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Tottenham Hotspur 2022

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Policy and Commitment

  • The Club has published its Sustainability Policy on the Official Website, outlining its core objectives as follows:
    • Recycle any waste products generated across the Club where possible and increase waste diversion away from landfill
    • Reduce our single-use plastic footprint with the aim of eliminating its use across Club operations, seeking to source more environmentally sustainable materials where possible
    • Educate and inspire young people in our communities through the work of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation
    • Promote alternative forms of transport for fans and staff to and from the stadium and Training Centre that have a reduced impact on the environment
    • Identify locally and sustainably sourced food options to cater for various dietary requirements, including plant-based food options, at our stadium
  • The Club is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, including the high ambition track ‘Race To Zero, committing to halving emissions by 2030 and being net zero carbon by 2040
  • Full emissions data (Scopes 1, 2 and 3) for the year ending June 30, 2022 has been reported to the UN, with a SECR Energy Use and Carbon Emissions Disclosure, and is published on the website here: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-stadium/passionate-about-our-planet/?scs=quicklink
  • Member of the British Association for Sustainability in Sport and the first football club to become a member of Products of Change – a global educational hub aimed at driving sustainable change across consumer product markets and beyond
  • The Club has made an application through the British Standards Institution for an ISO20121 sustainability standard, which it has now implemented and is being measured against ahead of a Gap Analysis being performed

Clean/Renewable Energy

  • The Club has achieved 100% certified renewable energy and zero scope 2 emissions at its stadium, with REGO-backed electricity and carbon neutral gas provided to the stadium by Brook Green Supply – this includes its retail store at the Tottenham Experience (Sport Positive verified0
  • The Club has put technologies in place throughout its Training Centre to deliver 100 % renewable energy to the development, including 75m2 Solar Panels and air source heat pumps
  • Machinery used by our ground staff is electric
  • All food deliveries made to our stadium now carry zero carbon emissions. Following a successful trial with Reynolds, deliveries are now made by an all-electric refrigerated semi-trailer with an all-electric tractor unit and solar powered fridge

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Lodge (Player Accommodation) 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
  • Energy usage is reduced via high performance envelopes, passive ventilation strategies, efficient smart lighting and robust solar shading

Sustainable Transport

  • The Club has a sustainable transport plan in place for fans, staff and team travel, overseen by an appointed Travel Plan Coordinator (Sport Positive verified)
  • Tottenham Hotspur 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 written policy for sustainable team travel and staff travel
  • The Club’s Official Travel Partner, Destination Sport Travel, is committed to working with the Club to measure, manage and report on travel emissions, with the objective to reduce emissions where possible and identify sustainable team travel options. Destination Sport Travel will also work with the Club to offset emissions where possible via the purchase of carbon credits verified by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • The Club has installed bike racks locally around the stadium and is actively encouraging fans to consider cycling on match days
  • The Club has a ‘Cycle To Work’ scheme for staff in conjunction with Cycle Solutions, with additional bike racks installed at its offices
  • Electric car charging points are available across Club sites
  • The Club surveys match attendees after every home game to understand how they travelled and inform our transport planning. Most recent analysis shows:
    • 25% Car
    • 35% Tube
    • 18% London Overground
    • 15% Greater Anglia
    • 7% Bus/walk/cycle

Single Use Plastic Reduction/Removal

  • Single use plastic reduction strategy across all club properties and we now have an agreement in place with Coca-Cola to remove all single-use plastic from the business by end of 2023/24 season, from April 2023 removing single-use plastic water bottles from our concourse from after the international break and switching to Tetra
  • Any new stadium contracts that come up for tender include a requirement to cut single-use plastics
  • Water fountains are available throughout general admission concourses. All bottled water served to fans on matchdays is switching to Tetra Pak
  • The Club’s 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. Caps are taken to a cup production plant and recycled into brand new products, such as parts for the building trade or even new keg caps themselves, reducing the stadium’s draught dispense single-use waste plastic by over 100kg’s per season
  • Stadium visitors are able to purchase a multi-use, reusable drawstring bag from one of our retails outlets at a cost of £1
  • Carton water is used by our players instead of bottled water at home and away matches, with refillable bottles used during training sessions
  • The Club’s Official Sports Nutrition Drinks Supplier, EXALT, uses 100% recycled and 100% recyclable bottles as a lower carbon footprint alternative to virgin plastic
  • 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
  • Heineken, the Club’s Official Beer Partner, no longer supply single use plastic to the stadium – beer is supplied in cans or glass/aluminium bottles
  • No single-use plastics used to serve food inside premium areas
  • Sandwich packaging in The M is fully compostable
  • Both the Nike shirts that players wear on the pitch and the replica jerseys for fans to buy are constructed with 100% recycled polyester fabric, which is made from recycled plastic bottles
  • Fans are able to purchase from our range of Retro Hangers, which are eco-friendly and 100% plastic-free, made from a revolutionary FSC-certified cellulose-based material
  • Single use plastic reduction measures page on the website

