Millwall Football Club is proud to announce that The Lions have been awarded EFL Green Club Silver status.
EFL Green Clubs is a League-wide voluntary scheme, delivered in partnership with GreenCode, that supports EFL clubs to improve their environmental practices and operations. It first launched in 2021 and was updated for the 2024/25 season to introduce a new assessment cycle that awards participating clubs with a status of “Participant”, “Bronze”, “Silver” or “Gold”.
The refreshed scheme presents a more rigorous assessment process that requires participating clubs to exceed standard sustainability measures, meaning all levels of the award represent a concentrated effort to implement environmentally sustainable practices at the club.
The Lions have introduced and delivered a number of initiatives in winning the Silver Award, including:
Being at the forefront of the ‘sustainable travel charter’, launched to support football clubs traveling in a more environmentally friendly way amid growing controversy over the sports’ extensive use of short-haul flights.
Topping the Pledgeball League, with supporters making pledges to make simple environmental switches to save on carbon emissions
Introducing compostable beer cups to The Den, ensuring that wastage – especially on matchdays – is reduced
Millwall’s ‘Lion Living’ strategy – which tracks CO2, among other figures, from back in 2019 to the present day, as well as introducing programmes to reduce that over the past six years
“Firstly, I’d like to thank the Lion Living Committee, who work tirelessly, in driving the club forward to gaining the Silver Award,” said Mark Fairbrother, Managing Director at The Den.
“The behaviour in SE16 has changed, with the club now removing single-use plastic water bottles, facilitating EV car fleets and stadium charging facilities, through to energy-saving initiatives and being one of the first clubs to sign up to the sustainable travel charter.
“The supporters have also embraced the positive change, utilising various recycling points on matchdays, as well as helping Millwall to the top of the Pledgeball League.
“To achieve the Silver Award for EFL Green Clubs – and being so close to Gold – is great recognition of the work of the club, Millwall Community Trust and Millwall fans as a collective.”
EFL Environmental Sustainability Co-ordinator, Ben Fisher said: “Everyone at the EFL is delighted to celebrate Millwall’s commitment to environmental sustainability and it is brilliant to have GreenCode on board to help us support the club at each stage of the assessment cycle. The club has worked hard to reduce their carbon footprint and make a positive impact on their local environment, and thoroughly deserve to be recognised for their efforts.
“EFL Green Clubs is one of several ways in which the EFL supports clubs to improve their sustainability practices. Throughout the season, we also deliver a full training and support package that enables us to share best practice across the League and to collectively tackle shared challenges in this area.”
Dale Vince, Chairman of Forest Green Rovers and founder of the Greencode said: “It’s great to see the progress EFL clubs are making on the vital issue of sustainability. The beauty of GreenCode is that it’s both achievable and impactful for clubs of all sizes. Together we’ll show that sport and the environment are a winning combination.”
EFL Green Clubs currently has 36 EFL clubs signed up to the scheme, which is delivered in partnership with GreenCode, the environmental accreditation organisation run by the Green Britain Group. The assessment cycle takes place across two seasons with a development season during which clubs identify key priority areas and begin to implement environmental sustainability measures and protocols, such as a published environmental policy and a baseline carbon footprint.
