Emphasising the need for decarbonising energy, industry, and mobility and accelerating the transition toward a more sustainable future, Mercedes-Benz hosted the first edition of its Sustainability Dialogue in India focused on ‘Sustainable Mobility – Accelerating Towards a Green, Inclusive and Safe Future’.
The dialogue sought to accelerate the collective transition to CO₂-neutrality and focus on responsible usage of our planetary resources.
As part of the Sustainability Dialogue India 2023, Mercedes-Benz announced its support for ‘beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship’, a global programme to provide thousands of young innovators with training, mentoring, expert support, scholarships, and funding to launch their projects in the areas of environmental sustainability, and decarbonisation.
The beVisioneers programme is an initiative designed and implemented by experts of a German non-profit organisation, The DO School Fellowships, aimed at enabling young participants to pursue project ideas that will make a measurable positive impact on the local communities and the environment. Mercedes-Benz will fund the programme every year by way of donations.
Interestingly, the seed capital for the fellowship comes from the auction proceeds of the iconic 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé. The car was auctioned in May 2022 at a record price of € 135 million to a private collector.
Renata Jungo Brüngger, Member, Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Group AG for Integrity and Legal Affairs, said, “As a global company and luxury brand, our responsibility does not end at our factory gates.”
A press release from Mercedes-Benz noted that following 15 editions in Germany, over 250 attendees took part in the first India edition of the Mercedes-Benz Sustainability Dialogue, including Government representatives, policy makers, academics, corporate leaders, emerging startups, and ecosystem enablers.
The event saw key stakeholders and changemakers from the public and private sectors, as well as academia, participating in a series of pertinent conversations on global trends and recent developments with Members of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, including Ola Källenius, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, and Renata Jungo Brüngger, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG for Integrity and Legal.
Manu Saale, CEO and MD, Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India, said, “Sustainability is one of the core values for Mercedes-Benz and we strongly believe in creating value for all stakeholder groups: for customers, employees, and investors as well as for business partners and society as a whole.”
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