How green are Premier League clubs?

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BBC Sport takes a look at what all 20 Premier League clubs are doing to help the environment.

communications or engagementper category if they had suitable initiatives taking place in their stadiums, training grounds and/or offices andWhat does the table show?- which breaks down every club's score in each category, and highlights their specific schemes and initiatives.

"We are all on a journey when it comes to reducing our impact on the environment, and we hope more awareness about these initiatives will help drive increased ambition across football and other sports."What does the table not show?While the study is a thorough indication of what Premier League clubs are doing to help/promote sustainability, it is not a complete picture of a club's environmental impact.

"That is a massive undertaking alone, but what about the embedded carbon used to build the stadium infrastructure, or to fertilise the turf, or the carbon emissions of fans watching the game at home, at the pub, on their phone or tablet globally? "On the very positive side, powering stadiums with renewables is a very good thing, as is energy efficiency. It is good to see wildlife encouraged and some plastic reduction.

3. Food is around a quarter of the UK's carbon footprint. The most important message clubs can send out is a reduction in meat and dairy and in particular less beef and lamb . "There are many items listed for each club - such as Chelsea's 100% recycling at Stamford Bridge and their Cobham training ground - that should be standard practices across the clubs.

"It's about how to behave properly, engaging local people - and how thinking about the environment and social values really makes a difference to people's lives in this city. "The Premier League and our clubs play a huge role in communities both locally and globally and so it is important we encourage fans to make everyday changes to create a real difference."

 

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All clubs could save more energy by playing all weekend games in daylight rather than under lights. Or should install solar panels on stadium roofs to charge batteries which in turn would power lights.

There's a lot of cabbages amongst them

Football is really a nasty, corrupt industry. Clubs are owned by some very dodgy individuals, the are allowed to ‘invest’ billions in massive property developments. Most players, paid obscene amounts of money, are imported from abroad.

lost interest in it --had enough

Not very since they fly on over the world to play a game of football which in turn makes fans from all of the world fly to said game.

At least the turf is green. 🙃

Who could care less?

One little band and the rest I’d describe as ‘clear’

Very green. The pitch for a start 🤣

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