Envision Energy conducts national logo contest in India with the winner featuring on Envision Racing car and branded assets.
The logo represents the Sundarbans Restoration Project, a collaboration between Envision Energy India, Envision Racing and EARTHDAY.ORG, supporting the plantation of 500,000 mangrove saplings in the Sundarbans region.
London, UK [9AM, 22 APRIL]: Envision Racing is displaying a new logo on its car for the remainder of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Season 12 and Season 13 to bring awareness to a major initiative that is aiming to plant over 500,000 trees in the Sundarbans region.
A competition, launched in partnership with Envision Energy India and the International Advertising Association, invited designers, students, and agencies to create a visual identity representing the restoration of the Sundarbans – one of the world’s most vital mangrove ecosystems.
The winning design, created by Ms Shibani Gharai, a freelance designer based in Mumbai, was selected from over 100 nominations submitted to the International Advertising Association.
It was selected for its creativity, cultural relevance, and environmental symbolism. The logo will now be proudly displayed on the Envision Racing Formula E car at the upcoming Berlin E-Prix, bringing global visibility to the Sundarbans restoration effort to over 560 million TV viewers and 422 million fans.
“My sincere gratitude to the respected jury members for selecting my work and recognising the thought behind the design,” said Ms Shibani Gharai. “While working on logo design for the project, I explored different directions inspired by mangroves, their roots, the wildlife around them and the idea of balance. When creativity meets purpose, it has the power to grow forests.”
The Sundarbans Restoration Project is an initiative created by Envision Energy India, Envision Racing and EARTHDAY.ORG to restore degraded areas of the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest in West Bengal, India while helping communities living on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mandate, this major mangrove sapling plantation drive will improve the living standards of 18,000 women and 10,000 families over a five-year programme through targeted health, nutrition, sanitation, and education initiatives.
RPV Prasad, CEO of Envision Energy India, said: “Partnerships like this demonstrate how technology, business and global audiences can work together to accelerate climate action with purpose. The new logo featured on the race will bring global attention to this initiative of restoring Sundarbans mangroves.”
“This logo represents more than just a design – it’s a symbol of collective climate action,” says Sylvain Filippi, Managing Director and CTO of Envision Racing. “By featuring it on our race car, we are taking the message of the Sundarbans to a global audience and reinforcing the urgent need to protect and restore critical ecosystems.”
Envision Racing is growing awareness of the project and driving fans to make pledges through its Sustainable Chain programme, which has already supported the planting of more than 250,000 mangrove trees in Madagascar.
Through the Sustainable Chain, fans are invited to make a personal pledge to reduce their carbon footprint – such as reducing single-use plastics, choosing more sustainable travel, or lowering household energy consumption – and invite others to do the same.
The programme focuses on the power of collective action to create meaningful change. Participants who join the Sustainable Chain receive updates on the restoration projects and environmental impact generated through the programme, alongside exclusive content from the team throughout the season.
The initiative reflects Envision Racing’s wider commitment to using its platform in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to promote climate awareness and support tangible environmental action.
Located across India and Bangladesh, the Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and one of the region’s most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels, coastal erosion and increasingly severe storms and cyclones. Local communities are suffering through reduced access to freshwater sources, nutrition, and sanitation, as well as access to schools and employment.
The Sundarbans Restoration Project will play a critical role in protecting coastal communities and capturing carbon. Mangroves can store up to four times more carbon than terrestrial forests while also providing natural protection against the effects of climate change. Mangrove planting also provides an economic opportunity, stabilising incomes particularly for widows facing extreme economic and social vulnerability.
