ALVEST Collaborates with Fabrice Amedeo on 'Ocean Calling' Project

In this year declared "Year of the Sea" by the French State, the ALVEST Group, a global leader in ground support equipment (GSE) and pioneer of "Leaner & Greener" solutions for the airport industry, announces its four-year partnership with skipper Fabrice Amedeo 
and his "Ocean Calling" project.

This strategic collaboration aligns with ALVEST's ESG commitment and its vision of a "Zero Emission" world, whether for airports, ground operations, or oceans.

This alliance assumes particular significance in a context where ocean science becomes increasingly crucial for understanding the impacts of climate change. Fabrice Amedeo's boat, an "opportunity vessel" for the scientific community, travels routes where scientific vessels do not go. It sails with a CO2, salinity and temperature sensor that provides data useful for better understanding the consequences of global warming on oceans, a microplastic sensor that studies anthropogenic pollution, and finally an environmental DNA sensor that allows Fabrice Amedeo to conduct an inventory of marine life on the routes he takes during races with his sailboat. Several eminent scientific institutions are partners in this project: Ifremer, University of Bordeaux, Geomar and Max Planck Institute in Germany, Cawthron Institute in New Zealand. This strong commitment from Fabrice Amedeo creates a natural bridge with ALVEST's approach, which bases its innovations on rigorous measurement of environmental impact.

ALVEST, which equips more than 2,000 airports worldwide, has revolutionized its industry by developing clean solutions (electric, hybrid, etc.) that now represent nearly 60% of its sales. With innovations like the TaxiBot, which enables aircraft ground taxiing without using their engines (called Engine-OFF), or its APU-OFF solutions that avoid the use of aircraft auxiliary turbines (APU) on the ground, ALVEST enabled its customers to avoid more than 328,000 tons of CO₂ in 2024.

The "Ocean Calling" project shares this same philosophy of innovation in service of the 
environment. Fabrice Amedeo uses sailing as a laboratory for innovations to preserve our oceans, just as ALVEST transforms airport operations to make them cleaner and more efficient.

Another striking parallel between the two projects: ALVEST has set the goal of stopping production of internal combustion engine equipment by the end of 2025 and aims for a 52% reduction in its Scope 3 emissions intensity by 2030, aligned with the Paris Agreement. This decarbonization approach echoes Fabrice Amedeo's ambition to sail without relying on fossil energy: the French navigator has completed the last Vendée Globe, a single-handed, non-stop, non-assisted round-the-world sailing race that takes place every four years, charging his batteries only through natural elements (solar panels and hydro-generators).

This four-year partnership will support Fabrice Amedeo through and during the 2028 Vendée Globe, transforming each sailing race into an opportunity to test innovative solutions and raise public awareness of environmental issues. Like airports that are progressively becoming "zero emission" thanks to ALVEST solutions, the FDJ United boat will become an ambassador for clean oceans and sustainable sailing.

This alliance perfectly illustrates ALVEST's vision: to be "a major contributor to the transformation of airports and aviation towards safer, Leaner and Greener® operations worldwide," a mission that today finds its natural extension in ocean protection.

Valentin Schmitt, President and CEO of ALVEST: "Our commitment to Fabrice Amedeo naturally fits into our company DNA. For nearly three decades, we have been developing and promoting solutions and technologies that enable our customers to massively reduce aircraft emissions on the ground.

With Ocean Calling, we extend this decarbonization mission to the oceans, these vital ecosystems that, like airports, require innovative solutions to preserve our planet."
Yves Crespel, Director of Communications at ALVEST: "We are not just funding a project, we are engaging in a common mission. Our desire to concretely participate in emission reduction and our engineering rigor can bring concrete added value to the Ocean Calling project, creating unprecedented synergies between airport innovation and marine preservation. This collaboration fits perfectly into this Year of the Sea, reminding us that environmental challenges require a crosssectoral and collaborative approach."

Fabrice Amedeo: "I am delighted to bring ALVEST aboard this sporting and human adventure. I was impressed and convinced by their ability to transform a traditionally polluting industry into an actor of climate change. Their 'Leaner & Greener' philosophy resonates perfectly with Ocean Calling: in both cases, we prove that innovation rhymes with environmental preservation. Whether it's reducing aircraft ground emissions or protecting marine biodiversity, we share the same urgency to act."