SUSTAINABILITY

Bankstown Sports is committed to being a highly sustainable organisation and aims to lead the way in environmentally friendly initiatives. Significant time and resources are invested into sustainable options for every operative area of the club, ensuring responsible management of energy and waste now, and into the future. In 2019 Bankstown Sports introduced a food waste processing system to reduce the organisation’s environmental impact. The ORCA breaks down organic food scraps, converting them into trade wastewater which is then treated and recycled. ORCA operates at Bankstown Sports 24 hours a day and can be fed every 1-2 hours. This fiscal year the ORCA was able to divert 29.03 tonnes of waste which equates to a decrease of 55.17 tonnes of Co2 being produced. Bankstown Sports has also installed 1,332 Sunpower Solar Panels in a bid to reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint and environmental impact while also offering a significant cost reduction. So far results show that on weekdays 98.37% of energy generated by the solar panels is consumed on site, and weekends represent a consumption of 95.7%. Remaining energy is exported to the grid – contributing to offset the consumption of others. Investment in sustainability is adding value to the ongoing community benefit of Bankstown Sports.