{"id":2329,"date":"2022-08-12T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:43:40","slug":"sailgp-seeks-to-add-value-news-boating-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marlow-ropes.co.uk\/?p=2329","title":{"rendered":"SailGP seeks to add value | News | Boating Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

SailGP seeks to add value10\/08\/2022Save articleThe marine industry needs to do more to help worldwide events become more sustainable.SHOW FULLSCREENSailGP aims to be sustainableSailGP would like the marine industry to provide more sustainable productsThat\u2019s the message from Fi Morgan, SailGP\u2019s director of purpose and impact as she explained that the worldwide sailing championship is doing all it can to live up to its slogan of \u2018Powered by Nature.\u2019From routing its shipping containers the most sustainable way possible, to cutting out dairy products in the food served on site, SailGP aims to be as sustainable as possible.\u201cEverywhere we go we ask what can we do to add value? What can we do to give back?\u201d Fi explained.\u201cWe\u2019re a global event and have been set up thinking about sustainability and having a more positive impact than our footprint.\u201dThe event, which recently hosted its Great Britain Sail Grand Prix in Plymouth, invests in local impact projects at each location visited.CommunityIn Plymouth, solar panels were provided for four community projects to help provide clean energy.In partnership with Aggreko, provider of mobile modular power, the Plymouth event was also provided the largest solar array SailGP has ever used, enabling the race village to be 100% powered by clean energy.The event also displayed bio-methanol fuel as an energy source at a live event.Other initiatives included agreements with RS Electric, Evoy and Vita, as part of SailGP\u2019s target to power its entire on-water fleet by clean energy by 2025.However, as Fi points out, there is still a long way to go.Finding partners\u201cManufacturers need to make more electric boats, boats that go faster and are more powerful,\u201d she said. \u201cMarine manufacturers need to become more sustainable, for example the superyachts that we use as our hospitality boats.\u201cOur problem is finding partners; we can\u2019t solve it on our own.\u201dAnd she explained that SailGP is speaking to Formula One teams about carbon manufacturing and space agencies.\u201cThey all have problems,\u201d said Fi. \u201cWe\u2019re asking how do we solve it together?\u201dShe concluded: \u201cNo-one wants the whole world to stop, it\u2019s about not being scared, it\u2019s about communicating. Athletes have a voice, people do listen to them, we have a power; it\u2019s how we use it. If we were not a global sport, we wouldn\u2019t have a global voice.\u201dTopicsEnvironment & SustainabilityFormula OneIndustry NewsSailGP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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