Organisers of the British Touring Car Championship – TOCA – will be further raising sustainability awareness at its penultimate event of the season at Silverstone this coming weekend (21/22 September).

The UK’s premier motorsport championship released its ‘Sustainability Strategy’ earlier this year, outlining its ongoing ambition for the BTCC to become a global leader in sustainable improvements and carbon neutrality for national level motor racing.

While the BTCC has always championed its sustainability goals and actions, 2024 marked the formalisation of this strategy, and whilst the majority of topics maintain a 24/7 approach, the championship will highlight some of those ambitions this weekend.

A number of ITV features, social media posts, radio interviews and written articles will be published during this weekend’s event, as the BTCC demonstrates its approach towards a more sustainable future, dovetailed alongside the greatest wheel-to-wheel motorsport in the UK.

Some of the aspects to receive focus at Silverstone will be the testing of 100% sustainable fuel (see story in coming days), recycling of major components, preparation of a travel planning and mileage log, the launch of a BTCC sustainability award and many more.

Also, earlier this year the BTCC introduced a full recycling system into its TOCA Race Centre, in which the championship has since recorded an average of 95-97% of all waste having been recycled, the remainder of which is used for waste-to-energy purposes – all resulting in zero waste being sent to landfill. This will continue to be analysed at Silverstone and beyond.

TOCA will also be working closely alongside its loyal partners, such as Kwik Fit and Goodyear, with both looking to execute their own sustainability goals through a number of cutting edge and forward-thinking activations.

The BTCC aims to achieve its sustainability ambitions by developing and executing the policies and practices outlined in its strategy, striving for carbon neutrality even where reductions in emissions are minimal due to the nature of our sport.

Implementation of the strategy, through measured and achievable actions with realistic time frames, will be continually assessed with success criteria and key performance indicators to improve environmental impacts across 6 central pillars: Cars, Circuits, Suppliers and Partners, Teams, Central Functions and Fans. You can read the full ‘Sustainability Strategy’ here.

Alan Gow, BTCC Chief Executive, said: “Whilst the BTCC’s ‘Sustainability Strategy’ is ongoing and is something that we work on every single day, we believe that raising awareness of these ambitions during a race weekend is a great way to further inform and support our incredible fanbase. 

There are many ways in which we can all improve and get involved, looking at our own individual and collective approach to making the world a more sustainable environment.”