FIM RIDING GREEN 3 Ride Green / Alex Salvini - 2016 FIM Enduro World Champion & FIM Ride Green Ambassador 4 5 Ride Green Ride Green / WELCOME / ON BOARD BY KATTIA JUÁREZ DUBÓN FIM CID DIRECTOR I could have started this introduction by writing about the circular This book contains the thoughts and testimonials of people who economy, the Sustainable Development Goals and how our activity have been a driving force in the Ride Green Programme and who contributes to or affects them. I could have presented figures that represent all those who have played a part telling the history would make us reflect on the global crisis and its impact on the through my own experience. I only wish we could include them all. world of motorcycling. Following the conventional pattern, we could have presented our thoughts on the future with alternative Taking stock after 25 years has given us the opportunity to think energies and many other important subjects. However, we really about and assess where we are and where we want to go. To some wanted to tell you the story of these first 25 years that have simply extent, we have analysed our strengths and weaknesses and will flown by! And we wanted to do it in a different way, not with the use this experience as an impetus to do better. usual figures and statistics, as those can be found in various reports. So we decided to compile a series of personal testimonials, inter­ When the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, winner of views and experiences and mould them into a narrative that places the Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote his biography, he called it in context all the momentous things that have been done since the “Vivir para contarla” (Living to Tell the Tale), and what this marvel­ FIM formed a working group in 1992 with the mission of reconciling lous title contains is precisely the spirit we want to convey with sport and the environment. this narrative and this collection of testimonials: to tell the story through its main protagonists, through those of us who have lived It is likely that even before this period there were isolated attempts to tell the tale! to avoid the negative impacts of sport and motorcycling on the natural world, but we took 1992 as the point of departure for this journey because we consider that it was a watershed in the history of the programme. 6 7 Ride Green Ride Green / 05_ 08_ 12_ / 30 FROM NAIROBI 40 THE AMBASSADORS 52 THE FIM FAMILY TO LAUSANNE THEIR MIssION: JOINING REAffIRMING SAVE THE PLANET THE PROGRAMME THE COOPERATION BETWEEN 42 GETTING TO 54 _ ADAMO LEONZIO UN ENVIRONMENT KNOW THEM 55 _ MARIUS MATTHEE AND THE FIM 32 _ ALEX GOLDENBERG 09_ 13_ 44 THE TRANSITION 56 WOMEN + FROM ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY 06_ TO SUSTAINABILITY THE JEREZ 33 Marc Marquez Circuito - Barcelona Catalunya WORLD CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT DAY ONE DAY TO CELEBRATE 57 _ NITA KORHONEN A YEARLONG ENGAGEMENT 10_ 00_ 01_ 02_ 03_ 04_ 45 THE KISS POLE POSITION 12 THE ORIGINS OF THE CODE 22 THE SOUL 28 EDUCATION PROGRAMME 4 WELCOME OUR JOURNEY 20 STICKING THE FIM AND TRAINING KEEPING THINGS SHINY 14_ ON BOARD THE BEGINNING TO THE RULES ENVIRONMENTAL THE EssENCE OF AND SUSTAINABLE 58 “GRACIAS” OF A NEW ERA STEWARDS THE PROGRAMME 07_ 8 _ ERIK SOLHEIM 20 _ PETER GREGORY 36 THE 9 _ VITO IPPOLITO PIONEERS 24 _ SARI SHERMAN ENVIRONMENTAL 11 _ STEVE AESCHLIMANN 14 _ GUY MAITRE 25 _ BELEN WAGNER AWARD 16 _ GIANCARLO PASINI 25 _ PAVOL SINSKY READY FOR 17 _ JORGE CABEZAS 25 _ MOHAMMED THE PODIUM? SAN SIMÓN OSMAN EL SHAQI 11_ 36 _ JILL SAVERY 48 THE FUTURE 18 ONCE UPON A TIME 26 MEET OUR 38 _ NATALIA PREPARING THE PATH, TRAVELLING DELEGATES GALLEGO ROBERT REDUCING THE IMPACT THROUGH TIME 50 _ ORIOL PUIG BULTO 8 9 Ride Green BY ERIK SOLHEIM (NORWAY) BY VITO IPPOLITO (VENEZUELA) Ride Green / UN EnviROnmENT EXECUTivE DiRECTOR FIM PREsiDENT / It is 25 years since the Fédération Such efforts to move towards a 20,000 recycling kits to collect Looking back over the past The launch of Ride Green coin­ We remain passionate about Internationale de Motocyclisme pollution­free planet will be the waste batteries, used cooking oil 25 years, we have seen many cided with various major world promoting positive change in started to Ride Green, setting focus of attention at this year’s and plastic bottles. They are also positive changes in the world environmental events, most motorcycling and beyond. Today, out its Environmental Code soon UN Environment Assembly. But promoting collective and public since the FIM’s pioneering Ride notably the UN Environment events are organised with the after. For 10 of those years, UN this can be possible when initia­ transport, carpooling and bikes. Green initiative was established Conference (known as the Rio three spheres of sustainability in