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The inauguration was attended by the
President and CEO of Lamborghini, Stephan
Winkelmann, the Mayor of Sant'Agata
Bolognese, Daniela Occhiali, Professors of
the University partners Piero Augusto
Nasuelli and Alberto Minelli (University
Bologna), Giustino Tonon (University
Bolzano), Enno Uhl (TU Munich) and Frank
Dreves, Member of the Board of Management
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An environmental
and trend-setting initiative has got underway by
Lamborghini in collaboration with the community of
Sant’Agata Bolognese and the universities of Bologna, Bolzano
and Munich. "Lamborghini for biodiversity – Oak
Forest Research Project" includes a park of more
than 10,000 young oak plants in an area of approximately
7 hectares. This is an experimental study aimed at the
analysis of the relation between plants, their density,
climate and CO2.
The inauguration was attended by the President and CEO
of Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, the Mayor of
Sant'Agata Bolognese, Daniela Occhiali, Professors of
the University partners Piero Augusto Nasuelli and
Alberto Minelli (University Bologna), Giustino Tonon
(University Bolzano), Enno Uhl (TU Munich) and Frank
Dreves, Member of the Board of Management for Production
at Audi AG.
"This project is part of a series of programmes started
by Lamborghini on the subject of environmental
sustainability," declared Stephan Winkelmann. "At the
beginning of 2010 we inaugurated a large photovoltaic
plant which allowed us to reduce the factory's CO2
emissions by 30%. We will continue on this path. In
fact, we are moving forward with actions that will take
the factory to being neutral in terms of CO2 emissions
by 2015. This commitment to the area naturally goes hand
in hand with the development of the product, for which
we confirm the objective of reducing emissions by 35% by
the end of 2015.”
With this initiative, developed this year, Lamborghini
wanted furthermore to provide a contribution to the
International Year of the Forests, proclaimed this
year by the General Assembly of the United Nations, in
order to involve various states in making concrete
commitments and implementing more careful and stricter
environmental policies in terms of sustainable
management and protection of forests.
The project also provides the opportunity to reinforce
collaboration between Lamborghini and the municipality
of Sant’Agata Bolognese, where it has its headquarters.
Moreover, the project will have a favourable impact on
the area since the planting of oaks will absorb, during
the life cycle of the plants, a quantity of CO2 equal to
approximately 6,000 tons. The initiative will also
contribute to parallel projects in cooperation with the
Municipality and the University. The woodland area has
been integrated with an educational path, with species
of native trees and a pond area created especially for
schools to bring young people closer to environmental
themes, as well as a fitness area.
Lamborghini project joins the one started by Audi
Stiftung für Umwelt GmbH. In 2008, the project started
with the plantation of British oaks near Ingolstadt,
Germany, where the Company has its headquarters. In
2010, the project was continued by the headquarters in
Györ (Hungary), Neckarsulm (Germany) and now Lamborghini
in Sant’Agata Bolognese. Further headquarters will
follow.
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