The Goodwood Estate and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars are extending their long-standing environmental collaboration through a number of initiatives that will benefit the surrounding fauna, flora, and fauna, as well as the local population. The long-standing collaboration between Goodwood Estate and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has been extended. a variety of programs to protect and improve biodiversity and benefit the neighborhood. A new partnership is focused on spreading wildflowers, studying uncommon species, helping bees, and planting trees. Over the course of the relationship, more than 20,000 trees have been planted. keeps in touch with the crucial Strategic Wildlife Corridor project and the Chichester District Council.
We chose this location for the future home of Rolls-Royce over 20 years ago, and the Goodwood Estate, one of the natural gems of the south of England, played a big part in our choice. Since those early days, we have had a cordial, close-knit relationship with the estate, in which our shared stance on sustainability and the environment has always been of utmost significance. Since we both contribute to preserving the distinctive animals, habitats, and landscapes of this extraordinary region of the world, I'm thrilled to see this partnership grow. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Chief Executive Officer Torsten Müller-Tvös
The Goodwood Estate and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars are extending their long-standing environmental collaboration through a number of initiatives that will benefit the surrounding fauna, flora, and fauna, as well as the local population.
The Dukes of Richmond have lived on the 12,000-acre estate since 1697. It employs conventional land management techniques that provide a variety of habitats for nearby species. It has about 4,900 acres of forests and is one of the largest lowland organic farms in the UK.
Since it was selected as the site for the company's global headquarters and Centre of Luxury Manufacturing Excellence in 2001, Rolls-Royce has collaborated closely with the Estate. Currently occupying 42 acres in the south of the Estate, the Rolls-Royce plant has lately announced plans to grow on adjacent ground to the east. The Home of Rolls-Royce, which was designed from the start with sustainability in mind, has become a leading advocate for the protection of wildlife and biodiversity through initiatives like the recently renovated Wildlife Garden, which is a part of the proposed Strategic Wildlife Corridor, and the renowned Rolls-Royce Apiary, which is home to a colony of 250,000 European honeybees.
More than 20,000 trees have been planted along the South Downs National Park's perimeter since the partnership's inception, benefiting both the local population and wildlife. In addition to some more rare species, such as disease-resistant elms, planted from cuttings collected on the Estate, a variety of largely native broadleaf species were also planted. No single-use plastic tree guards were utilized in the planting program to reduce waste.
Under the direction of Chichester District Council's Wildlife Corridor Project Officer, volunteers from Rolls-Royce planted a section of native-species hedgerow at the Wildlife Garden using traditional techniques. This will serve as a vital link between the Estate and other significant habitats, as well as a haven for local wildlife and a vital source of food for animals traveling via the wildlife corridor.
The new, expanded partnership with the Goodwood Estate is aimed at maintaining and enhancing biodiversity while carrying on this tradition of sustainability.
A combined investigation of the flying patterns of the uncommon and elusive Barbastelle bats that reside on the Estate is one of the specific projects being worked on with a local chiropterologist. Chichester District Council has already modified the proposed course of its Strategic Wildlife Corridor, which now includes a portion of the Rolls-Royce complex, after seeing the bats' migrations between their roosts and their feeding grounds near Chichester Harbour to the south. The investigation will last all of 2023.
The Estate's investment in a specially made, mechanized wildflower seed harvester, which will go into service this year, has also received assistance from Rolls-Royce. The use of this unique harvester will make it easier and more efficient to collect seeds from a wider range of species in preparation for planting them on the grasslands of the Estate and in the vicinity of the Rolls-Royce facility.
"We are pleased to extend our partnership with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to foster biodiversity in this stunning and biodiverse region of West Sussex. Our collaborative strategy fosters a rich environment for all wildlife with a special emphasis on nurturing and safeguarding rare and endangered species. In addition, we build an environment that future generations of residents and the Estate's millions of visitors can enjoy. The Goodwood Group's estate managing director, Lloyd McNeill