Environment and the Federation tives like Ride Green raise aware­ It is great for the race and it is in 1992. People and societies are Earth Summit), which contributed mind: environmental, social and have worked together to inspire ness and create demand among great for the entire area! becoming more environmentally to a growing awareness of the economic. All of our events adhere people to make decisions within motorsports enthusiasts, at com­ conscious and technology has impact of sport on the planet. strictly to our Environmental their sphere of influence that can petitions and in their daily lives. Such initiatives clearly have a rip­ advanced rapidly, bringing more Ride Green reflected this emerg­ Code, which was first adopted in protect the environment. Because this is a partnership that ple effect. Links with theE uropean possibilities than ever before to ing need to consider sustainable 1994 and is updated annually by goes beyond formal agreements Transport Safety Council, the incorporate sustainable practices development. It also sent out a the International Sustainability When Ride Green was launched, or meetings. We are determined World Tourism Organisation and into sport. clear message that the FIM, as Commission. motorcycles, technology, roads to help sporting organisations, the International Olympic Com­ the governing body for motorcy­ and cities were all very different participants and fans connect mittee are a reminder of on just The global environmental chal­ cling, cared deeply about these On a practical level, this translates places. Today, we better under­ decisions that have social, envi­ how wide reaching The Federa­ lenges of 25 years ago were very issues and was prepared to lead into soil pollution prevention, stand how traffic emissions ronmental and economic impact. tion’s influence is. For example, different to those we are facing the way forward. noise reduction, the promotion contribute to air pollution killing We want popular and well man­ the Federation’s drive to push today. Then, noise and soil pol­ of alternative energies, local about seven million people every aged sporting events to educate, alternative energies, optimise lution were widespread, the use With Ride Green, the FIM’s vision sourcing, offsetting our carbon year. Even better, the last country inspire and promote respect for motorcycle engines and promote deliver better performance and of alternative energies was very was to set new standards for emissions, responsible waste I am extremely proud of all our using small quantities of leaded the environment. And we want e­ Power and e-­Road Racing, don’t need complex infrastruc­ limited and there was a general motorcycle racing and tourism, management and encouraging achievements so far, some of gasoline will stop by the end of them to promote gender and have led to tangible changes ture. It is easy to see why China lack of knowledge and education mirroring one of the core values the use of sustainable transport which are celebrated in this this year. This alone avoids over cultural diversity among people throughout motorcycle racing. already has more than 200 mil­ about, and interest in, the envi­ of sport in general: the constant systems, among many other commemorative book. We will 1.2 million deaths per year, includ­ from all walks of life. But many more examples are lion on the road! ronment. drive to progress and excel. measures. Education and en­ continue to build on this powerful ing 125,000 children. Apart from highlighted in this special 25th gagement are also key, and we heritage, setting a positive exam­ the human cost, that is worth Where Ride Green and the Code anniversary report. With change on that scale ahead The decision to set up the Ride proactively encourage fans and ple to the world. With teamwork, over $2.45 trillion per year to have done this for many years, of us, there is no doubt that the Green programme was made in I AM PROUD TO spectators, federations, race imagination and, above all, a deep the global economy. the Environment Awards con­ With the clock ticking for the Federation’s influence will be just 1992, after the FIM management participants, organisers and respect for nature, I believe we SAY THAT THIS tinue to celebrate people at the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable as crucial for the next 25 years! team identified a number of managers alike to consider their can build a brighter future. forefront of such efforts and recent Development and the Paris My thanks to everyone at the environmental concerns that FUTURE- ORIENTED environmental footprint. WE WANT initiatives to Keep It Shiny and Agreement on Climate Change, Federation for their incredible were a threat to the future of AppROACH HAS Keep riding green! POPULAR AND Sustainable build on them for a more countries are promoting support.