Event sustainability

Our commitment to event sustainability is like a football match, with two contrasting, but complementary halves. On the one side, we want to prevent or reduce the negative impact of our competition finals and tournaments. On the other, we want to leave a positive social and governance legacy for host communities and surrounding communities.

Sustainability at our competitions

Live 05/05/2026

Our commitment to sustainability at the 2025/26 UEFA club finals

As we approach this season's UEFA club competition finals, we showcase how we are creating welcoming, inclusive environments at every venue, prioritising accessibility while minimising environmental impact.

Live 30/06/2025

UEFA Women’s EURO 2025: Sustainability in action

The much-awaited UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 is not just about goals and glory on the pitch but also delivering a tournament that aims to inspire and set new sustainability benchmarks.

Our ESG strategy

To achieve this goal, since 2022/23, we apply an environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy to all UEFA finals and final tournaments. It makes sustainability an integral part of their design, planning and implementation. In parallel, our ESG management system benchmarks and tracks each event's impact.

After piloting the system at our four elite club competition finals in spring 2023, we plan a full deployment at UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany. We are also encouraging football event organisers across national associations, leagues and clubs to follow in our footsteps.

Event sustainability manual

In 2026, we launched the Football Event Sustainability Manual alongside European Leagues, bringing together UEFA sustainability guidance into a single, accessible resource for the first time, offering practical tools that clubs, leagues and national associations can directly apply to their day‑to‑day event operations.

The manual follows a flexible "pick‑and‑drop" approach, enabling users to select and adapt the sustainability practices most relevant to their specific event needs. This allows organisers of single‑day or multi‑day events – regardless of scale or maturity – to adopt meaningful, achievable sustainability measures at their own pace and operational reality. The manual also features case studies contributed by leagues and clubs across the continent, which demonstrates how sustainable practices can be customised to local contexts while generating measurable impact.