Coral Eyewear signs on as supplier for Extreme E
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Coral Eyewear is the brainchild of 21-year-old student, George Bailey, who, concerned about the damaging effects to the sea of discarded fishing nets, came up with the idea of using them to make stylish and recyclable eyewear. It is estimated that 600,000 tonnes of nets are abandoned in our oceans every year, taking up to a staggering 600 years to break down. This marine ‘litter’ causes all kinds of hazards for sea life - apart from obvious ingestion, World Animal Protection estimates that just one abandoned net can entangle up to 40 marine animals every year.
About Property:
Extreme E is a proposed class of auto racing that only uses electric vehicles to race off-road in extremely remote parts of the world using electric SUVs. The series was conceived in 2018, and the inaugural championship is planned for 2021. It is the brainchild of the people behind the Formula E racing series, including Formula E founder Alejandro Agag. The project was launched publicly in January 2019 by Agag and former driver Gil de Ferran on board the Extreme E's future base ship RMS St Helena in London.