Our commitment to people and the environment

Our commitment to people and the environment - Our commitment to people and the environment

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Audi accepts responsibility. For our employees, but also for the people and the natural world in the regions where our sites are located and beyond. The company promotes education and charitable organizations, culture and sports. We also encourage volunteer work and lend a hand in response to disasters. Through the Audi Environmental Foundation, Audi supports research into new technologies and scientific methods for a livable future.

Audi Social Day - On June 24, 2023, staff from all Audi production sites worldwide are joining forces to support social institutions and take positive action in the regions where they are based.
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Audi cause of honor: getting down to business for a good cause - For Audi, charitable commitment is simply part of its activities. As a "Good Corporate Citizen", the company assumes social responsibility at the production sites.
Corporate Citizenship
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Active at the sites and in the world - With its commitment, the Audi Environmental Foundation is paving new ways for sustainable action.
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Against microplastics in wastewater - Johannes Neupert from TU Berlin (left) and Daniel Venghaus from GKD install an URBANFILTER. The filter is designed to reduce microplastics in the water cycle by up to 97%.
Sustainability
11/29/2024

Against microplastics in wastewater: pilot project started in Copenhagen

Each person consumes five grams of microplastics per week: This was the conclusion reached by the Australian University of Newcastle in 2019. The small plastic particles, up to five millimeters in size, enter the environment through food, cosmetics and washing clothes, for example, and into our bodies via the water cycle. In order to reduce the proportion of microplastics, the city of Copenhagen uses a special microplastic filter. It is intended to capture microplastics such as tire abrasion that is washed from the street into the sewage system. The filter is based on a funding project from the TU Berlin and the Audi Environmental Foundation. A filter structure that is specially adapted to the waste typical for the area of operation will be piloted in the city of Copenhagen from November and is intended to make a contribution to clean water.
Engineers of optimism: Audi Environmental Foundation looks back on 15 years of engagement - For 15 years, the Audi Environmental Foundation has been making an active contribution to environmental protection
Sustainability
10/23/2024

Engineers of optimism: Audi Environmental Foundation looks back on 15 years of engagement

The Audi Environmental Foundation defines “greenovation” as innovative technologies that either contribute directly to environmental protection or make an existing practice from the fields of research and the economy more environmentally friendly than before. Since 2009, the Foundation has initiated scientific and technical projects for a livable environment, conducted environmental education, and motivated people of every age to take action to protect our natural resources. At an evening of discussion with renowned astrophysicist Harald Lesch and time researcher Jonas Geissler, the Foundation looked back on its first 15 years of activity with around 300 guests at the Ingolstadt Cultural Center. Guests included Gerd Walker, Member of the Board of Management for Production and Logistics at AUDI AG and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Audi Environmental Foundation, and former ski racer Felix Neureuther, also a member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Audi at the One Young World Summit - Audi, Audi do Brasil, the Audi Environmental Foundation and Litro de Luz are installing lampposts and solar lamps in village communities on the southern coast of the state of São Paulo.
Strategic topics
09/28/2023

Dialogue on future-oriented sustainability: Audi at the One Young World Summit

Innovations for a changing world: The One Young World Summit, held in Belfast from October 2nd to 5th, will bring together more than 2,000 young people to discuss the social tasks of our time. Audi will also be represented at the event again. Bentley, Volkswagen subsidiary Elli (Electric Life), Audi, and the Audi Environmental Foundation are sending a total of 34 employees and scholars from all over the world to Northern Ireland – with future-oriented projects and ideas in tow. Xavier Ros, Member of the Board of Management for Human Resources at AUDI AG, sees curiosity and openness to impulses from outside, along with never stopping learning, as fundamental tasks of our time and part of Audi’s DNA.
The Audi Environmental Foundation funds research into new recycling process - Betty Leibiger, a doctoral student in chemistry at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, is working with the Audi Environmental Foundation to research new ways of recovering resources through...
Sustainability
07/12/2023

Recovering high-tech metals from electronic waste: The Audi Environmental Foundation funds research into new recycling process

The Audi Environmental Foundation has joined forces with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology to research new ways of recovering raw materials through recycling. Elements such as indium, gallium, or even tin are both finite and essential for modern technologies such as fiber optics, photovoltaics, and semiconductors. Every electronic device is made up of parts that contain these elements. A selective extraction process is planned that will recover these raw materials from incinerated waste. Currently, such materials are lost when the electronic parts that contain them are thrown away with household waste. The new process is designed to keep these valuable high-tech metals in the cycle.
Audi at the GREENTECH FESTIVAL 2023 in Berlin - Innovations relating to circular economy are the focus of Audi's presence at one of Europe's largest sustainability forums. In dialogue with guests, Audi experts gave insights into decarbonization in production...
Technology
06/07/2023

GREENTECH FESTIVAL: Focus on circular economy – pilot project for glass recycling becomes standard

For the windshields in the Audi Q4 e-tron, the company with the four rings will use glass made of up to 30 percent recycled material from car windows damaged beyond repair in the future. In doing so, Audi will successfully shift the “GlassLoop” pilot project into standard production. Audi, in cooperation with its partner companies, is the first premium auto manufacturer to set up a glass cycle of this kind. Until now, car windows damaged beyond repair – mainly windshields and panoramic roofs – have been used for less demanding purposes, such as bottles or insulation, in what is known as downcycling. The pilot project was the first to demonstrate that glass could be reused at comparable quality. Audi will show just how that works from June 14 to 16 at the 2023 GREENTECH FESTIVAL in Berlin. The company has supported the sustainability conference as a founding partner since 2020.