Warriors go green for brighter future

WORCESTER have launched their time for change campaign aimed at transforming how they operate off the field and establish themselves as a force in the Premiership after 14 seasons when they have wallowed in its nether reaches.

- PAUL REES

The Warriors last week became the first professional rugby club to join the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework, joining major football sides such as Liverpool, Arsenal, and Paris St Germain, and in doing so became part of the Paris Agreement, the legally binding commitment to tackle climate change.

“We need to take climate change very seriously and as individuals and a club we do,” said Worcester’s managing director, Peter Kelly. “As a business and a sports club, we have a platform that enables us to take responsibility and action.

“We have put the time for change hashtag across our whole business. We are delighted to be the first rugby club to sign up for the framework. It is not about standing on a green high ground, but educating the local community, especially children, the generation that will be hit hardest unless something is done.”

Worcester has installed LED floodlights as well as LED lights in the stadium, all motion censored to save power. All the cups they use are recyclable, food containers will no longer be plastic trays and they chose their kit supplier, O’Neills, because it was based in the UK and meant the gear would not have to be flown in from abroad.