Waste Management

  • Zero waste to landfill across all sites
  • 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
  • On a monthly average, stadium waste management programme equates to 16 cars being taken off the road, 151 trees being planted and 27 typical UK homes powered – a total monthly average energy saving of 106,513 kWh
  • Food remaining from The M Café at the end of every day is distributed to vulnerable people 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 – including social media infographics
  • 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 Efficiency

  • 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 and Player Accommodation Lodge 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
  • Excess water is diverted back to irrigation tanks for re-use

Plant based/low carbon food

  • Plant based food options are available at the Stadium, training facilities and all club properties where food is served – to see sample menus: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-stadium/attending-matches/food-and-drink/
  • All menus across the matchday food outlets, as well as The M on non-match days, include vegetarian and vegan options
  • Fans are made aware of the plant-based food options on offer on matchdays via social media, the official app and match attenders’ emails
  • 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
  • Waste from our stadium’s microbrewery is used to feed the pigs at Wicks Manor Farm, less than 50 miles away, which in turn is then used in our pork product in the stadium
  • A Kitchen Garden at the Training Centre grows organic fruit and veg served in the players’ restaurant

Biodiversity

  • A detailed Ecological Management Plan is in place at all sites to monitor and manage ecological activity, information on which can be found here: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-stadium/passionate-about-our-planet/?scs=quicklink
  • The Club has planted hundreds of new and semi-mature trees and tens of thousands of new plants, hedges and flowers across the site, as well as a Wildflower Meadow, to establish the ecological habitat
  • In our conservation area, we have also created two additional wildlife ponds, 25 bug hotels and multiple bat houses
  • The attenuation pond has also been enhanced to not only fulfil its practical application, but the creation of a natural wetland and intermittent wetland habitat with additional ponds and wildlife
  • Further ecological measures at our Player Accommodation Lodge include:
    • Additional terrestrial habitats created to promote biodiversity
    • Aquatic habitat created for protected species of Great Crested Newts
    • Considerate lighting to reduce light pollution to promote existing bat species proliferation
    • Barn and Farmhouse built to house bats
    • Local well used for maintenance and irrigation of the grounds
    • Green roof designed to propagate local fauna, birds and wildlife
    • Preservation of several trees of high importance
    • Wildlife corridor created – an exclusion zone for guests
    • 75 additional species of plant have been added to the site’s ecology
  • The site is evaluated under Greenspace Information for Greater London, Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside, and the National Biodiversity Network Gateway
  • The Club has been selected by Enfield Council as the preferred bidder to regenerate the nearby Whitewebbs Park Golf Course. The proposals will see ecological and landscape enhancements across the whole site, for example through the introduction of wild flower meadow habitat and the re-introduction of beavers to the area
  • The Club is currently working with VCCP on a project that will see us fund an area of the Amazon Rainforest equivalent to the size of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, covering the costs of its reforestation and protection, with fans also invited to purchase a ‘seat’ in the stadium to further support

Education

  • All first team men’s and women’s players, as well as all Academy players have received training on climate change and sustainability; extending to climate change, GHG emissions and net zero fundamentals, Tottenham’s impact as a club and what the club is doing to decarbonise, and how players can help
  • Ahead of Green Football Weekend, the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation actively promoted participation in the Green Football Cup
  • Held on Youth Day at COP27, the Club worked with OnePlanet to deliver an educational session for local school students, attended by sustainability experts and Ledley King, around the role young people can play in addressing climate change
  • As part of the Premier League Inspires programme, the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is delivering a challenge in participating schools, with students split into groups to come up with ideas to protect the planet, which they will put into a proposal to present to key people at the Club. The team that comes up with the winning proposal will represent the Club at the national Inspires Challenge celebration
  • The Club is being used as a best-practice case study in this year’s First News ‘Green Takeover Challenge’. A short video on the Club’s sustainable practices will be distributed as part of an assembly back to around 16,000 schools throughout the country
  • The Club’s energy consultant, Inspired Energy, has delivered a net zero workshop with the Club’s Senior Leadership Team
  • Staff are briefed in all pre-match meetings and Sustainability Working Group, representative of all departments, that meets regularly
  • First Team players and Ambassadors received detailed briefings and educational sessions on the Club’s sustainability work ahead of undertaken media commitments, including presentations and tours of Club facilities

