MOTORSPORT – BAHRAIN International Circuit (BIC) announced yesterday that it has been awarded Three-Star Environmental Accreditation by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), its highest level of recognition for environmental performance.
This honour reflects BIC’s commitment to its comprehensive sustainability agenda.
The FIA Environmental Accreditation Programme is aimed at helping motorsport organisations measure and enhance their environmental performance. Split across three tiers, the top, three-star accreditation is awarded to those that demonstrate best practice and commitment and seek continual improvement through the implementation of an environmental management system.
The award follows a detailed application and auditing process where BIC was evaluated across several areas, including commitment from senior leadership towards environmental management, clearly defined environmental objectives, auditing and measurement across areas including energy, water and waste management, transport and logistics, biodiversity and carbon emissions.
BIC was able to showcase its comprehensive sustainability plan in action across the venue, as well as several groundbreaking initiatives.
BIC chief executive Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa commented: “We are deeply proud to have received the highest-level accreditation for sustainability by the FIA. It reflects our comprehensive plan that we have established and implemented over a number of years to ensure we are responsible to the environment.
“I thank the FIA for their recognition of our work, as well as the guidance and support we receive from F1 and countless other stakeholders to achieve our ambitions. We will continue to work hard across all areas of our business to develop best practice initiatives to ensure we protect the environment.”
FIA sustainability, diversity and inclusion director Sara Mariani added: “The venues that host motorsport play a vital role as we move towards a more environmentally sustainable future, as the systems and processes they put in place affect everyone at our events. We would like to congratulate Bahrain International Circuit on achieving the highest Three-Star level – they have demonstrated best practice and made considerable steps forward in recent years to increase their energy efficiency and use more sustainable energy sources.
“This is, of course, an ongoing process, but the FIA’s Environmental Accreditation Programme ensures that our stakeholders are all benchmarked and able to set continuous, tailor-made targets to keep improving.”
Formula 1 environmental, social and governance head Ellen Jones said: “The use of renewable energy at events is crucial in F1’s commitment to reach Net Zero by 2030, so it is great to see Bahrain International Circuit embracing the transition to become one of the leaders in this space.
“The continued success of our Promoters achieving the FIA three-star accreditation is testament to the united efforts from stakeholders across the sport to create a more sustainable F1.”
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