of solvent and energy consumption, waste generated, CO2 emissions and water extraction. Since 2005, the Group has already reduced its impact by 50%.

For logistics, the Group undertakes to transport less, better and in a different way. Michelin therefore aims to reduce CO2 emissions from logistics by 15% by 2030, compared to 2018. It is also progressively developing alternative methods of transport, such as battery- and hydrogen powered electric vehicles and even sail-powered cargo ships. For example, the Group announced an initial partnership with Neoline, a ship-owner operating sail-powered vessels, for carbon-neutral transport on the Halifax-Saint-Nazaire route.

When manufacturing tires, Michelin undertakes to reduce the environmental footprint of all its production factories, in terms of solvent and energy consumption, waste generated, CO2 emissions and water extraction. Since 2005, the Group has already reduced its impact by 50%.

At the end of their life, Michelin aims to transform used tires into raw materials, which will be reintegrated into the production of new tires or the manufacture of new objects.