SUSTAINABILITY
Adventure for Good: Creating positive impact through adventure, collaboration and innovation.
Across the Clipper Race, impact is a core value that drives our sustainability efforts. Driven by our vision to create lasting positive impact, we strive to minimise our environmental footprint and maximise our positive social contributions on water and on land.
As we navigate the world's oceans, we witness firsthand the impact of human activity on oceans, marine life and coastal environments. This experience fuels our commitment to protect and preserve our environment and contribute positively to the communities that we encounter throughout the Race.
OUR PILLARS
The Clipper Round the World Race recognises the importance of a holistic approach to sustainability. Our pillars - footprint, community and leadership, guide our efforts to create a positive global impact by addressing key aspects of sustainability.
Impact Highlights
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Sustainability Activations
Clipper Race crew dove into sustainability at the SAMS, Oban, exploring innovations in marine research. The interactive sessions ranged from pollution solutions to robotics, and discovering actionable steps toward healthier oceans and stronger coastal communities.
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Eco-Restoration Project
During the Bermuda stopover, Race Crew and Clipper Race staff had the opportunity to spend a morning helping out at the Trunk Island - Living Classroom and Environmental Restoration Project. Crew were given a tour to see the native longtail seabirds in their natural habitat before heading to Trunk Island by boat.
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Meteorological research
The fourth stage of the Clipper 2023-24 Race, the Australian Coast-to-Coast Leg, supported scientific research through the deployment of drifter buoys from its ocean racing yachts. This built on a similar project from the previous edition, with the aim to provide further widespread data analysis of the ocean, as Clipper Race routing goes through less travelled waters and beyond traditional shipping routes.
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Race Crew volunteer for Sustainable Shorelines in Seattle
Discover how Clipper Race crew volunteered in Seattle to protect sustainable shorelines, supporting environmental initiatives and fostering community impact.
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fleet moves to sustainable running rigging as it extends partnership with Marlow Ropes
Marlow Ropes will be supplying innovative, sustainably made and recyclable running rigging for the eleven-strong fleet in the upcoming Clipper 2023-24 Race. Made with 73% recycled or sustainably manufactured raw materials, this will be the first fleet and ocean race where this type of recycled and sustainable rigging is used.
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Clipper Race collaborates on pioneering us ocean research
The Clipper Race is working with the Port of Seattle, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - an agency within the US Department of Commerce – as well as the University of Washington, Sunburst Sensors and Visit Seattle to raise public awareness of its Ocean Acidification Program, which studies changes in ocean chemistry in response to increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, associated with climate change.
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The Oceans are Our Future: Sustainability in business
The Clipper Race is proud to have hosted Clipper Connect Business Series: The Oceans are our Future, in association with the Seattle Sports Commission and Port of Seattle to discuss corporate sustainability and the importance of ocean health.
TRACKING OUR IMPACT AND PROGRESS
Clipper Ventures organises and operates the Clipper Round the World Race and uses FuturePlus, an award-winning third-party sustainability platform, to measure and manage its sustainability performance and impact.
FuturePlus independently assesses and verifies Clipper Ventures performance across five key themes that map directly to our sustainability pillars:
Our Roadmap
Clipper VenturesSustainability, like the Clipper Race, is a journey of commitment and innovation. We are proud of our progress but strive to improve continually.