BWT Alpine F1 Team successfully achieves FIA Three-Star Environmental Accreditation

The team’s environmental performance was reviewedduring an official audit by the FIA last December on site in Enstone and remotelyfor ViryChâtillon, the French site being already certified ISO 14001,where it reviewed best management practices in areas such as energy use,biodiversity, and overall carbon emission.

The award of the FIA Three-Staraccreditation stamps the initiatives taken by BWT Alpine F1 Team as it madeprogress in areas including the set-up of an efficient environmental managementsystem alongside operational initiatives involving the team such as theimplementation of bottle free zones both trackside and at its Enstone factory, courtesyof the support of title partner BWT. It also highlights the sourcing ofrenewable energy for its Enstone factory’s day to day consumption [since2004]. In Viry Châtillon, certified ISO 14001 [since 2011],the work to reduce its environmental impact is continuous and includes actionssuch as the implementation of biowaste sorting, no more single use plastic cupsand a 95% reduction of use of solvents for cleaning parts. Moreover, theaccreditation reflects the close collaboration between both our sites: fromfeeding back about common experiences, sharing best practices, to common thinkingabout initiatives to implement across Viry and Enstone.

Otmar Szafnauer, Team Principal, BWT Alpine F1Team: “We are pleased to announce our FIA Three-StarEnvironmental Accreditation. It is a great step forward in our environmentalroadmap. We are now working towards securing ISO 14001 accreditation forEnstone, which sits within the framework of Alpine’s Sustainability Strategy.Our decarbonisation journey is well underway, and we look forward to sharingmore positive milestones in the near future.”

Bruno Famin, Executive Director, BWT Alpine F1 TeamViryChâtillon: “We are proud of the continuous environmentalwork being done in Viry Châtillon.The FIA Three-Star Environmental Accreditation validates our efforts as wecontinue to implement actions to reduce the environmental impact and contributeto Alpine’s environmental strategy. The accreditation also validates thecooperation done with Enstone for the benefit of BWT Alpine F1 Team and more globallyfor Alpine.”

Felipe Calderón, Presidentof the FIA Environment and Sustainability Commission: “I'd like to congratulate the Alpine F1 Teamforachieving the highest Three-Star Environmental Accreditation level from the FIA- from the drivers, engineers, mechanics, staff, managers, investors and allthe team members, it takes a commitment at every level to achieve this status.The team has demonstrated best practice in their operations, as well as solidplans to carry these policies forward into the future.

"Stakeholders inFormula 1 teams and across the motor sport landscape have engaged admirablywith this crucial programme that we believe provides a greatfoundation for developing their environmental managementsystems. These topics are only becoming more and more significant overtime, and we must continue to use the platform we have to be leaders andpioneers in the activities and technologies we utilise every day."