Nottingham Forest Football Club sustainability score: 27/100
Better than 24% of Professional Sports Clubs
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional English football club founded in 1865, based in Nottingham. Competing in the Premier League, the club operates a 30,000+ capacity stadium (City Ground) and training facilities.
More about Nottingham Forest Football Club
Recent promotion and significant revenue growth have expanded operational scale and international travel requirements.
Founded 1865Head office GBStaff ~650Revenue ~£222MWebsite ↗
Nottingham Forest disclosed emissions for the first time in 2022/23, meeting UK SECR minimums but without verification or targets. The club has a green energy partnership and removed single-use plastics, yet lacks science-based climate goals, water management, and renewable tariff coverage. Growth in revenues and operations since promotion suggests emissions are rising.
Nottingham Forest Football Club scores 27/100 (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 Nottingham Forest Football Club joint 815th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 15th of 22 in Professional Sports Clubs.
What is Nottingham Forest Football Club doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Transparency & Accountability (7/10, 5/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Water Impact (2/10, 2/10).
Where Nottingham Forest 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on waterMonitor its water use and take measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations4/10No 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 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Nottingham Forest Football Club's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Nottingham Forest 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.
40% of them were published by Nottingham Forest Football Club itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“Nottingham Forest publicised its Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions for the first time last year.”
“NOTTINGHAM FOREST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED — Free company information from Companies House”
“Under this commitment, clubs must also develop a greenhouse gas emissions dataset, including scope 1, 2 and 3, by the end of the 2025/26 season.”
“These include a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at improving the environmental performance of both the City Ground and the Nigel Doughty Academy.”
“the canopy is expected to generate and store around 12,000kh of electricity every year... saves an estimated 2,472 kg of CO2 each year.”
“The Official Website of Nottingham Forest Football Club: get the latest news, highlights, fixtures and results, tickets and more.”
“Develop a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dataset (scope...”
“Forest's broader sustainability partnership with E.ON also includes targets to reach 'net zero' emissions and to explore other sustainable initiatives.”
“The Fly Green Alliance... says there is 'never a need to fly domestically in a small country'.”
“Nottingham Forest... Clubs in this tier are taking active steps but remain in the developmental stage of their sustainability journeys.”
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How does Nottingham Forest Football Club compare with other professional sports clubs companies?
Where Nottingham Forest Football Club sits among professional sports clubs peers.
Among the 22 major professional sports clubs brands we've scored, Nottingham Forest Football Club is tied =15th of 22, with 2 others.
Who scores higher in Professional Sports Clubs?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Nottingham Forest Football Club.
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