You may think that a builder of luxury yachts would be the last person to be either interested or passionate about the environment, but you would be wrong. Amsterdam-based Hugo Le Breton cares very much about climate change and about his own carbon footprint.

Mr Le Breton left his job in environmental and social impact management with Shell in The Hague two years ago – although he still does some consultancy work for them – to build high-performance yachts that combine speed, comfort and fun. The yacht, the SIG45, can be used for fully-crewed racing or for short-handed cruising.