Fewer trips on private jets for ATP tennis stars, suggests data from Carbon Tracker app
Mark Epps, ATP sustainability lead: "Travel is our priority. It also happens to be the most challenging thing to solve, because of the nature of who we are - a global tour. The most profound change we've seen is players have become much more confident in speaking about the issue"
By David Garrido -Wednesday 28 February 2024 23:36, UK
Over six and a half million kilometres travelled, and 1,722 tons of carbon dioxide emitted - those are just two headline stats from the first year of the ATP Carbon Tracker.
Sounds like a huge hit, doesn't it? Like an ace from US Open semi-finalist Ben Shelton travelling at 149 miles per hour.
But wait a second... in fact, this new tool is the first step that any major tennis body has taken to tackle its travel footprint, which is responsible for 85-90 per cent of its total emissions.
It's not the finished article, it's not the solution to everything, but it's certainly a start.
The Carbon Tracker is an interactive, player-only app which the ATP developed with its digital innovation partner Infosys.
"Travel is our priority from a sustainability point of view. It also happens to be the most challenging thing to solve, because of the nature of who we are - we run a global tour," says Mark Epps, who leads on sustainability for the ATP.
The app allows players to track their tournament travel, understand their emissions and offset them using the Gold Standard, an internationally recognised and respected not-for-profit organisation that ensures that those carbon credits are real and verifiable.
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