Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team achieves 54% emissions reduction and publishes first Net Zero road map
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team published its 2025 Sustainability Report, showing a 54% cut in Race Team Control emissions since 2022 and outlining a pathway to Net Zero by 2040.
- 54%
- 28%
- 37.8%
- £500,000+
What Happened
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team released its 2025 Sustainability Report, detailing a 54% reduction in market-based Race Team Control emissions since 2022, achieved through sustainable aviation fuel (SAFc) and operational efficiencies. In 2025 alone, emissions fell 28% compared to 2024, while overall emissions dropped 15%. The team also published its first Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP), targeting Net Zero across all scopes by 2040, with a near-term goal of reducing total emissions by 42% by 2030 against the 2022 baseline.
- First use of bio-based carbon fibre composite on a race car part
- First use of electric trucks (Mercedes-Benz eActros 600) for race logistics
- 37.8% of new team members from under-represented groups in 2025
- Charitable donations exceeded £500,000 since 2020
- Gas consumption at Brackley factory fell 49% since 2022
“Competing in Formula One brings both responsibility and opportunities. In 2025, we made significant investments in new materials, new efficiencies and in scaling new sustainable solutions.”
The CTAP includes a 75% reduction and 25% removals approach for Race Team Control emissions, with a 26% reduction in supply chain and downstream emissions by 2030. The team also launched the Blue Carbon Collective with PETRONAS, funding mangrove restoration in Malaysia, and committed approximately 18,900 tCO₂e of carbon removals across nature-based and engineered projects.
Why this matters
Formula One teams are using racing as a testbed for sustainable technologies, proving that high performance and emissions reduction can go hand in hand.
Terms in This Story
- SAFc
- Sustainable Aviation Fuel certificates, representing the environmental attributes of sustainable aviation fuel used to reduce carbon emissions.
- Net Zero
- A state where greenhouse gas emissions are balanced by removals, often with a target year.
- Scope 3 emissions
- Indirect emissions from a company's value chain, including suppliers and customers.
- HVO100
- Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, a renewable diesel fuel used to reduce emissions from trucks.
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