Crystal Palace FC sustainability score: 31/100
Better than 52% of Professional Sports Clubs
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional football club competing in the English Premier League, based in south London. Founded in 1905, the club operates Selhurst Park stadium and a training academy.
More about Crystal Palace FC
As a mid-table Premier League side, it generates revenue through ticket sales, broadcasting, sponsorship, and merchandise, with typical annual turnover in the £100–150m range.
Founded 1905Head office GBStaff ~700Revenue ~£189MWebsite ↗
Crystal Palace FC discloses Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions via mandatory UK SECR filing, rare among Premier League clubs, but absolute figures remain buried in Companies House reports. One year of 4.64% operational reduction is documented; no multi-year trajectory or science-aligned targets exist. Energy sourcing is 100% renewable; waste reduction is active. Governance is basic: named executive, no board oversight, no third-party verification.
Crystal Palace FC scores 31/100 (Below expectations) 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 Crystal Palace FC joint 698th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 9th of 22 in Professional Sports Clubs.
What is Crystal Palace FC doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 3/10).
Where Crystal Palace FC 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.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is6/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste5/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Crystal Palace FC's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Crystal Palace FC's score based on?
9 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
22% of them were published by Crystal Palace FC itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions are clearly listed in this extract from our Annual Report, which is publicly available on Companies House.”
“Our energy supplier generates electricity from 100% renewable sources.”
“Across the 2023/24 season, 13 clubs recorded an increase in operational emissions, with six reporting a decrease compared to the previous year.”
“Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace ties with West Ham as the third greenest stadium in the Premier League, with the same index score of 57.9.”
“clubs like Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Brighton, Chelsea, Brentford, Crystal Palace, AFC Bournemouth, and Newcastle United are ensuring that their carbon footprint is fully comprehensive”
“Developing a greenhouse gas emissions dataset for scope 1, 2, and 3 by the end of the 2025/26 season and work towards a standardised football-wide approach to measuring emissions.”
“In November 2024, Arsenal became the only football club in the world to have a net-zero target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).”
“Six Premier League clubs currently publicly share some or all of their carbon footprint — Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace.”
“InfluenceMap regularly publishes its 'Global Leaders in Climate Policy Engagement' report to identify the companies around the globe on a path to best practice in climate policy advocacy.”
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How does Crystal Palace FC compare with other professional sports clubs companies?
Where Crystal Palace FC sits among professional sports clubs peers.
Among the 22 major professional sports clubs brands we've scored, Crystal Palace FC is tied =9th of 22, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Professional Sports Clubs?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Crystal Palace FC.
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