PARTNERSHIPS

Emirates GBR and global partner Low Carbon created a bespoke, first-of-its-kind Portable Renewable Energy Installation, consisting of 38 solar panels and two micro-wind turbines. This has taken the team base 100% off-grid, helped other teams go off-grid and has saved over 1,800KG CO2e. After proving the success of the installation, the team published the Portable Off Grid Power Blueprint, providing organisations with the knowledge, information and contacts needed to integrate renewable energy into their operations.

Season 4 Renewable Energy Report:

Learn more about the Portable Renewable Energy Installation & how we want others in the sport industry and beyond to adopt the same technology in our Portable Off-Grid Blueprint here. 

Founded by Sir Ben Ainslie in 2013, The 1851 Trust uses sport inspired learning to educate and empower young people through STEM and climate education. Their free to access STEM Crew digital education programme fosters skills in science, technology, engineering and green skills. Their mission is to create the next generation of innovators, as they aim to engage 3 million young people globally in STEM and Green skills by 2030. 

As our ‘Race for the Future Purpose Partner’ the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team and the 1851 Trust have launched a library of free climate education resources for 8–16-year-olds. Using the inspiration of athletes and global community of sport, these resources empower young people with the knowledge to take climate action, accelerating changes in behaviours and helping the next generation become the environmental problem solvers of the future.

Learn more about the 1851 Trust and our partnership here.

We worked with our Official Supplier Spinlock to ensure our personal flotation devices were designed and built to encompass sailor and sponsor branding that is removable & transferable, extending the life of a product containing multiple complex materials.

This inspired the team to sought out other sustainable solutions to branded materials. For the 2025 season, new partner J.P. Morgan’s branding rights on our kit presented an opportunity to rethink our approach to kit sponsorship. Instead of producing entirely new kits, Emirates GBR collected all team kits after the January Auckland event and any team kit in the UK. These were rebranded locally in New Zealand and the Isle of Wright, arriving in time for the Sydney event in February.
This approach avoids the transportation emissions and remanufacturing of 629 items, significantly reducing waste items, avoiding 7,000 KGCO2e being emitted and avoiding 1.7 million of litres being used to make new kit from virgin materials.
Read more about our initiative to create value, not waste here.

When prospective partnership discussions take place, we always seek those with similar sustainability commitments. For instance, our Official Eyewear Supplier SunGod is a B Corp™.

In Summer 2022 SunGod became a Certified B Corporation™, joining a global community of 5000+ businesses using business as a force for good. "B" stands for Benefit for All.

Plus all SunGods are covered by a lifetime guarentee. If they break (or you break them) SunGod will fix them, free of charge. Because keeping gear in play is better than throwing it away. 

Learn more about SunGod's commitment to sustainability here.

Athena Pathway, led by double Olympic Gold Medallist Hannah Mills (OBE), is a pathway for female and youth athletes, which aims to fast-track development in professional sailing, level the playing field in high-performance foiling and bring diversity into the sport at its highest level, both on and off the water.
The team has welcomed two Athena Pathway Sailors:

• Kai Hockley – Young Development Sailor, Cowes Week Young Skipper of the Year 2023
  From a disadvantaged, inner-city school in London has been with the team since January 2024 and works on the shore team. Kai has also been given designated training time on the F50 as he aims sail on the British team in the future.

• Ellie Aldridge – Female Development Sailor. After working in Barcelona with the Youth and Women’s America’s Cp team in 2024, Ellie has been working with the team since the start of Season 2025 and is taking part in SailGP’s Women’s Accelerator Program to advance inclusion in the world of sport.

In partnership with the team, Howden are working with The 1851 Trust charity to fund a series of assemblies and roadshows with 4-5 underprivileged schools in Portsmouth, with the goal of empowering up to 1,000 young people.

Howden will bring positive role models to schools to inspire the next generation in STEM and climate careers and educate them on risk and the role of insurance as an enabler to climate resilience.