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hroughout the negotiations
and planning stages to
bring two such high profile
international
events
to
Shanghai,
ensuring
the
carbon neutral status of
both was high priority for
H2O
Racing
president,
Nicolo di San Germano and BUND
Holding Group chairman, Mr Chongjie Xin.
“Investing in high quality carbon reduction
projects and making events carbon neutral
is our commitment to ensure that we
respect and achieve our corporate social
responsibilities.”
BUND Holding Group’s carbon neutral
strategy is very much in line with the strong
direction on environmental responsibilities
taken and implemented by Dr. Raffaele
Chiulli, President of the sport’s world
governing body, the Union Internationale
Motonautique (UIM) and its close working
relationship with the United Nations
Environmental Programme (UNEP). “The
Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM)
governs
all
Powerboating
disciplines
and acknowledges that every activity
conducted on water can make a difference
in the fight against climate change.
We are fully committed to promoting
environmentally friendly practices which
we hope will help to contribute towards
solving some of the environmental
challenges of today, particularly those
involving the unsustainable use of energy
resources. We do encourage more of these
efforts favouring the protection of the
environment which result in a reduction of
the environmental footprint in all types of
motorboating activities.”
NATIONSCUPANDAQUABIKE
EVENTSACHIEVECARBON
NEUTRAL STATUS
TheUIMH2ONations Cup andUIM-ABP AquabikeGrand Prix of Shanghai were
confirmed as the first ‘carbon neutral events’ across both the sporting categories to
take place in the People’s Republic of China.
AQUABIKE
T
BUND
Holding Group chairman,
Mr Chongjie Xin
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