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To advance and experience environmental technologies, to make people enthusiastic about the environment and to give something back to society and the environment – these are the fields of activity of the Foundation.

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Greenovation

Greenovation 07/11/2023

Selective extraction – recovery of important industrial metals

In a new project, the Audi Environmental Foundation, together with the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, is researching a recycling process for the recovery of strategically important metals that are necessary for modern technologies. The developed process of selective extraction enables the environmentally friendly recycling of indium, gallium and tin and enables them to be returned to the value chain.

Greenovation 05/01/2023

"Let's talk Greenovation" – 2nd life applications in the energy system of tomorrow

Clear the stage for green ideas and exciting projects around the topic of 2nd-life applications: Our event format "Let's talk Greenovation" went into the second round! The Audi Environmental Foundation welcomed a total of 80 guests to the foodlab in Hamburg's HafenCity. In addition to the many challenges we face when it comes to the energy transition, there was also intensive discussion about 2nd-life applications and in particular about batteries.

Greenovation 12/21/2022

Let’s Talk Greenovation – Foundation Event 2022

Full house at the foundation talk evening "Let's talk Greenovation": Around 100 guests came to our new event in the brigk - digital business incubator in Ingolstadt - in November 2022 to discuss with environmental and climate experts.

Greenovation 11/18/2022

Mobile use of second-life batteries

The idea of building an e-rickshaw from second life components inspired the trainees in various technical professions at AUDI AG. So, a group of 14 trainees at the Neckarsulm site got together and, with the support of their Training Manager Timo Engler, built a show car where, in addition to the battery modules, several other second-life components from Audi models were reused.

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Sustainable raw material extraction for strategic metals: Project for the mining of the future

Greenovation 08/22/2022

Sustainable raw material extraction for strategic metals: Project for the mining of the future

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (TU Bergakademie Freiberg) is investigating the environmentally friendly extraction and processing of valuable resources using membrane technology underground. The Audi Environmental Foundation is promoting this innovative mining approach.

Enthusiasm 03/01/2023

PflanzMIT: 5,500 trees for Pfahldorf

After a huge effort with hand rams and spades it was done: The first part of the 5,500 small seedlings found their way into the ground! That's the number of trees we are planting this season during our "PflanzMIT!" initiative in a wooded area near Pfahldorf close to Kipfenberg/ Upper Bavaria.

Enthusiasm 12/20/2022

The Audi Environmental Foundation in dialogue at Vogue NEXT 2022

This year's "VOGUE NEXT presented by Audi" brought together numerous sustainability enthusiasts, speakers and entrepreneurs. In line with the motto Networking, Entertainment, Xperience and Talks (NEXT), the participants discussed a wide range of ideas for a sustainable future.

Enthusiasm 12/20/2022

KU-Macher_innen scholarship for a livable future

New project partner: Audi Environmental Foundation supports Kreatives Unternehmertum Shaping society with and through entrepreneurship - that is the motto of Kreatives Unternehmertum (KU), our new project partner. The Audi Environmental Foundation supports KU as a sponsor and bears the costs for two KU-Macher_innen scholarships. Support is provided for budding entrepreneurs who want to use their projects to promote a future worth living in and offer added value to society.

Enthusiasm 11/23/2022

Audi Environmental Foundation at GREENTECH FESTIVAL 2022

Under the motto #TogetherWeChange, the GREENTECH FESTIVAL 2022 invited people to join forces for green technologies and offered a stage for sustainable ideas for the future.

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Plogging – Jogging and collecting waste with Audi Environmental Foundation

Enthusiasm 05/30/2022

Plogging – Jogging and collecting waste with Audi Environmental Foundation

The term plogging combines the Swedish word “plocka upp” (=pick up) and “jogging.” Jogging and collecting trash. The Audi Environmental Foundation regularly organizes such cleanups.

Responsibility 06/15/2023

"Restore our Bays": Coastal restoration in the U.S.A.

The Audi Environmental Foundation recently launched the "Restore our Bays" initiative to support and promote coastal restoration in the United States of America. As part of this project, two non-profit organizations, Save The Bay and The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, are supported with financial support from the Audi Environmental Foundation and volunteer work by Audi of America employees.

Responsibility 11/06/2022

Joint initiative for clean rivers with everwave, BABOR BEAUTY GROUP and Ferry Porsche Foundation

The mission of the garbage collection boat CollectiX on the river Danube kicks off.

Responsibility 04/14/2022

Completion of the feasibility study CO₂-regio

The Audi Foundation for the Environment provided financial support for a study on the subject of rebuilding and protecting peatland, the "CO₂-regio" feasibility study, which developed a catalog of measures designed to show farmers with land in peatland areas economically attractive, alternative uses.

Responsibility 10/27/2021

Columns of biodiversity: Sustainable projects for species protection and environmental education

As part of the environmental project Steles of Biodiversity, old transformer houses are being transformed into new habitats for native animal species. In this way, environmental education sites are created that bring biodiversity and species diversity closer to the visitor.

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10 years for nature conservation and biodiversity: Audi Environmental Foundation

Responsibility 05/22/2020

10 years for nature conservation and biodiversity: Audi Environmental Foundation

Nature conservation and biological diversity – this is what the Audi Environmental Foundation has stood for for a decade with a large number of projects.

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