Southampton Signs Ecowatt As Official Training Kit Partner
Southampton Football Club has announced Ecowatt as the club’s Official Training Kit Partner for the remainder of the 2022/2023 season.
Ecowatt, sustainable energy solutions company, will be on the Men’s First Team, B Team and Women’s First Team training kits, and will be worn for the first time at the Men’s First Team game against Newcastle United.
Southampton Football Club is on a mission to be Carbon Neutral by 2030. The club was recently shortlisted for the inaugural BBC Sports Green Awards for the work they have been doing around their sustainability strategy, ‘The Halo Effect’, which saw them rise from 18th to 3rd in the Sports Positive Premier League sustainability table.
As part of the partnership, Southampton FC and Ecowatt will work on a joint project together to help the club reduce its overall carbon emissions, with more details to be announced soon.
Sarah Batters, Director of Partnerships and Marketing for Southampton, said: “We are proud to be partnering with Ecowatt, an organisation which understands the issues around climate change and is making it easy, fast, and convenient for anyone to contribute to climate action in whatever way they can.
“As a club, we are fully committed to ensuring a sustainable future for our fans and community, so we support Ecowatt’s mission, and we look forward to working together throughout the season to better our planet.”
Thomas Puskas, Founder & CEO of Ecowatt said: “We are thrilled to work with this club which has such a genuine and meaningful commitment towards becoming more sustainable and we’re looking forward to accelerating the change with them.”
Lauren Haworth, Global Marketing Director of Ecowatt said: “We are so excited to work with Southampton, and together we can make a real tangible difference through more sustainability initiatives that benefit the club, the fans and the planet.”
To find out more about Ecowatt visit ecowatt.io
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