Our commitment to the Environment
Environmental Values
Environmental Responsibility – to ensure environmental considerations are given equal weight with Workplace Health and Safety.
Energy Conservation – optimise the use of equipment, lighting, and heating / cooling to reduce energy wastage, using energy efficient equipment and appliances where possible.
Water Conservation – to conserve water resources and minimise waste water disposal.
Harm Minimisation – to reduce or eliminate the use of harmful substances and minimise the use of pollutant products and processes.
Waste Minimisation – to reuse and recycle resources where possible to minimise waste to landfill.
Sustainable Purchasing – to ensure that our procurement processes take into account the social, economic and environmental impact that such purchases have on the natural environment, people and communities.
Innovation – to adopt alternative technologies and materials to minimise the impact of our business activities on the environment.
Stadium Initiatives
Alternative Energy Sources: Solar / Hydrogen
Water Conservation: Irrigation water recycling – return run-off from irrigation to the water storage tanks
Sustainability Initiatives
Suncorp Stadium engages its suppliers to ensure products meet sustainability objectives and specifications and at the same time, reduces the impact of purchases on the environment.
The Stadium caterer:
- Sources produce from local growers and producers where possible
- Purchases organic produce where available and economical
- Plans menus around seasonality
- Plans menus with high proportions of fresh fruit and vegetables
- Maximises “nose to tail” with its meat purchases (using the whole animal)
- Avoids purchasing seafood products from over-fished or badly managed fisheries
- Where possible, cooks in large batches outside of peak hour electricity times
- Sources high energy efficient appliances where purchasing or renting new cooking equipment and drink fridges
- Ensures refrigeration equipment is located in the coolest part of the kitchen
- Turns off all fridges when not in use
Sustainable Purchasing
The manufacture, use and disposal of the products we buy contribute to our environmental footprint. We are committed to making smart purchasing decisions and selecting environmentally preferable products whenever feasible. One success is the Stadium’s use of toilet paper and tissues which have been produced from renewable forestry products.
Education & Outreach
As Queensland’s premier sports venue, we have a unique opportunity to raise environmental awareness among our staff and guests. Internally, we educate full and part-time staff through induction and annual refresher training. Topics covered include the facility’s environmental efforts and their role in the program, in particular the effort to reduce energy consumed and increase recycling. In addition, Suncorp Stadium has initiated a Green Team made up of representatives from each department which meets quarterly to identify opportunities and initiatives to lessen the Stadium’s impact on the environment.
We also engage our staff and guests through annual environmental outreach events such as Earth Hour annually, subject to the staging of events, by switching off all non-essential lighting for the nominated hour.