Your Showcase Finalists: The Racing Foundation Green Award

With the Finalists for the 2022 RCA Showcase & Awards now out it’s time to take a look at those in the running for each of the awards. The Racing Foundation Green Award champions initiatives that reduce the environmental impact of your venue and/or events.

As part of the prize for the winner, the Racing Foundation will welcome a funding application of up to £20,000 (subject to appropriate approval from the trustees) to support the ongoing legacy of the initiative.

Newmarket—Sustainable Style Awards

The Newmarket July Festival Ladies Day is amongst the most prestigious racedays in British racing. Keen to maintain its position in the social calendar and looking to safeguard it for future generations, the Newmarket Racecourse team introduced a sustainable element to the event through the lens of reusable fashion. Working with existing partners and generating new leads for the racecourse, Newmarket emphasised the green credentials of recycling raceday outfits which clearly tapped into the mindset of racegoers: entrants to the Style Awards increased 18% from 2019.

Sustainable Style Awards

Ripon—Greening Up

As the Garden Racecourse of Great Britain, Ripon is well suited to position itself at the heart of any sustainability plan. Set amongst beautiful green land, the Ripon Executive are acutely aware of their responsibility within the local area and to ensure horseracing can continue to thrive there for many years to come. Building on existing, successful initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint of travelling racegoers, reducing waste and energy usage across the business plus setting aspirational goals for the future, Ripon have truly ‘greened up’ and should quite rightly be heralded as amongst the best practice from within the sport.

Greening Up

The Jockey Club—Going Green 2022

As a significant, multi-venue business, The Jockey Club’s sustainability plan covers a lot of ground (quite literally). Under the guidance of a dedicated sustainability manager, The Jockey Club’s sustainability work invites all colleagues to play their part in safeguarding the environment with a comprehensive learning and engagement programme underpinning all activity. The Jockey Club’s sustainability mission statement is ‘harnessing the power of people to drive energy savings and act for the long-term good of British horseracing. It appears to be working, with 43 (and counting) green champions crowned to date.

Going Green 2022