Banksia Environmental Foundation

 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.

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.

		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

• E Class More Efficient than Ever (July 11)
• Successful Finish: F-CELL World Drive Circles the World (June 2011)
• Environmental Certificate for the new SLK (May 2011)
• F-CELL World Drive On Its Way Back To Europe (April 2011)
• More than 5,000km through Australia - F-CELL World Drive Starts its Thrird Route Section (March 2011)
• smart forspeed: zero emissions, great fun to drive and a cool design (February 2011)
• Mercedes-Benz takes off on first circumnavigation of the World with fuel cell powered electric vehicles (January 2011)
• Mercedes-Benz BIOME an ultra light vehicle at one with nature (December 2010)
• Battery-powered Mercedes-Benz Vito for zero emissions (February 2010)
• Record low emissions of 86 grams of CO2 per kilometre: smart is the past and the present CO2 champion (February 2010)
• 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)
• How Mercedes-Benz is sharing its ‘greening’ journey with Australian customers