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WPG Team Captains Sofie Junge Pedersen and Morten Thorsby in Sky Sports Doc - “Football’s Toughest Opponent”.

Starring our #2-wearing Team Captains Morten Thorsby and Sofie Junge Pedersen, this Sky Sports documentary shows how football is beginning to address the looming situation ahead of it, and how a team effort will be the only way to beat “football’s toughest opponent”.

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Morten Thorsby Winner of BBC’s Green Sports “Young Athlete of the Year” Award

Our Founder Morten Thorsby has won the “Young Athlete of the Year” Award for the first ever BBC Green Sports Awards!

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Morten Thorsby nominated for the BBC Green Sports Awards’ “Young Athlete of the Year"

Our founder Morten Thorsby has been shortlisted for the "Young Athlete of the Year" award for the first ever BBC Green Sports Awards!

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From our Blog

Blog
Reading FC Shows Their Climate Stripes

This 22/23 Season, Reading Football Club and the University of Reading have the goal to keep global warming at the front of football’s mind by making a special home kit.

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The Bundesliga’s Green Agenda - Obligatory Sustainability Criteria for licensing.

The Bundesliga is making sustainability criteria obligatory for tier 1 and 2 clubs of the league. Could this be the start of the “green” chain reaction of sustainable attitudes and actions so desperately needed in football?

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Football and Formula 1 - An unlikely alliance creating a united front in the battle against climate change.

Footballer Morten Thorsby and four-time world champion F1 driver Sebastian Vettel are proving that the world of sport does have a role in the crucial battle against climate change.

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From our Socials

We Play Green proudly welcomes another Team Captain, @emiliebolviken! Emilie is a defender for the football club @lynfotballdamer, and will wear the #2 in the Norwegian Women’s Top football league, @toppserien.  Emilie is joining a group
Excited to announce that @sofiejungepedersen will be playing with the #2 for @juventuswomen! 💪 Playing with the #2 will not only symbolize the necessity of bringing climate action into football by referencing the 2°C global warming limit, but a
Curious to know another football can spread awareness about global warming at the other than wearing the #2 Jersey? Just ask Reading FC and the University of Reading! This 22/23 Season, @readingfc and the @uniofreading have the goal ⚽️ to keep glob
New club, same mission - to make an impact on and off the pitch. Our Founder Morten Thorsby has made the transfer to FC Union Berlin and will bring with him the #2 and the message behind it to the Bundesliga. In many ways, a lot has changed since l
#Repost Our player ambassador @sofiejungepedersen has been busy this off-season both off and on the pitch!   Not long after assisting the @juventuswomen squad to win their division, the Coppa Italia, the Supercoppa Italia, and advance to the qua
Vfl Wolfsburg is not called the “greenest football club” just because of their colors. The Wolves have set the “green standard” soon to be followed by the rest of the clubs in Bundesliga top 2 tiers, as the “Deutsche
Our last, but not least photo dump of our #WpgEuroTour22, The @uefa_official headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland 📸 As you can tell, we got down to business. Find out more about how UEFA and WPG found many syngeries regarding bringing sustainability
Our #WPGEuroTour22 Brussels photo dump 📸 WPG spent a day casually meeting with the @unep , @frans__timmermans and @norway_eu … What an honor it was to be in these important buildings and meet so many intelligent, and motivated people. The n