Coventry City Football Club sustainability score: 23/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Coventry City Football Club is a professional football club competing in England's EFL Championship. Founded in 1883, the club is based in Coventry and operates from the Coventry Building Society Arena, which it does not own.
More about Coventry City Football Club
With annual turnover under £30m and approximately 250 staff, it is a mid-sized sports organisation by UK standards.
Founded 1883Head office GBStaff ~500Website ↗
Coventry City operates without formal emissions data, renewable energy strategy, or climate targets. The club discloses sustainability initiatives operationally—reusable cups, sustainable packaging, kit supplier practices—but lacks governance structure, third-party verification, and measurable commitments. No controversies identified, but transparency and accountability are minimal.
Coventry City Football Club scores 23/100 (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 Coventry City Football Club joint 925th of 1,023 companies scored, and 20th of 22 in Professional Sports Clubs.
What is Coventry City Football Club doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (8/10, 4/10). Weakest on Targets & Commitments and Carbon Footprint: Operations (1/10, 2/10).
Where Coventry City 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
- Its climate targetsSet emissions reduction targets.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- 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, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets1/10No emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
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How is Coventry City Football Club's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Coventry City Football Club's score changed?
Coventry City Football Club's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 23.
- 23 → 237 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure; question 2: removed a share of football club footprints that we could not source. Score unchanged.
- Scored 2322 August 2026
Initial public score 23 (publish-draft)
What evidence is Coventry City Football Club's score based on?
17 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
18% of them were published by Coventry City Football Club itself; the rest come from independent sources.
14 of 17 sources are independent of the company.
“COVENTRY CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED - Free company information from Companies House”
“club's turnover increased by nearly £9m to just shy of £30m”
“Large unquoted companies are in scope if they meet at least two of the following criteria: annual turnover greater than £36 million”
“ZEROH2O dry-dye technology, a process that ensures zero water consumption, zero wastewater and a 50 per cent reduction in energy consumption”
“around 61% of a Premier League club's emissions are directly attributed to travel”
“sixth consecutive season in the Championship”
“18 out of the 20 top flight clubs reported their Scope 1 & Scope 2 emissions”
“the potential installation of solar panels on its roof and accessible electric vehicle charging choices for visitors”
“new partnership with E.ON signals the next stage in a venue-wide sustainability action plan for Coventry Building Society Arena”
“as part of its carbon offsetting strategy it has planted 18,992 trees and removed 38,421 plastic bottles from the ocean”
“New packaging, food suppliers and recycling stations are being introduced at the venue”
“Notpla, winner of the 'Earth Shot Prize,' offers fully compostable seaweed-coated packaging”
“On estimate the venue uses more than 800,000 cups over the course of a year”
“The SBTi's Target Dashboard lists companies and financial institutions that have set science-based targets”
“The Official Website of Coventry City Football Club”
“LobbyMap's company and industry association profiles and metrics”
“Forest Green Rovers, regarded as 'the greenest football club in the world,' earned the top spot”
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How does Coventry City Football Club compare with other professional sports clubs companies?
Where Coventry City Football Club sits among professional sports clubs peers.
Among the 22 major professional sports clubs brands we've scored, Coventry City Football Club sits 20th of 22.
Who scores higher in Professional Sports Clubs?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Coventry City Football Club.
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