Ligue 1 Conforama: LOSC Lille, first French club to join the UN's "Climate Neutral Now" initiative

LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 Conforama) has become the first French club to join the United Nations's (UN) "Climate Neutral Now" initiative, according to the club on 23/01/2020. Since 2015, "Climate Neutral Now" has been encouraging social stakeholders to act voluntarily to measure, reduce and offset their greenhouse gas emissions.

"In joining Climate Neutral Now, LOSC Lille voluntarily pledges to make all of its activities carbon neutral by measuring its greenhouse gas emissions, reducing all it can, and offsetting the remainder, in line with the initiative's requirements. LOSC collaborated with the independent firm Muxia to measure its carbon footprint and identify areas to reduce emissions. Residual emissions that cannot be immediately avoided will be compensated for: the club will purchase certified emission reduction credits from UN-registered projects, located in developing countries, that are reducing global emissions and contributing to sustainable development," said United Nations Climate change on 24/01/2020.

"Through this initiative, which is totally unprecedented in French…