Sports & Landscape becomes a carbon-neutral company

The founder and CEO of Sports & Landscape, Ignasi Senabre, and the mayor of Gandesa, Carles Luz, have signed an agreement according to which our consultancy specialized in sustainable sports surfaces becomes a carbon-neutral company, through a sustainable investment in this town in Terres de l’Ebre.

Sports & Landscape has been working for some time on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. For example, the sustainable process of installing artificial turf, which is certified with ISO 14067:2013 for carbon footprint savings, is a result of this work. We also use an innovative method of recycling artificial turf, with an extraction system that allows the green carpet to be removed in just one day, minimizing energy consumption and cost.

In addition, we measure our environmental footprint. In 2022, we managed to save 9,600 kg of carbon dioxide.

The third stage to become a carbon-neutral company is to compensate for our carbon footprint, which is what we are now doing through this agreement with the Gandesa City Council. Carbon offsetting is the process of compensating for greenhouse gas emissions that cannot be reduced without affecting the business’s operations. Compensation is made through sustainable investments that help reduce emissions globally.

In our case, we monetize the CO2 we emit for the installation of football fields and invest it in the Espai Test Agrari project in Gandesa. This amounts to about 20 tons of carbon per field, which translates into an investment of about 700 euros per football field.

This sustainable and circular economy investment is used for forest cleaning through grazing, which is one of the initiatives promoted by the Espai Test Agrari. It is an innovative project in Terra Alta to promote extensive livestock farming and prevent fires by cleaning the undergrowth by livestock.
Specifically, the Espai Test in Gandesa is a farm with a herd of 300 goats dedicated to goat milk and kid meat production, in addition to grazing in the Gandesa municipal forest, consisting of about 1,600 hectares.

“The project involves cleaning the undergrowth and therefore preventing fires, as well as generating job opportunities in the rural world and combating depopulation,” explained the mayor.

Ignasi Senabre expressed great pride in making this sustainable investment: “Completing this third phase was the step we needed to become a carbon-neutral company. We not only monetize the CO2 we cannot reduce, but we invest it in an environmentally and socially sustainable project, as grazing in the forest serves to combat the risk of fires and also to promote the rural world.”