If you’re involved in managing a club, 10 Ways to Green your Club is designed to give you some concrete advice on how you can help your club reduce its impact on the environment.

Beyond making a positive contribution to the environment, there are other benefits for clubs that take a sustainable approach towards their operations.

Cutting energy and water use and better managing waste are really just business improvement initiatives. Often, these initiatives save money, and in many cases projects pay for themselves over time.

Why is sustainability important?

A growing number of registered clubs are recognising that their operations have a significant environmental impact through their use of electricity and water, and their production of waste.

Electricity

Most of the electricity in NSW comes from power stations burning coal, which produce large quantities of carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

Water

With continuing water restrictions in NSW, and little prospect of predictable rain, everyone in the community needs to reduce water consumption as much as possible, including business.

Waste

Waste is a sign of inefficiency and a burden on the community. Minimising waste and recycling more are two ways to save money and take responsibility.

The areas of water, energy, and waste provide clubs with a great springboard to improve their sustainability. But sustainability is more than just being efficient with resources. Beyond these three issues, clubs can find sustainability projects in a variety of areas that will benefit the club, the community, and the environment. Examples include: sports ground management, community engagement, biodiversity, environmental planning, purchasing and supply chain, staff training, chemicals management, and environmentally-sensitive club design and refurbishment.

ClubsNSW recognises that reducing the club movement’s environmental impact could have a positive long-term benefit for the reputation of the industry.

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