Swansea City receives EFL Green Club Award

Swansea City is proud to announce that the club has been awarded EFL Green Clubs ‘Participant’ status.

EFL Green Clubs is a league-wide voluntary scheme, delivered in partnership with GreenCode, that supports EFL Clubs in improving their environmental practices and operations. It first launched in 2021 and was updated for the 2024-25 season to introduce a new assessment cycle that awards participating Clubs with a status of 'Participant', 'Bronze', 'Silver' or 'Gold'. 

The refreshed scheme presents a more rigorous assessment process that requires participating Clubs to exceed standard sustainability measures, meaning all levels of the award represent a concentrated effort to implement environmentally sustainable practices at the Club.

At Swansea City recent initiatives regarding sustainability have included the installing of electric vehicle charger points at the Swansea.com Stadium and Fairwood Training Ground, while the club is also in the process of changing its fleet vehicles to EV.

At the stadium on matchdays supporters are urged to return their reusable cups to be recycled, while solar panels are in place at both the club’s training facilities with a view to installing them at the stadium in the future.

Additionally, grass waste is recycled and turned back into material that can be used on amenity areas.

Swansea City chief executive, Tom Gorringe, said: “As a club we are proud to have been awarded 'Participant' status, it is recognition of the hard work going on behind the scenes to make Swansea City as environmentally sustainable as we can be.

"Of course, we are aware that there is still plenty of hard work ahead as we strive to make tangible improvements in this area.

"But we are pleased to be putting in place measures and initiatives that are having a positive impact within our local community."

EFL environmental sustainability co-ordinator, Ben Fisher said: “Everyone at the EFL is delighted to celebrate Swansea City’s commitment to environmental sustainability and it is brilliant to have GreenCode on board to help us support the Club at each stage of the assessment cycle. 

“The Club has worked hard to reduce their carbon footprint and make a positive impact on their local environment, and thoroughly deserve to be recognised for their efforts. 

“EFL Green Clubs is one of several ways in which the EFL supports Clubs to improve their sustainability practices. Throughout the season, we also deliver a full training and support package that enables us to share best practice across the League and to collectively tackle shared challenges in this area.” 

Dale Vince, chairman of Forest Green Rovers and founder of the Greencode said: “It’s great to see the progress EFL clubs are making on the vital issue of sustainability. The beauty of GreenCode is that it’s both achievable and impactful for clubs of all sizes. Together we’ll show that sport and the environment are a winning combination.”

EFL Green Clubs currently has about 30 EFL Clubs signed up to the scheme, which is delivered in partnership with GreenCode, the environmental accreditation organisation run by the Green Britain Group. The assessment cycle takes place across two seasons with a development season during which Clubs identify key priority areas and begin to implement environmental sustainability measures and protocols, such as a published environmental policy and a baseline carbon footprint.