Communication and Engagement

  • The Club has published a link to its Sustainability Policy on the homepage of its Official Website
  • To Care is To Do page on the website showing environmental sustainability initiatives
  • Plastic reduction measures page on the website
  • All announcements related to sustainability and environmental measures are communicated via Club channels, including the official website, social media platforms and match day programmes
  • The Club was an active participant in Green Football Weekend, with a member of its Women’s team, Amy Turner, representing the Club as an Ambassador:
    • Support announced on Club channels with both the Men’s and Women’s team wearing green armbands at their matches on Green Football Weekend
    • Ben Davies visited and surprised a local Spurs-supporting family who were our top scorers in the Green Football Cup, joining them in making a fruit/veg smoothie from food that would go to waste otherwise – Sky Sports News covered
    • Amy Turner appeared on BBC Radio 4 and Sky Sports News to talk about Green Football Weekend as part of her Ambassadorial role
    • Layer Up challenges from Michael Dawson, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ledley King and Amy Turner were all published on social media to drive participation in the Green Football Cup
  • The Kitchen Garden at the Club’s training centre was featured in an episode of BBC Gardeners’ World
  • The Club is being used as a best-practice case study in this year’s First News ‘Green Takeover Challenge’. A short video on the Club’s sustainable practices has been distributed as part of an assembly back to around 16,000 schools throughout the country, with the video featuring on the First News website
  • The Club is featured in BT Sport’s ‘Best Foot Forward’ series, which sees its on air talent travel around different sporting organisations with sustainable practices to find out how they can reduce their own carbon footprint
  • Ledley King interviewed by ITV to talk about Club’s sustainability work and UN Race to Zero commitment during live FA Cup match coverage
  • Tony Stevens appeared on SportsPro podcast to discuss Game Zero/wider Club sustainability Educational session for local young people held on COP27 Youth Day publicised on social media
  • Message of congratulations for the winning school team from the Premier League Inspires Challenge competition posted on social media
  • Zero carbon food deliveries to the stadium publicised on social media
  • The Club was recognised in the Sustainability category at the 2022 Football Business Awards for its involvement with Game Zero – publicised on social media
  • Earth Day marked on social media with an infographic
  • Club’s commitment to net zero targets announced across its channels, alongside news it had topped the Sports Positive League Table for a third year running
  • The Club is signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, as well as a member of the British Association for Sustainability in Sport and the first football club to become a member of Products of Change – a global educational hub aimed at driving sustainable change across consumer product markets and beyond
  • The Club is a founding partner of Count Us In – a global movement aimed at mobilising 1 billion people to act on climate change. Fans are actively encouraged to take one of the 16 steps advocated on the platform, including incentives to win a signed shirt

Sustainable Procurement

  • The club has an ethical policy in place that applies to suppliers, contractors and partners; conditions include environmental, labour, working conditions, child labour, living wages, anti-discrimination, working hours, prohibition of inhumane treatment among others (Sport Positive verified)
  • The Club’s supply chain is being assessed to ensure that each organisation which provides a service to the Club shares the same vision for achieving our ESG aspirations.
  • Functionality is currently in place using a Governance, Risk and Compliance platform to send various assessments based on the nature of the engagement to suppliers during the on-boarding process.
  • The same functionality can be used to create, distribute, assess and revisit ESG assessments at the point of on-boarding.
  • Additionally, a retrospective assessment process is planned to run the same process across the supply chain.

Sponsorship and Ownership

  • OWNERSHIP
    • Ownership: Of the total issued ordinary share capital of Tottenham Hotspur Limited (THL), ENIC SPORTS INC. (ENIC) owns 86.58%. ENIC also owns the one THL convertible A share. Mr D Levy and certain members of his family are potential beneficiaries of discretionary trusts which ultimately own 29.88% of the share capital of ENIC. A discretionary trust of which certain members of Mr J Lewis’s family are potential beneficiaries ultimately owns 70.12% of the share capital of ENIC
    • Information:  ENIC an investment company established by the British billionaire Joe Lewis. Daniel Levy, Lewis’s partner at ENIC, is Executive Chairman of the club
    • Country: UK
    • Source of Income: Joe Lewis: Catering/Luxury Goods/Currency Trading/Property
    • Links: https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/investor-relations/shareholder-information/
  • 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 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. staff
Information updated  23rd March 2023
To see information from 2019 and 2020, click here