Earth Day 2022 was an exciting day for many major sporting organisations when The IOC gave awards to 20 organisations for their environmental action projects. The IOC Carbon Action Awards recognise the projects that are focusing on reducing produced Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Excitingly, Starboard are proud to be working on projects with two of the…
The Plastic Offset Program team are having a very exciting month. Going beyond our 100,000 KG POP target 2 months ahead, collecting an additional 10 tonnes of POP waste for Earth Month! Whilst also being joined by a special guest. The Special Guest, Miss Earth Fire Miss Earth Fire 2021 Baitong Jareerat Petsom…
It is Earth Month at Starboard! Each of us has the capabilities to protect the planet. Today we want to share some of our top tips, and what else we will and have been up to for Earth Month at Starboard & SOMWR. Cleaning up! The easiest action, which could also be seen as yoga…
To kick off Earth Month at Starboard and SOMWR we are focusing on the topic of Climate Justice. Importantly as a B-Corp we’re supported by B-Lab which has shared a working Climate Justice tool kit to help us learn and implement the topic within our workings. Today we will share what it is, who it…
Have you ever wondered if plastic can get into your blood? Common Sea’s has conducted some new research that has found tiny pieces of plastic in 77% of people tested. As we can see, plastic pollution is not going away and our expose continues. Is this the start of our ‘Blood Type’ moving from A+…
Lena Erdil took on the extreme challenge of windsurf foiling around Lanzarote Island on her iQFOiL set. Sailing 203KM over 9.5 hours. For each KM sailed, CleanHub are collecting 2.46 KG. Resulting in 500kg of plastic trash removed from it’s pathway to the ocean! Slightly different to Lena’s usual olympic…
Firstly, our aim is to reduce negative impacts towards our environment in as many areas as possible. Starboard and SOMWR support various sporting events to calculate the CO2 emissions of those who travel to the event. In addition, some events will calculate extra elements such as electricity and fuel use. Starboard and SOMWR work…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] In December 2021, the PWA (Professional Windsurfing Association) Grand Slam event became 10 times carbon positive thanks to their 2021 event sponsor, SOMWR. Furthermore, The Club Nautique Marignanais (CNM), SOMWR and the PWA also worked together to draw together key people in the water sports and environmental industry. This collaboration brought…
Firstly, our aim is to reduce negative impacts towards our environment in as many areas as possible. Starboard and SOMWR support various sporting events to calculate the CO2 emissions of those who travel to the event. In addition, some events will calculate extra elements such as electricity and fuel use. Starboard and SOMWR work with…
Paddleboarding, windsurfing, surfing, kiteboarding, wingboarding, environmental action apparel and Olympic disciplines, this is SESTAR. The group that holds Starboard, Airush, Severne and SOMWR has just become a member of the Fair Labour Association (FLA), the first watersports equipment brand to be working towards FLA accreditation. What does this mean? …