Tottenham Hotspur
2020 updates – italics / 2019 Info – standard font
Clean/Renewable Energy
- The club have achieved 100% certified renewable energy and zero scope 2 emissions, with REGO-backed electricity and carbon neutral gas provided to the stadium by Brook Green Supply
- Other aspects of the building design include insulation, solar shading and building fabric thermal performance that reduce the need for additional energy usage
- Carbon dioxide emissions from the Stadium are around 50% less than a stadium built 10 years ago and the entire development is targeting a 22% improvement on the Building Regulations baseline
- The Club has put technologies in place throughout its Training Centre to deliver renewable energy to the development, including 75m2 Solar Panels and air source heat pumps
- The Club has put in technologies throughout its Training Centre to deliver renewable energy to the development, including 75m2 Solar Panels and air source heat pumps
- Other aspects of the building design include insulation, solar shading and building fabric thermal performance that reduce the need for additional energy usage
- Carbon dioxide emissions from the Stadium are around 50% less than a stadium built 10 years ago and the entire development is targeting a 22% improvement on the Building Regulations baseline
Energy Efficiency
- Building management system in place across all properties developed by Schneider
- The building fabric of the stadium has been designed to be highly insulated to reduce heating and cooling demands
- Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’s technology infrastructure, developed in partnership with HPE and Aruba, allows for the consumption of less power during periods of low activity
- LED lighting (including floodlights) and high-efficiency building services systems are in place to reduce energy use
- A range of other initiatives are in place including intelligent controls, attenuation water tanks and green roofs on the Tottenham Experience
- The Lodge (Spurs’ training facility) achieves a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’ and achieves a 36.6% reduction in regulated carbon emissions meeting the London Plan target set for all major developments
- The building fabric of the stadium has been designed to be highly insulated to reduce heating and cooling demands
- LED lighting (including floodlights) and high-efficiency building services systems in place to reduce energy use
- A range of other initiatives are in place including intelligent controls, attenuation water tanks and green roofs on the Tottenham Experience
Sustainable Transport
- The new stadium is actively promoted as a ‘Public Transport Destination’, with service improvements, new shuttle bus and regional coach services, better pedestrian connections, real-time travel information points, clear signage and regular transport updates on the Club’s website, in match day programmes and directly to fans from several sources
- The Club has a sustainable transport plan in place for both its fans and staff, overseen by an appointed Travel Plan Coordinator
- Recent analysis has shown that the Club is close to achieving its target of no more than 23% of supporters (i.e. 14,250) travelling by private car on match days – a significant reduction in the percentage of fans that travelled by car to attend matches at the old White Hart Lane (on average 22,500 out of a total of 36,000)
- The Club has installed new bike racks locally around the stadium and is actively encouraging fans to consider cycling on match days – especially during the recent return of fans when public transport usage may have reduced
- The Club has launched a ‘Cycle To Work’ scheme for staff in conjunction with Cycle Solutions, with additional bike racks installed at its offices
- The Club has access to a pool of fully electronic Audi e-tron cars for day-to-day business use, in order to limit its carbon footprint. Charging stations are available across Club sites
- The new stadium is actively promoted as a ‘Public Transport Destination’, with service improvements, new shuttle bus links, better pedestrian connections, real-time travel information points, clear signage and regular transport updates on the Club’s website, in printed programmes and directly to fans from several sources
- A major focus on public transport will reduce impacts from vehicle traffic around the stadium on match days and there has already been a significant shift in travel patterns to the stadium area
- In 2003, over 60% of fans came by car. For weekend fixtures that figure reduced to 42% in 2014 and we plan to bring that number down to a maximum of 24% in the future
Single Use Plastic Reduction/Removal
- Single use plastic reduction strategy across all club properties
- The club’s new fully digital ticketing process eliminates the need for plastic Season Ticket/Membership cards or paper tickets
- The Club has implemented a reusable beer cup scheme at its stadium where cups are collected after matches, taken off site to be washed, and then returned for further use. The cup supplier is UK-based
- Plastic caps on the beer kegs are saved and returned to the supplier to be reused
- Any new stadium contracts that come up for tender will include a requirement to cut single-use plastics
- Stadium visitors are able to purchase a multi-use, reusable drawstring bag from one of our retails outlets at a cost of £1
- During training and on match days, the Club’s players drink from reusable bottles provided by ORS – each player has two individually labelled bottles, one containing a hydration drink and the other containing water, that are filled and washed every day
