Sustainability in Sports: Spanish pro football club talks game plan for ESG goals

Jul 19, 2024

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Sports lovers have countless ways to enjoy sporting events this summer, from last week's Wimbledon tennis and EURO 2024 football finals to next week's launch of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.

At the ESG Insider podcast we're continuing our miniseries on Sustainability in Sports. This week we’re talking with Rocío Torres, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business at Atlético de Madrid, a Spanish professional football club with more than 100 years of history.

"There's no doubt that over the past years the importance of sustainability has been increasing," Rocío explains. She says the club is devoting increasing attention to sustainability thanks to buy-in from management, a changing mindset about sustainability as an opportunity, and regulation like the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

She also talks about the challenges the club is facing, including managing a huge volume of sustainability data. Addressing sustainability challenges like climate change and human rights "is a very long process," Rocío says. "Our aim is to become part of the solution of these problems."

Read research from S&P Global about gender diversity in sports here: https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/special-reports/turning-moments-into-movements-womens-sports-attendance-and-viewership-soar-pre-olympics

Listen to the first episode in our Sustainability in Sports miniseries here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/sustainability-in-sports-why-the-sporting-world-is-joining-the-race-to-sustainability

Click here to learn about S&P Global ESG Scores and measuring sustainability performance through the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/solutions/esg-scores-data

This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.

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