RED BULL - NO BULL SUSTAINABILITY

Red Bull have announced their ‘no bull’ sustainability drive, following a three-year carbon footprint study.

“Despite changes to the 2020 / 2021 F1 calendars having a direct impact on our overall emissions we have set ourselves aggressive targets to achieve net carbon neutral status for the 2020 season, reduce Team carbon emissions by 5000 tonnes in 2021 and responsibly offset our currently unavoidable carbon emissions through a partnership with Gold Standard,” said the team in a statement.

“We are working with Gold Standard to responsibly offset carbon emissions such as flights, freight and manufacturing operations that are currently unavoidable. Yes, we’re working to further reduce these emissions. Yes, we’ll be continuing our monitoring and identifying every opportunity to improve. But we’re not hiding behind this.

“Having taken action for our currently unavoidable emissions, our attention turns to the 48% of our carbon footprint which lies firmly in our hands – our facilities in Milton Keynes and our ‘NO BULL’ committee have been hard at work.”

Red Bull’s charge towards reducing emissions will include:

From October 2020, all on-site electricity comes from renewable sources, thanks to a wholesale switch to a Green Energy tariff

Zero manufacturing waste to landfill policy

Smart building technology implementation on our campus and older structures are being upgraded

Waste heat from manufacturing operations is captured and used to heat the factory

Green travel plan in Milton Keynes to incentivise walkers, cyclists and car-sharers

Significantly reduced single-use plastics both in our factory and trackside – although progress has been slowed by the Pandemic, with PPE and disposable food packaging becoming unavoidable in the short term, we are committed to fully eliminating them

Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner commented: “We are in full support of F1’s ‘Countdown to Zero’ initiative and we all have a part to play in minimizing our environmental impact - Link