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AFL - Towards a Sustainable Future

One of the biggest challenges facing Australian football is the impact of climate change on community football grounds.  These grounds take up the largest amount of land of any field sport.

The effects of increased drought, storms and floods means that many grounds are becoming unsuitable to play on, often resulting in limited access to grounds and potentially shortened season.

Climate change poses a direct threat to playing Australian football at the grass roots level in the future, and the AFL has developed a number of projects to support community football clubs in the face of this climate change.

AFL’s sustainability commitment

Since 2006 the AFL has been working to reduce its impact on the environment, and will continue to identify new projects and partnerships to further this commitment.

In 2008 the AFL developed its first environmental sustainability strategy, which aims:

• To reduce the AFL’s environmental footprint
• To encourage positive actions across the Australian football industry
• To work with commercial and government partners to develop new sustainability initiatives