Coral Eyewear to Supply Sustainable Sunglasses to Extreme E

Eco-conscious electric motorsport series, Extreme E has joined forces with sustainable brand, Coral Eyewear, which uses recycled fishing nets to manufacture its covetable collection of sunglasses. The British brand will supply sunglasses to Extreme E’s personnel for use during their work at the upcoming Ocean X Prix in Senegal.

Ali Russell, Chief Marketing Officer at Extreme E, said: “As a sport for purpose
series, it’s essential for us to align ourselves with people and companies that share our core values – we are therefore delighted that Coral will be supplying us with its fantastic range of sunglasses.

What George Bailey has achieved, particularly at such a young age, is truly inspirational. The Coral sunglasses are not only superb and will be hugely appreciated by the Extreme E team, but the company is actually dealing with an issue that we all need to be aware of, and that is taking care of our oceans by ridding them of plastic waste.”

George Bailey, CEO at Coral Eyewear said: “As a planet-positive brand, we exist to shine a spotlight on the incredible solutions happening across all areas of sustainability. Since our launch last year, we’ve built a fantastic relationship with electric motorsport through our ambassador and British driver Alexander Sims, as well as Mahindra Racing in Formula E.

“To expand this work into Extreme E is a real honour. The conversations surrounding the environmental missions at the Desert X Prix have been so refreshing to hear and we’re delighted to play a part in the latest event in Senegal, an event that will go a long way to highlighting the need for strong, sustained ocean conservation.”

One of Extreme E’s missions is to shine a spotlight on the devastation caused by plastic waste, at sea and also on land. As the pioneering electric race championship prepares for its forthcoming Ocean X Prix in Senegal - a country that has a host of environmental issues - Extreme E’s personnel are busy working with the Senegalese people on a number of ‘legacy’ projects including beach clean ups and the planting of one million mangroves to counteract rising sea levels.

The Extreme E fleet of electric SUVs along with the rest of the championship’s freight has arrived in Dakar, Senegal aboard Extreme E’s floating centrepiece, the St. Helena, ahead of the race at Lac Rose from 29-30 May.
From here, the series will travel onwards to Greenland (August 28-29), Brazil (October 23-24) and Patagonia (December 11-12).

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