Organisers are making big strides to reduce the environmental impact of Euro 2024, but could more be done?
To be the "most sustainable" is, of course, difficult to quantify, with many factors involved. It is also hard to make comparisons because of the historical growth of the tournament.
The strategy has been backed with the investment of 32m euros , about 5% of the Uefa tournament budget, with initiatives including:'Clustering' fixtures to limit team and fan travel.More environmentally responsible sponsorship, with no gas, oil or utilities companies in commercial partnership.
Despite England's three group games being in the west, their camp is more than 250 miles away in the east.Scotland, who kick off the tournament in Munich on 14 June, are based in the south and could face a 12-hour round trip to their second game in Cologne. "We really see sustainability as a broader holistic framework," DFL head of sustainability Marika Bernhard told BBC Sport. "We see it not only as an obligation but a responsibility.
"From the beginning we could really build on great support of a large number of clubs," said Bernhard. With that expansion comes more fans and more emissions. There will be a record 2.7 million tickets available this year. The clustering of games to make team travel by train easier is a positive step but the location of training bases selected by individual associations, combined with kick-off times, means we may not see as many players taking the train as we could have otherwise.
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