Banksia Environmental Foundation

Mercedes-Benz Australian Environmental Research Award Affiliate

Protecting the environment and conserving the natural foundations of life are fundamental values of Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific and our parent company Daimler AG.

The pursuit of excellence, through research and innovation, underscores our philosophy of environmental sustainability. This philosophy encompasses resource conservation, climate protection measures and environmental management systems.

Not only committed to research and development in our vehicles, Mercedes-Benz is committed to fostering development in individuals with the Mercedes-Benz Environmental Australian Research Award, now in its fifth year.

Daimler’s involvement in environmental activities is aimed at supporting and developing projects which provide a benchmark for innovation and a legacy for local communities.

Our $30,000 sponsorship of the Mercedes-Benz Environmental Australian Research Award, helps to recognise and promote Australian researchers or research programs that have made significant contribution to understanding, or resolving, local or global environmental problems.

		FACT: Mercedes-Benz Cars now offsets the carbon emissions associated with the first three months of new vehicle ownership.
> Read about our Carbon Zero commitment

At Mercedes-Benz, our goal of sustainable mobility is an environmental safeguard that works to ensure future generations can enjoy our planet. “The Road to Emission-free Mobility” stands for our commitment to securing sustainable mobility. Our aim is to markedly reduce fuel consumption and emissions already today and to eliminate them entirely in the long term. To this end, we are developing a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art drive technologies that meet the specific requirements placed on  today’s and tomorrow’s mobility in all modes of road transportation.

Latest Environmental News from Mercedes-Benz

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• Record low emissions of 86 grams of CO2 per kilometre: smart is the past and the present CO2 champion (February 2009)
• Analysis by the environmental institute Öko-Trend - Three awards for Mercedes-Benz (December 2009)
• "e-mobility Berlin" delivers smart solutions for electric mobility (December 2009)
• smart fortwo electric drive and Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL: Fully suitable for everyday use and no local emissions (December 2009)
• Mercedes-Benz at IAA 2009: “Green technology in fascinating cars for discerning customers” (September 2009)
• Mercedes-Benz partners in hydrogen roll out - “H2 Mobility” (September 2009)
• The Mercedes-Benz Blue ZERO E-CELL PLUS: Battery-powered electric drive (September 2009)
• World First: Production to Start on Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL (August 2009)
• Mercedes-Benz Australian Environmental Research Award Winner Announced (July 2009)
• AC/DC SLS AMG: the world’s most electric super sports car (July 2009)
• New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Awarded Environmental Certificate (June 2009)
• Daimler acquires stake in Tesla (May 2009)
•  How Mercedes-Benz is sharing its ‘greening’ journey with Australian customers
•  Banking on the Banksia Awards