SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
Circularity: A true measure of success McLaren and Deloitte’ s Formula One constructors’ circularity handbook measures the materials used to research and develop a Formula One car, explains Kim.
She says:“ We take the input materials into our factory over a season and we look at the weight of them and how circular they are, and then we also look at what goes out the other end in terms of waste and look at how circular that is.
“ That gives us a percentage of our total materials on how circular they are. Then we can use that as a way of asking what we can do to move the dial towards 100 %.
“ At the moment, we are feeling confident that quite a significant proportion of what goes out of our factory is being recycled.”
Sharing is caring – for the planet While F1 teams are not short of money, they operate under a strict cost cap, administered by the sport’ s governing body, the FIA.
The realities of a competitive environment means on-track performance will always be the last spend standing – some way ahead of sustainability.
The FIA has been“ really supportive”, Kim explains.
“ They’ ve allowed us to do this circularity work outside of the cost cap, which is important because if we had to spend the money, then that would’ ve been money we couldn’ t spend on track performance. sustainabilitymag. com 53