This coming weekend’s Taisei Rotec TrialGP of Japan – round three of the 2025 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship – will represent the third consecutive season that the Mobility Resort Motegi has participated in the FIM KiSS Programme.
Following the Japanese principle of continuous improvement, each year new forward-thinking actions for KiSS Motegi are implemented at the TrialGP of Japan, establishing the event as a reference point for sustainable events worldwide.
Standing for Keep it Shiny and Sustainable, the FIM KiSS Programme is an environmental and social sustainability initiative with the main goal of encouraging event organisers to develop sustainable events by promoting and amplifying environmental actions and incorporating innovative activities.
The first KiSS Motegi event was the 2023 TrialGP of Japan. With a strong focus on social and environmental sustainability – meeting all requirements to join the FIM Programme – it was followed by last season’s highly-successful second edition before, later in the year, KiSS Motegi in MotoGP expanded the programme’s reach and impact.
The Mobility Resort Motegi benefits from a forested area – Hello Woods – that is an incredibly diverse habitat for flora and fauna. The facility is owned by Honda and as the Japanese manufacturer considers protection of nature as a core value and views Hello Woods as part of its brand heritage, it is only natural that this area will once again feature heavily, beginning with a mid-week tree-planting activity.
This was attended by FIM TrialGP World Champion Toni Bou, FIM Ride Green Ambassador Takahisa Fujinami, current TrialGP Women class leader Berta Abellan, TrialGP competitor Jack Peace and Mobility Resort Motegi General Manager Mitsuomi Inaba who were delighted to help highlight the message of environmental sustainability.
Other areas that will focus on environmental sustainability include:
- Waste Management through plastic reduction, sustainable utility in restoration, promotion of composting and recycling and the reduction of paper usage, especially in ticketing
- Biodiversity protection and restoration
- Careful selection of sections and routes
- Reforestation
- Communication of the actions among participants
Huge emphasis is being placed on climate action and making the TrialGP of Japan a carbon-neutral event and to achieve this activities include the reduction of emissions through:
- Switching from fossil fuel vehicles to EVS/hybrids
- Using EVs for some business vehicles
- Promotion of sustainable transportation and motorcycles
- Zero km lodging
- Providing green electricity derived from renewable energy sources
- Offset of remaining emissions
Social sustainability is another vital element of the FIM KiSS Programme and areas focussed on by KiSS Motegi include:
- Creating an inclusive and genderless event
- Participating in Tochigi Prefecture’s SDGs Promotion Registration System and being certified as a ‘30by30’ nature coexistence site by the Ministry of the Environment and managing efforts to continue this
- Inclusion of local schools
- Participation in the farmers’ market of Motegi town ‘Michi no eki’
- Partnerships with companies proactively working to build a sustainable society
Kattia Juárez, Director of the FIM International Sustainability Commission, stated: “Sustainability is vital if we are to safeguard the future of the sports we all share so much passion for so it is always a pleasure to work together with the Mobility Resort Motegi where this goal is at the forefront.
“Thanks to a constant programme of innovation, I am confident in saying that the TrialGP of Japan is fully dedicated to the coexistent relationship between motorcyclists and nature, creating a benchmark event that is a symbol of sustainability.”
The KiSS Programme started in 2013 at the Mugello MotoGP circuit and has since expanded to various circuits and motorcycling events worldwide. It focuses on three pillars of sustainability – social, economic, and environmental. Activities include, but are not limited to, waste collection, recycling initiatives, climate action, social programmes and food surplus collections among other actions.”
