Our commitment to sustainability

Premier League clubs unanimously agreed to an Environmental Sustainability Commitment this week, which introduces a minimum standard of action on environmental issues across the clubs and the League.

BHAFC

2024-02-09T15:25:00Z

The club has installed electric charging points at the Amex and Elite Football Performance Centre.

This will build on existing action made by clubs to reduce their environmental impact and provide a foundation to underpin long-term environmental ambitions.

Brighton & Hove Albion are committed to sustainability and some of our great work was highlighted during Green Football Weekend last week.

Climate change affects all of us and is already having a negative impact on sports around the world, from matches cancelled due to flooding, to athletes being affected by extreme heat.

The club introduced a low-carbon, plant-forward burger at the Crystal Palace game.

We, the football community, have the power to change things, like nothing else on planet earth that change starts with our stomachs.

Green Football Weekend 2024 invited fans to eat like the playing elite, by taking part in the #TransferToVeg challenge to try a tasty veggie option.

Teaming up with Sodexo Live! the club introduced a tasty, low-carbon, plant-forward burger at the Amex at the Crystal Palace game.

The club provides home and away fans free bus and train travel to the stadium on matchdays

The Shiitake Mushroom Burger, a low-carbon meal option, showcases the commitment of Sodexo Live! to sustainability. Producing only 0.5kg of CO2e, this burger – made in partnership with The Devil’s Kitchen – is a substantial improvement over the average CO2e per meal in the UK, which stands at 1.6kg of CO2e.

Crafted for both taste and sustainability, the burger features a toasted La Boulangerie vegan brioche-style bun, vegan applewood cheese slices, a mix of exotic marinated and seasoned mushrooms and plant-based garlic mayonnaise.

Burgers continue to be one of the most popular choices on menus and the Shiitake Mushroom Burger now allows supporters to have an equally flavoursome snack using plant-based, low-carbon ingredients on matchdays.

Switching to electric mowers reduces the amount of fuel that is used

We also offer alternative meat-free options, including vegetarian pies, with all ingredients sourced locally where possible and available to fans, staff and players across the club.

Some of the other sustainability initiatives the club are already doing include:

Using local food suppliers to limit the distance it travels
Collecting rainwater at the training ground to be reused for pitch irrigation
Offering MyAlbion+ members the opportunity to choose to plant five trees in Ecuador
Installing solar panels at the training ground
Providing home and away fans free bus and train travel to the stadium on matchdays
Switching to electric mowers to reduce the amount of fuel that is used
Installing electric vehicle charging points at the stadium and training ground
Hiring a sustainability manager, Tom Harris, to lead on the club’s work in this area going forward