UEFA has launched a carbon footprint calculator in a move the governing body hopes will promote sustainability in European football.
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- The UEFA Carbon Footprint Calculator is customized for football organizations
- The new tool is based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which sets standards for measuring and managing emissions, and uses third-party validated methodologies.
- The calculator allows football stakeholders to assess and understand their carbon footprint, focusing on football-specific areas such as mobility, purchased goods and services, facilities and logistics.
- uefa has created user guides, tutorial videos, and how-to papers to support users.
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The rollout of the carbon footprint calculator comes after two years of work by UEFA in collaboration with 20 football bodies and external advisors. It is also UEFA's latest initiative to tackle climate change, incorporating climate change advocacy into its Football Sustainability Strategy 2030, which aims to provide a roadmap to a more sustainable future for European football. be.
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“Our goal is to [the calculator] Not only used [by] We need to escalate, not just the top division clubs. [it at] It’s at the grassroots level,” said Michele Uva, UEFA’s director of social and environmental sustainability, who spoke at the launch of the carbon footprint calculator. “This is of course a medium- to long-term goal, but we need to disseminate tools, ideas and concepts at the grassroots level. This is the key to success.
“We drive this approach top-down, but we also need the bottom-up. When the two sleeves successfully interact, we achieve what we set out for ourselves since we started our work. . [Using] It is a football platform to spread the message that it is our responsibility to protect the environment. ”
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Uva spoke about the potential for “gamification” of future carbon footprint calculators.
More broadly, UEFA's sustainability strategy includes a commitment to reduce the greenhouse effect by 2030, with a view to working together within UEFA, within events and across European football to achieve net zero carbon by 2040. This includes reducing gas emissions by 50%.
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