By 2030, Wimbledon is on track to reduce their total emissions to “net zero.”
'Tennis in an English garden': How Wimbledon's sustainability mission is impacting change on sports globallyJuly 4, 2024, 5:01 AMThe Grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club at sunset during The Championships 2023 in London.Hattie Park, the sustainability manager at the All England Club where the Championships at Wimbledon are held every year, walks around the bucolic 42-acre tennis grounds with a sense of pride combined with a sense of purpose.
Views inside the grounds ahead of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 2, 2023 in London.MORE: The staggering science and art behind Wimbledon's legendary grass courts “Last year we were pleased to be able to highlight dishes with a low carbon weighting across a wide variety of menus available to the public, members and competitors,” Wimbledon officials told ABC News. “The low carbon options on our menus are indicated with an ‘A’ – very low carbon – or a ‘B’ – low carbon -- and are calculated based on how much carbon is produced per 1 kilogram of meals.”
While schemes like this are effective short-term solutions, Wimbledon has loftier goals down the line for later this decade and beyond by focusing on what they have identified as the “four pillars” of their sustainability program -- operational emissions, resource efficiency, biodiversity gain and inspiring wider actions.
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