THE DAKAR ECO-LABEL

PRESENTATION

Since its creation in 1978, the Dakar developed a responsible approach regarding the respect for the environment. From the installation of wells drinking water in Africa, the waste treatment program on the bivouacs and the compensation of its carbon footprint, the Dakar organization always tried to reduce its ecological impact. Nevertheless, we always try to improve ourselves. As a consequence, this year we are implementing the Dakar eco-label.

GO GREEN!

  • Creation of a label to encourage the teams to reduce their ecological impact on the bivouac by developing innovative projects
  • All registered project will have visibility on our website
  • Selection by a jury of the 10 most innovative projects among all those registered
  • Visibility in all our diffusion channels of all the selected projects (website, TV, social networks)
  • Strong opportunities for teams to find partners

REGULATIONS

This label consists for teams in reducing their ecological foot-print on the bivouac. It could be from many different and innovative ways (solar panels, motorization of assistance vehicles, windmill, selective sorting, etc.)

The teams will be judged on the following:

  • Their implication in the search ad the use of renewable energies
  • Their implication in the reduction of their ecological impact
  • The qualitative aspect of their project

The reduction of the ecological impact can be understood in the framework of:

  • Garbage management
  • Use of energies (water, electricity, …)
  • Transportation
  • Accommodation
  • Food consumption
  • Resources preservation
  • Other environmental initiatives

ATTRIBUTION

The eco-label aims to reward the 10 best projects implemented during the Dakar 2019.

A jury, including members of the Dakar organisation and an ambassador, will select the 10 most innovative projects reducing the use of fossil energies within their team in the bivouac and replacing them by renewable energies, base on the qualitative aspect of your project and its reduction of your ecological foot-print. The registration form you will send to the organization will serve as a base of the selection process.

BENEFITS

The Dakar organisation wishes to present and promote the teams who will benefit from a high visibility if they are selected to be among the 10 Dakar eco-label projects.A TV production team will be assigned to make dedicated videos about the different projects selected by the jury. The clips will be released in the daily 26-minute programmes.

We will also have dedicated posts on our social networks broadcasting the different videos.

Finally, we will implement a dedicated section to the eco-label on Dakar.com highlighting all different entered projects with:

  • Pictures/videos
  • And a text explaining the details of all the projects (not just those selected)

OPPORTUNITIES

  • This will give the teams a strong opportunity to find sponsors with an attractive project
  • They will also benefit from a high visibility in all our diffusion channels
  • Contribute to the reduction of the Dakar footprint

It is very simple to participate to this ecological label. You just have to complete the form attached and sen dit before the 30th of November 2018

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