Few fans would associate Formula 1 racing with sustainability, but perhaps incongruously for a sport that glorifies combustion, the league has a goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.

For F1 teams, it’s not as simple as burning sustainable fuels in their race cars’ engines. In fact, the cars are responsible for less than 1% of a team’s carbon footprint. The vast majority comes from everything else, including race-oriented logistics, business travel, office space, computers and so on.

To offset some of the more challenging sources, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team is buying 5,500 metric tons worth of carbon credits from Chestnut Carbon, which plants forests on degraded farmland in the southeastern U.S.

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