- The club has replaced all plastic water bottles in the team’s dressing room fridge with carton water for use on home match days
- Eliminated use of plastic straws, stirrers, cutlery and all plastic disposable packaging that accompanies these items
- Wooden stirrers and cutlery, and paper straws used in their place
- Currently trialling a reusable beer cup scheme where cups are collected after matches, taken off site to be washed, and then returned for further use
- Water fountains are available throughout general admission concourses
- No single-use plastics used to serve food inside premium areas
- Sandwich packaging in The M is fully compostable
- Any new stadium contracts that come up for tender will include a requirement to cut single-use plastics
- All One Hotspur Members and Season Ticket Holders received a Bag for Life as part of their Membership packs during 18/19 season.. The see-through Club-branded Bag for Life meets Bag Policy, meaning fans can bring their bag along on match days to carry all of their belongings and in-store purchases
- Stadium visitors that are not part of Membership scheme are able to purchase a multi-use, reusable drawstring bag from one of our retails outlets at a cost of £1
- Single use plastic reduction measures page on the website
Waste Management
- Zero waste to landfill across all sites
- Food remaining from events is given to The Felix Project charity for distribution locally, reducing food waste
- Dry Mixed Recycling bins located throughout the stadium concourses, alongside General Waste bins, with fans instructed on how to correctly dispose of their waste
- After matches, Dry Mixed Recycling bins are taken to a nearby Material Recovery Facility in Edmonton where the waste is separated to produce quality, single-stream materials that are then baled and sent to the most sustainable companies for re-processing
- A full site waste-management plan has been developed for the Training Centre, which includes a green-waste recycling facility nearby
- Recycling page on website to educate fans
Water Use
- Water efficiency strategy in place across all club properties
- Always looking to expand water efficiency across all sites
- Water consumption is minimised across the stadium with waterless urinals and low-flow fittings and fixtures
- At the Training Centre, a sedum ‘green roof’ has been installed to significant portions of the main building to enable the capture and re-harvesting of rain water across the site
- A comprehensive drainage and extraction system is in place including through the installation of an attenuation pond and two onsite bore holes that extract water with licences and agreement from the Environment Agency
Plant based/low carbon food
- Plant based food options are available at the Stadium, training facilities and all club properties where food is served
- All menus across the matchday food outlets, as well as The M on non-match days, include vegetarian and vegan options
- The return of fans to the stadium (post COVID19) will see the launch of dedicated plant-based food outlets
- Vegan match day food offerings available from November 9th 2019, including
— Beetroot burger
— Tofu Katsu curry
— Beer battered tofu
— Hot jackfruit sandwich - All food produce, where possible, is locally and sustainably sourced
- Working with partners to continue to identify and improve further sustainably-sourced food options to cater for various dietary requirements and plant based food options
- The Club is in talks with a local company to install bee hives on the roof of its Lilywhite House offices, enabling the production of organic honey for sale in the Club Shop and use in premium catering areas
Communication/Engagement
- The Club is signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework (announced 25th January 2021)
- The Club is a founding partner of Count Us In – a global movement aimed at mobilising 1 billion people to act on climate change. A large-scale campaign is planned for what is hoped will be a return of fans in greater numbers in Spring 2021. It will urge fans not to slip back to bad habits following the pandemic and encourage them to take simple steps advocated by Count Us In, aimed at reducing their carbon footprint
- Dele Alli encouraging fans to ‘Count Us In’ via social media: https://twitter.com/countusinsocial/status/1335873353052266497?s=21
- Running sustainability workshops in local schools for a number of years now through our Primary Stars programme, in partnership with Sky Ocean Rescue
- Community street clean, which Gary Mabbutt (our Ambassador) took part in
- The Club supported World Environment Day on June 5 2020 with communications across its global digital channels
- To Care is To Do page on the website showing environmental sustainability initiatives
- Plastic reduction measures page on the website
- Fans are provided instructions on how to dispose of reusable beer cups and waste correctly via emails sent to all match attenders ahead of games
- All announcements related to sustainability and environmental measures are communicated via Club channels, including the official website, social media platforms and match day programmes.
Additional information
- The stadium’s lightweight cable-net roof reduces the embodied carbon of the structure.
Information sourced directly from Tottenham Hotspur FC staff, website and third party websites
Information updated January 23rd 2021