Audi Environmental Foundation

Experiencing Environmental Policy: UN Simulation on the Zugspitze

How do international negotiations work? Which interests collide, and how are compromises reached? At the first UN simulation on Germany’s highest mountain, students stepped into the role of UN delegates and negotiated a global plastics agreement.

Four people posing with the SRM Award and a bouquet.

07/02/2026

Sustainable Resource Management – Audi presents graduate award

The Audi Environmental Foundation rewards outstanding graduates in the field of Sustainable Resource Management at the TU Munich with the SRM Award.

06/17/2026

Let’s talk Greenovation: Why biodiversity is more than nature romanticism

At the Let’s talk Greenovation event at brigk, the focus was on the decline in biodiversity and the role humans play in it. Two experts showed why biodiversity is crucial for functioning ecosystems – and what this specifically means for our actions.

05/27/2026

Experiencing EU climate policy up close: Simulation game at Ingolstadt City Hall

At the end of April, Ingolstadt City Hall became the venue for the EU simulation game “Experience European Politics!”. Students from several Ingolstadt grammar schools (Gymnasien) with a focus on Politics and Society spent two days discussing a fictional proposal by the European Commission on emissions trading, gaining insight into how political negotiation processes work.

Aerial view of two planted water islands and a third under construction, connected by a dock.

05/07/2026

Greenovation Island: An Island Made of Recycled Glass Sand

Our Greenovation Island at the Bayou Bienvenue was recently planted. As a result, new habitats for native plants and animal species can now be created there and thus a sustainable basis for the biodiversity of tomorrow.

“Our goal is to use technology to protect the environment and explore possibilities that perhaps no one has thought of yet.

Anton Poll, Management Board

About the foundation

Audi Environmental Foundation GmbH actively supports research into new technologies and scientific methods for a livable future. Its stated goal is to make a contribution to environmental protection and to create and promote ways of behaving sustainably. The Foundation focuses in particular on promoting and developing environmentally compatible technologies, measures for environmental education and protecting the natural necessities of life for humans, animals and plants. It was established in 2009 by AUDI AG as a 100-percent subsidiary and is part of the company’s social and environmental commitment.

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To advance and experience environmental technologies

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