Circularity
Think Circular is Castrol's first PATH360 guiding principle - find out more about what that means to us
What is circularity?
Today the global economy is predominantly “ linear “ – we take resources from the environment, make products from them, and eventually dispose of them.
Circularity encourages us to use our resources more carefully, for example by wasting less, keeping resources or products in use for longer, making products and materials that don’t harm people or the environment.
Here at Castrol, we’re harnessing circular economy thinking to work towards reducing the life-cycle environmental profile of our products and services - looking at how we can improve both our inputs and our processes, but also how our products and services can help customers too. This underpins one of our PATH360 guiding principles - Think Circular.
Castrol in action - RRBO in Motorsport
Watch the videos below to see how 2 of our motorsport partnerships are using Recycled Re-used Base Oils to help them perform.
Castrol MEM Rally Team
This year, the Castrol MEM Rally Team powered to victory in the British Rally Championship.
Castrol MEM Rally Team
Congratulations once again to the Castrol MEM Toyota Rally Team who won the 2024 British Rally Championship.
Their Toyota Yaris Rally2 cars competed with lubricants formulated with material re-refined from used oils.
In addition to the formula performing under the intense pressures of a rally competition, this approach helps to save waste, and we hope to do it again, and again!
Jaguar TCS Racing
Reliving those golden moments en route to becoming Season 10 ABB FIA Formula E World Champions!
Jaguar TCS Racing
Congratulations Jaguar TCS Racing for being crowned Season 10 Champions - Castrol is immensely proud to work alongside the winning team.
Together Jaguar TCS Racing and Castrol have collaborated through extensive technical research both on and off track to develop more circular transmission fluids. During this season used transmission fluid was collected from the I-TYPE 6, then re-refined using a technique to recover its main constituent base oil. This re-refined base oil was then blended with performance additives to make fresh, more circular EV transmission fluid to run in the Jaguar I-TYPE 6 gearbox. This approach saves waste and we hope to do it again, and again!
RFK Racing
Designed to Perform with RFK Racing
RFK Racing
For the past three seasons, RFK Racing has been using - and winning with - Castrol products made with re-refined base oils.
With an unforgettable win at Darlington earlier this year, we look forward to our continued collaboration with RFK Racing.
Our approach
We play a role in supporting the circular economy by extending the useful life of equipment and reducing raw material consumption (outputs) as well as using the principles of the circular economy to reduce our impact.
Forward towards circularity
Our approach is 360 holistic, whole system thinking. It’s looking at how we can deliver what we do in a lower carbon, more efficient, more sustainable way and helping our customers do the same. We’re doing more and using less.
We are working towards reducing the product lifecycle carbon emissions across Castrol by using less plastics in packaging, using renewable power in the plants and re-formulating product with Re-Refined Base Oils.
Castrol in action
Outputs
We develop high performance products and services that support our customers with their energy, waste and water sustainability goals and we support multiple sectors from automotive, to industry, ships and energy production.
Inputs
Working to increase our use of renewable energy.
REDUCE
Working to reduce raw material demand across the value chain e.g. long drain formulations that work for longer, packaging reduction programmes.
Replace
Investigating alternative raw materials and techniques (e.g. alternative ingredients or digital services).
REUSE
Designing with the end in mind, considering the system as a whole and working to reduce raw material demand.
RECYCLE
Using recycled materials to lower product environmental profile and keep materials in use.
RELATIONSHIPS
Partnering, sharing, advocating and providing technical support.
