Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni recently opened the new headquarters of Whirlpool EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) in Pero, Milan. The building will accommodate more than 600 employees from 28 countries.
The new headquarters has the latest technology and is built to meet current sustainability standards, including a rooftop solar power system that is expected to save 16 tons of CO2 emissions each year, the company reveals.
In line with its corporate social responsibility goals, Whirlpool promotes alternative and sustainable transport for its employees through a commute sharing app and free shuttle bus services and it has also teamed up with Banco Alimentare, an organisation dedicated to redistributing food waste, to reduce unused food at the new headquarters.
Whirlpool EMEA president and Whirlpool Corporation executive vice president Esther Berrozpe commented: “The Prime Minister’s visit is a great honour for us at a very important time for Whirlpool EMEA in Italy. In addition to the new headquarters, in the last few years we have invested $500 million into product innovation, state of the art industrial processes and ongoing training for our employees. And the location of our new headquarters offers our employees a dynamic and multicultural environment.”
Whirlpool EMEA also opened The ‘World of Whirlpool’, its new flagship showroom in Milan, which displays over 150 products from the Whirlpool Corporation’s four major European brands: KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Hotpoint and Indesit.
Whirlpool EMEA vice president products and brands Norb Schmidt commented: “The ‘World of Whirlpool’ is a new exciting space where we can share the experience of our brands and products. The environment has been conceived as an immersive experience that allows guests to explore, live and experience our brands’ products through interactive content, show cooking and ‘edutainment’ activities.”
