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Everton 2022

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Policy and Commitment

  • ‘Everton For Change’ policy – which openly outlines plans to reducing our carbon footprint and specific offsetting initiatives, remains a pledge: https://www.evertonfc.com/evertonforchange
  • Club now has an individual staff member with responsibility for sustainability within the organisation, and specifically with the move to the new stadium in mind
  • Club has now engaged and appointed an international sustainability consultancy firm, to write the Club’s first long-term sustainability strategy, This shows a clear commitment to long term, holistic environmental sustainability efforts. This is expected to be completed and released by Summer 2023
  • Targets and commitments to sustainability form part of all new stadium procurement and services contracts

Clean/Renewable Energy

  • 31.9% of energy is produced through a company where a proportion of it includes Renewable Energy from off-shore wind farms. This purchasing applies to all sites
  • Energy is purchased through a company where a portion of it includes Renewable Energy from off-shore wind farms
  • All info same as 2021 submission

Energy Efficiency

  • Building Management Systems (BMS) in place that centrally controls heating, lighting and energy usage at all sites
  • ESOS compliant across all sites
  • LED lighting systems installed wherever possible at all sites
  • At Goodison Park, this installation started in 2011, and LED lighting continues to be installed in all upgrades or projects, except for flood lights
  • All perimeter boards at Goodison Park are LED
  • Lighting motion sensor systems installed wherever possible at all sites
  • Pitch equipment fuel changed to a Alkylate petrol alternative that is significantly purer by being virtually free from Benzene and other harmful substances, thus being more user and environmentally friendly, and being Ethanol free and so preserving the life of machine components
  • All info same as 2021 submission

Sustainable Transport

  • Advocating for fans to travel to matches via public transport through sharing of public transport options in the Goodison matchday guide
  • Club has entered talks with team coach provider, Ellisons, regarding implementing biofuel in the the new vehicle we will take in the next 12 months
  • Club now have 7 EV Charging units installed at the training ground
  • Club is actively working with the local authority to look to improve local train infrastructure and facilties following the move to Everton Stadium
  • Club continue to fly to occasional games, with train strikes causing a greater issue than normal
  • The Everton Stadium Matchday Experience survey was distributed in December 2022 to supporters, which covered pre-match habits/routines, pre- and post-match activities at Everton Stadium, F&B, digital customer journeys. The pre-match habits section asked supporters how they will intend to travel to Everton Stadium in the future, both on weekend and weekday fixtures – including expected departure times and arrival at the vicinity. Results not published yet.
  • In addition to this information, all 2021 information remains active

Single Use Plastic Reduction/Removal

  • Everton for Change continues to drive our campaign on reducing single use plastics
  • As of 22/23, half pints are all served in paper cups = moved 100% away from single use plastic cups at the stadium
  • Although 70% of fans pay to receive a physical plastic season ticket card, 65% of all Season Ticket Members now download their digital Season Ticket to their phones, so a lot more are now willing to try out the digital solutions available to them
  • All single use plastics are now removed from the fans’ matchday experience. The only item remaining is reusable carrier bags in retail stores.
  • In addition to this information, all 2021 information remains active

Waste Management

  •  0% goes to landfill. All the waste streams are either recycled or used as fuel.
  • 45% General, 14% DMR, 10% Grass, 13% Food and 18% Glass
  • At Goodison Park, Club and catering partner now uses smart technology to reduce food waste by up to 50%, by using a data-led approach to allow for operational and behavioural changes
  • In addition to these updates, all 2021 information remains active

Water Efficiency

  • Rainwater harvesting (from the roof), will be a feature at the new Everton Stadium, which can be recycled for flushes in the toilets or watering the pitch
  • There are no public toilets in retail stores. Staff washing facilities have taps that turn themselves off.
  • In addition to this information, all 2021 information remains active

Plant based/low carbon food

  • Catering partner Sodexo offers sustainably sourced vegan food options in the stadium lounges or at functions if requested and vegan options are provided on the concourse
  • Club provides sustainably sourced vegan foods and low carbon options (including plant-based upon request) for players
  • Staff can access vegan options across all sites
  • Everton Free School and Everton in the Community offer sustainably-produced and vegan options
  • All our fruit and veg is locally sourced, from Ribble Farm in the Ribble Valley
  • We are also looking to work with Quorn to see how we can replace certain products

