Hull City AFC sustainability score: 22/100
Better than 0% of Professional Sports Clubs
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Hull City AFC is a professional football club founded in 1904, based in Hull, England. The club competes in the English Premier League and operates the 25,586-capacity MKM Stadium.
More about Hull City AFC
Like most mid-sized sports organisations, it manages stadium operations, training facilities, and fan travel logistics.
Founded 1904Head office GBStaff ~300Revenue ~£26MWebsite ↗
Hull City AFC publishes no emissions data, supply chain assessment, or renewable energy strategy. The club operates under Premier League sustainability requirements but has disclosed neither baseline GHG figures nor reduction targets as of August 2026. No governance structure, accountability mechanism, or public reporting exists.
Hull City AFC scores 22/100 (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 Hull City AFC joint 945th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 21st of 22 in Professional Sports Clubs.
What is Hull City AFC doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (8/10, 3/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (1/10, 1/10).
Where Hull City AFC 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 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.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations1/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No 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 waste2/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports2/10No published sustainability data, or no one named as responsible for it.
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How is Hull City AFC's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Hull City AFC's score changed?
Hull City AFC's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 22.
- 22 → 227 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: removed an unsourced emissions figure. Score unchanged.
- Scored 2222 August 2026
Initial public score 22 (publish-draft)
What evidence is Hull City AFC's score based on?
12 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Hull City AFC itself; the rest come from independent sources.
9 of 12 sources are independent of the company.
“Develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dataset (scope 1, 2 and 3) by the end of Season 2025/26”
“HULL CITY ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB LTD - Free company information from Companies House”
“Hull City Council has agreed to a huge new package of green energy initiatives”
“Clubs are helping to play their part in addressing environmental issues in a variety of ways”
“the stadium operates as a cashless venue”
“MKM Stadium is a multi-purpose facility situated within a Victorian park”
“The SBTi's Target Dashboard lists companies and financial institutions that have set science-based targets”
“The official website for Hull City AFC”
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How does Hull City AFC compare with other professional sports clubs companies?
Hull City AFC is tied at the bottom of the professional sports clubs pack.
Among the 22 major professional sports clubs brands we've scored, Hull City AFC is tied =21st of 22, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Professional Sports Clubs?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Hull City AFC.
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