Foundation | Football for Climate Justice publishes first reports

The 'Football for Climate Justice' project in which Club Brugge Foundation participates has just published its first two reports based on a large-scale supporter survey in which Club fans also participated on its brand new website.

Club Brugge Foundation has been one of the ten partners within the 'Football for Climate Justice' project since last season . In this pioneering project, European soccer clubs, their foundations and researchers come together to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time: the climate crisis.

Practical solutions are being developed that aim to reduce soccer clubs' ecological footprint while also exploring innovative ways to use soccer as a tool for social and environmental progress.

First two reports published

Within this project, an extensive survey of fans of the 7 participating soccer clubs was conducted in February and March of this year. A total of 1,432 soccer fans, including 160 Club fans, were surveyed about their perspective on climate justice. 'Football for Climate Justice' is now publishing the first two reports based on this survey.

The fan survey clearly shows that all clubs involved in this project have a strong mandate from fans to do this work. Soccer clubs are seen as a player with responsibilities; not only to take their own sustainability actions, but also to include its fans and environment in this step. Soccer clubs can provide platforms and expand the message to all the fans that fill our stadiums week in and week out.

Some notable findings from the survey:

• More than 75% of fans felt that soccer clubs should be part of the development of climate solutions.
• Over 72% of fans wanted to be informed about and participate in clubs' environmental actions.
• More than 58% of fans agreed that soccer clubs should cooperate with local environmental organizations.
• Over 75% of fans surveyed believed that clubs have a role to play in supporting and facilitating environmentally friendly transportation options on match day.

You can view these first two published reports on the brand new website https://footballforclimatejustice.eu.

'Football for Climate Justice' is a European project under the coordination of the European Football Development Network (EFDN) together with Fundación Real Betis Balompié (Spa), Ferencvarósi TC (Hong), FC Twente (Ndl), FC St. Pauli (Dui), SV Werder Bremen (Dui), Bohemian FC (Irish), FUNDACIÓN LALIGA (Spa), TASC Thinktank and Club Brugge Foundation.

This project has been funded by the European Union. However, the ideas and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the EACEA can be held liable for them.