Biodiversity

  • Strong partnership with the Canal and River Trust, complete regular canal clean ups with various groups. We have recently adopted a space (Bedford Place) on the canal which we will be regularly doing work on with staff and participants. We will be using waste from the canal and reusing it for features such as bottle planters and mosaics.
  • Staff to take part in a joint volunteer day with the canal and river trust staff, looking to clean the water ways near Bramley-Moore Dock and how we can enhance this in line with the new stadium.
  • At USM Finch Farm, the grounds staff maintain the pond in such a way to encourage wildlife
  • Plans are being developed to promote further Biodiversity at USM Finch Farm with potential initiatives such as the creation of Woodland habitats, installation of Bird and Bat boxes and developing the pond area to encourage more wildlife
  • One of the planning conditions attached to the new stadium construction was a scheme for biodiversity offset to the local planning authority before dock infill works commenced. Planning documents pertaining to the new stadium are publicly available on the Liverpool City Council website: https://lar.liverpool.gov.uk/planning/index.html?fa=getApplication&id=162728

Education

  • Each staff member can allocate one day per year to Everton in the Community, to work on schemes that are based around sustainability and environmental issues, often on community schemes that benefit those in need of support or help
  • This year’s Premier League enterprise challenge is for schools to create a social action project to help address environmental sustainability at Everton Football Club. We have 5 schools taking part and a total of 7 teams. Each team will present their idea to a panel of judges. The winning team will represent Everton and compete against the other community organisations.
  • We have created three forest schools in our partner Primary Schools to provide outdoor learning environments for the pupils, with 1 more left to complete. A lot of the materials used to build the schools have been taken from builders who would have put the materials in a skip, therefore we have repurposed a lot of waste. The U23 team and staff have all given up their time to help this project happen
  • NCS Participants have fundraised, bought and collected food for the Blue Base Food Pantry, then volunteered their time to help run the pantry. This was in line with food poverty challenge set by local Metro Mayor, Steve Rotherham
  • Staff regularly donate food (using boxes which are located across all sites) to the Blue Base Pantry and volunteer their time on Thursday mornings to support in the running of this
  • Green match day held at Goodison Park on March 11 2023 (v Brentford), to help educate supporters and highlight measures being taken
  • In addition to this information, all 2021 information remains active

Communication and Engagement

Sustainable Procurement

  • All kits are produced using the same Eco 8 process as previous Everton hummel kits. Each jersey is made from eight bottles, and uses minimal water in the dying process, further supporting the Club’s continued commitment to its Everton for Change environmental campaign
  • All our fruit and veg is locally sourced, from Ribble Farm in the Ribble Valley
  • A third-party supplier handbook outlines the club’s procurement policy, which includes service provisions, fair/living wages, ethical matters, human rights, social responsibility (diversity) and environmental responsibility and sustainability
    • On seeing the document Sport Positive queried that this appears to relate to the new stadium only, and asked it it was across all goods and services. The response was that it is difficult to say just a ‘yes’, as we have many existing agreements in place and there is a concerted effort to reduce waste, lower single use plastics, etc.
    • IN THE INTERESTS OF FAIRNESS WE HAVE NOT ALLOCATED 2 POINTS FOR THIS AS WE HAVEN’T SEEN EVIDENCE OF SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT (ENVIRONMENTAL, ETHICAL AND SOCIAL, ACROSS ALL GOODS AND SERVICES)

Sponsorship and Ownership

  • OWNERSHIP
    • Ownership: 94% by Farhad Moshiri
    • Information: Mr Moshiri is a British-Iranian businessman and investor, who resides in Monaco. He has had a professional career as an accountant, senior manager and professional Director. In previous years, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Management Company Metalloinvest and was a member of the Board of Directors of MegaFon, Mail.Ru Group, Nautilus Minerals, Strike Resources, Red and White Holdings and USM Steel & Mining Group. He was also an independent director and a member of the Board of Directors of Norilsk Nickel from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012.
    • Country: Iran/UK
    • Source of Income: Metals and mining, telecoms, technology and internet sectors
    • Links: https://www.evertonfc.com/club/shareholders/list-of-shareholders
  • SPONSORSHIP
    • Click link here for more information on your club’s sponsors and sustainability efforts. Scroll along the sheet to find your club, they are in alphabetical order

Information sourced directly from Everton F.C. staff
Information updated 14th March 2023
To see information from 2021 click here