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Premier League clubs have ‘markedly improved’ on their environmental sustainability commitment, according to a new report from Sport Positive Leagues that details all 20 teams’ current efforts.
This is the fifth year Sport Positive Leagues has issued a report on Premier League clubs’ sustainability efforts. Previously it ranked clubs in a league table format, but the structure of this year’s report was changed to disseminate and amplify clubs’ activities as a cohort across 13 categories.
The report also highlights that 16 Premier League clubs have established sustainability pages on their website, reflecting the increased engagement on the topic.
“Five years [since the first launch of the first report], and having done multiple versions for Premier League, EFL, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and supporting other sports with their efforts, times have changed,” said Clare Poole, founder of Sports Positive.
“Clubs are frequently engaging on this topic, 16 Premier League clubs now have a sustainability page on their website, six clubs have net zero carbon targets, and first team players regularly appear in club videos recycling, driving electric vehicles and eating plant based food.”
Earlier this year, the Premier League announced its Environmental Sustainability Commitment, which will see each team develop a robust environmental sustainability policy by the end of the 2024/25 season.
Clubs will also be obliged to develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dataset by the end of the 2025/26 campaign. Sport Positive Leagues has found that six teams have already developed this dataset, while five more teams are said to be in the process of reviewing their GHG emissions.
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