The GAA's intention is to make Croke Park self-sufficient and to conform early to rising EU sustainability reporting standards
The GAA plans to take account of the carbon footprint associated with staging matches at Croke Park, including supporter travel, energy consumption and catering. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo/Inpho’s energy needs as well as the possibility of sufficient surplus to apply to other locations belonging to the association.
“It’s too far away to feed Croke Park directly but what we’re going to do is feed the grid and be able to account for that in the running of the stadium, which on big match days uses two megawatts, so depending on how the permission goes, we could also be able to account for other venues.”Galway three-in-a-row star Séamus Leydon dies, aged 81
Scopes 1, 2 and 3 are governed by the CSRD , an updated categorisation of reporting emissions under the global standard Greenhouse Gas Protocol, broadly referring to 1) direct consumption of fossil fuels, 2) indirect consumption, such as the use of electricity to power things that don’t of themselves release emissions and 3), the carbon footprint of ancillary services and employees – or, more relevantly here, supporters – commuting.
“Definitions have become a lot more scientific and precise over the past 10 years. Overall there was a degree of, not necessarily mischievous, but just not standing up to intensified scrutiny. Entitlement to claim for carbon neutrality has become stricter than what it would have been a decade ago – like some company buying a forest in Monaghan and claiming carbon neutrality. But that claim is not real. That forest was always there. You’re not taking additional carbon out.
Further issues that are currently being addressed include investigation of heat pumps to keep the pitch warm during the winter instead of relying on fossil-fuel heating. Ashling Murphy murder trial: Jozef Puska tells jury he was ‘not at all’ following woman around Tullamore
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