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JDA, THE 1ST “GREEN” F1 DRIVER

12 Sep 2011

Since the Italian GP in Monza, Jerome D’Ambrosio became the first “green” F1 driver of the history. This commitment is very important for Jerome and his management to show we can love motorsport and acting responsibly.

Here is the official Gravity’s press release:

Gravity Sport Management is proud to announce that it has signed an agreement with myclimatelux to become the first Climate Neutral driver programme.

Myclimatelux has calculated the climate-impacting emissions produced by Gravity’s activities and both partners have established the best way to offset them following the principle of ‘Avoid – Reduce – Offset’. Over a two-and-a-half year period, Gravity will counterbalance all its CO2 emissions (from races, flights and car journeys plus regular office work) with the target of a significant reduction by the end of 2013.

Myclimate is one of the world’s leading providers of voluntary carbon offsetting measures. This non-profit foundation supports projects that apply renewable energy technology, implement energy efficiency measures or reduce CO2 emissions – mainly in developing and threshold countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

These carbon offset projects reduce greenhouse emissions while making a significant contribution to sustainable development. All of them are characterised by their compliance with very strict criteria (Gold Standard). Myclimatelux guarantees that at least 80% of offset payments are put toward these special projects.

In order to distinguish especially responsible businesses, myclimate has developed the “Climate Neutral” label. Organisations that display this label are making a significant contribution to climate protection. As of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, Jérôme D’Ambrosio (Formula 1), Romain Grosjean, Christian Vietoris, Brendon Hartley (GP2 series), Alexander Sims and Richie Stanaway (GP3 series) will operate according to this Climate Neutral status. Ho-Pin Tung, Nicolas Prost, Marco Wittmann, Javier Tarancon, Esteban Ocon and Dorian Boccolacci will comply right from their next race weekend.

Credit: Jerome D’Ambrosio (www.jeromedambrosio.com)