General view of Anfield ahead of the UEFA Champions League Match Day 8 of 8 match Liverpool vs Qarabag FK at Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom on 28 January 2026(Photo by Jorge Horsted/News Images)
General view of Anfield ahead of the UEFA Champions League Match Day 8 of 8 match Liverpool vs Qarabag FK at Anfield, Liverpool, United Kingdom on 28 January 2026(Photo by Jorge Horsted/News Images)
Liverpool have collected a major honour away from the pitch, with the club’s efforts to reduce its environmental impact and support local communities earning recognition on a global stage this week.
The club confirmed the news on its official website, explaining that the ceremony celebrates outstanding achievements by individuals, teams and organisations across football who are working to improve the sport beyond what happens on matchdays.
At the centre of the recognition is The Red Way, the sustainability strategy Liverpool officially launched in 2021, which sets out the club’s commitment to building a better future for people, the planet and communities, with supporters and partners playing an increasingly important role in its campaigns and initiatives.
That work has now earned The Red Way the Sustainable Game Award at this year’s Global Football Industry Awards, where Liverpool received praise for delivering meaningful environmental and social progress through careful operational decisions and strong engagement with the communities around the club.
The figures behind the award are impressive, because despite a growing operational footprint, Liverpool have cut emissions by 13 per cent against their 2019/20 baseline, while 96 per cent of the club’s operations now run on clean energy.
Supporters have also played a big part in that progress, with fans at Anfield embracing the stadium’s reusables project and disposing of their waste responsibly, which keeps more than 310,000 single use items out of landfill every season.
The club also redistributes surplus food from matchdays, providing 1,200 meals each week to local communities and showing how environmental and social responsibility can work together rather than as separate goals.
Rishi Jain, Liverpool’s director of impact and supporter engagement, said, “We’re extremely proud to receive this award and be recognised as a global sustainability leader in our industry. From our stadium to our stores, the AXA Training Centre to our community allotments, we’re always working to find opportunities where responsible change can be made throughout the club.”
He added that while the work “is never truly finished”, winning the award is “another extremely encouraging sign that we’re headed in the right direction”, and he thanked the colleagues, fans and partners who continue to support the club’s mission of building a better future for its people, its planet and its communities.
Liverpool publish their progress each year in The Red Way reports, with the 2026 edition now available, and this latest honour adds further weight to a project that has become a growing part of the club’s identity off the pitch.
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