We spoke this morning with Leanne Sheill, Sponsorship Marketing Manager with SSE Airtricity about the ‘Common Goal’ initiative which has been activated across this season’s SSE Airtricity Premier, First and Women’s National Football Leagues.
The initiative is intended to help build a more environmentally sustainable football community.
The programme, which will run to the end of the season, sees six players compete in challenges each month as they take on different green themes and hero the positive action we can all make towards our common goal.
Among the themes covered have been Biodiversity, Water Efficiency, Sustainable Transport, and Energy Efficiency.
The sustainability programme is delivered to all league clubs through a purpose-built platform, developed by Enware, that promotes collaboration amongst teams on a range of sustainability initiatives. Players taking part in the programme, and A Common Goal ambassadors, include David Cawley of Sligo Rovers Cork City’s Sarah McKevitt and Tadhg Ryan of Treaty United, as well as Keith Buckley of Bohemians, Galway United’s Shauna Fox and UCD’s Jack Keaney.
SSE Airtricity has committed additional funding of €55,000 to support clubs in environmental initiatives offering a grant of €1,000 per club to actively participate in activities, while the club who takes the biggest step will be rewarded with a €25,000 retrofit of its premises to make it more energy-efficient and reduce the club’s carbon footprint for years to come.
Is it time to take your place alongside the 250+ members of the Sport for Business network of sporting and business organisations working together across a number of key areas in the commercial world of Irish Sport?
Download our latest membership brochure here.
Sport for Business Partners
