Nine-time Le Mans champion and 2013 World Endurance Championship title winner Tom Kristensen has been elected to the FIA Institute Executive Committee by the organisation’s General Assembly, which met in Paris on December 5th.

The Executive Committee plays a pivotal role in providing direction to the activities of the FIA Institute, deciding on the organisation’s strategy and selecting the projects to be undertaken.

“The work the FIA Institute does in motor sport safety and sustainability is vitally important and I hope that my experience as a driver can help contribute to that,” said Kristensen.

The Institute’s Sustainability Programme was also on the agenda, with FIA Institute Deputy President Garry Connelly presenting its Environmental Certification programme and Carbon Offset project.

The Environmental Certification Framework concerns waste management, water usage, energy use and other environmental concerns. Connelly said: “Accreditation allows stakeholders, be it an ASN, a mobility club or any other stakeholder, to measure themselves against the framework and seek accreditation at three different levels; commitment, progress and achievement.”

The Carbon Offset project, meanwhile, provides an online system enabling motor sport stakeholders to calculate, manage and compensate for avoidable and unavoidable emissions.