Aston Villa Football Club sustainability score: 29/100
Better than 38% of Professional Sports Clubs
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England, competing in the Premier League. Founded in 1874, the club operates Villa Park stadium and training facilities.
More about Aston Villa Football Club
As a Premier League institution, it falls under mandatory environmental sustainability reporting requirements but remains a small-scale operator relative to manufacturing or retail sectors.
Founded 1874Head office GBStaff ~800Revenue ~£378MWebsite ↗
Aston Villa has disclosed mandatory Scope 1+2 emissions but withholds Scope 3 data entirely. No science-based targets, no decarbonisation roadmap, and offset-reliant claims obscure inaction. The club operates an urban facility with modest direct environmental exposure but has failed to meet Premier League requirements for full GHG quantification by deadline.
Aston Villa Football Club scores 29/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified August 2026.
That places Aston Villa Football Club joint 753rd of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 13th of 22 in Professional Sports Clubs.
What is Aston Villa Football Club doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 2/10).
Where Aston Villa Football Club lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain2/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water4/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Aston Villa Football Club's SINK score calculated?
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Aston Villa Football Club's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
10% of them were published by Aston Villa Football Club itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Total gross Scope 1+2 emissions 3,227 tCO2e, FY2024/25, Directors' Report, Companies House filing”
“Total gross emissions rose slightly to 3,227 tCO2e”
“Develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dataset (scope 1, 2 and 3) by the end of Season 2025/26”
“Five clubs including Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and Aston Villa F.C. also have food emissions labelling on concourses”
“The SBTi Target Dashboard lists companies and financial institutions that have set science-based targets or committed to developing targets”
“Aston Villa offset the carbon emissions of their stadium for 2023, boasting the only carbon neutral stadium in the Premier League”
“Renewable energy applies to Villa Park and 7 additional sites, which covers all AVFC offices, training ground, shop and other facilities”
“sustainable technologies will be deployed in the new North Stand and Villa Live, including solar panels, sustainable drainage systems (SuDS), rainwater harvesting and green roofs”
“Local sourcing of food supplies at the stadium's restaurants, which purchase up to 85% of their produce from local farms and purveyors”
“Brentford & Aston Villa fall into the lowest sustainability tier... frameworks are largely policy-light or PR-driven, lacking clear targets or measurable outcomes”
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How does Aston Villa Football Club compare with other professional sports clubs companies?
Where Aston Villa Football Club sits among professional sports clubs peers.
Among the 22 major professional sports clubs brands we've scored, Aston Villa Football Club is tied =13th of 22, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Professional Sports Clubs?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Aston Villa Football Club.
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