The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has launched its new Environmental Sustainability Plan for Cricket. The national governing body has identified three priorities for action across the game in England and Wales: Tackling climate change, managing resources, and protecting and enhancing the natural environment. As part of this broader sustainability strategy and commitments, the ECB has signed up to the United Nations (UN)’s Sports for Climate Action Framework, an initiative by sports organizations and their communities to position their sector on the path to the low carbon economy agreed on by global leaders in Paris in 2015.
ECB joins other cricket organizations such as Gloucestershire Cricket, Surrey and MCC, and other sports worldwide, which have already signed up to the Framework to take action on climate change and the environment. ECB is now targeting a reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by half by 2030, and to reach Net Zero by 2040.
ECB has invested £10 million (€11.6m) into sustainability over the last two decades. In 2021, the organization appointed its first Sustainability Manager. In 2022, ECB gave its first sustainability awards in recreational and professional cricket.
