Our Sustainability Agenda: Vision, Strategy and Tactics

SUSTAINABILITY VISION:

The climate is changing for the worse. Climate change is man-made and is a serious challenge for society- it is our responsibility as humans to reverse this trend. Because we care about the environment of the race, we need to handle it with care, for the benefit of the world and mankind.

As a major global sporting event, the VELUX 5 OCEANS is committed to contributing to the fight against climate change. TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS is a concept designed to link the race to its environment and the challenges the world on sustainable development. The ocean, sun and wind are our shared universe, and protecting them our common objective.

The VELUX 5 OCEANS, through its skippers, partners, stakeholders and followers, strongly supports sustainable development. When the race and skippers sprint through five oceans and visit as many continents, it reminds everybody about the precious, but still fragile, diversity of nature and humans of the world. The VELUX 5 OCEANS will bring the message of sustainability via the race around the globe by informing, inspiring and interacting with a global audience.

The ambition of the VELUX 5 OCEANS is to minimise our contribution to climate change via direct action and promoting sustainable development to a global audience via the race platform, including its skippers, partners and stakeholders

The VELUX 5 OCEANS accepts the United Nations' position that greenhouse gas emissions are set to lead to a marked increase in the Earth's average temperature which is predicted to have significant negative consequences on the planet's environment. Climate change from rising temperatures has already led to major impacts for the world's environment and will continue to affect the planet's oceans and atmosphere, the base environment for the VELUX 5 OCEANS.

SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY:

By our actions and approach, the VELUX 5 OCEANS will demonstrate how it is possible to work against climate change at various levels. As such we will provide ideas, content and activities via all stakeholders in order to contribute to the global effort to reduce CO2 emissions and exist in an environmentally friendly manner. We believe that any size of contribution counts as fighting climate change is equally a matter of concrete actions and change of mindset.

The VELUX 5 OCEANS will also seek to engage race followers and media in the sustainability agenda; we will inform, inspire and interact. Sustainability will be the overall theme for a major part of activities in the race, all under the umbrella of TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS.

SUSTAINABILITY

VELUX 5 OCEANS / CLIPPER VENTURES

Click here to learn more about how Clipper Ventures and the VELUX 5 OCEANS race are committed to TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS.

VELUX

Click here to learn more about how our title sponsor VELUX is committed to TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS.

PARTNERS

Click here to learn more about how you can partner with the VELUX 5 OCEANS under the banner of TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS.

SKIPPERS

Click here to learn more about how the skippers of the VELUX 5 OCEANS are committed to TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS.

RACE FOLLOWERS

Click here to learn more about how you can get involved with supporting TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS.

CHARITY

Click here to learn more about how TAKING ON THE ELEMENTS will seek to partner with relevant charity organisations.