7 November 2007
Energy firm E.ON, which owns gas and electricity provider Powergen, announced yesterday that it would commit itself to reducing the carbon 'footyprint' of this year's FA Cup tournament.
E.ON is a major sponsor of the world's most prestigious domestic football cup - and said in a statement that it was hoping to encourage consumers to offset the estimated 45,000 tonnes of carbon to be produced by the tournament over the next few months.
Football fans were encouraged by star goalkeeper David James yesterday to make simple energy saving changes to their lifestyle - such as switching to more efficient light-bulbs at home and taking public transport to a game rather than travelling by car - to help out.
The Portsmouth and England stalwart commented: "E.ON's Carbon Footyprint initiative addresses the crucial issue of climate change, a subject that is very close to my heart.
"I think it's a great way to get the environmental awareness message out to football fans and shows that by making some very simple changes, fans can make a real difference."
In a further sign of the firm's green energy commitment, E.ON also announced this week that it would be donating a grant towards installing solar panels at a school in Tunbridge Wells.
Claremont Primary applied to the company's SOURCE community initiative project to fund the panels' installation, and headteacher Richard Sutton-Smith said that the children were "immensely excited" that their green energy scheme would now go ahead.
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