LTA has achieved 80% of its Environmental Sustainability Plan

The governing body for tennis, LTA, has published a two-year progress report on its Environmental Sustainability Plan.

In it, the body says it has achieved 80% of the 10 targets it set itself when the first-ever Environmental Sustainability Plan was published in June 2022.

The plan sets out how LTA intends to secure a lasting future for tennis in Britain, through positive action on climate change and leadership in sustainability.

Among the achievements highlighted in the report is how LTA has seen a 20% reduction in electricity use and 33% reduction in gas use at the National Tennis Centre in 2023 compared to 2022.

Elsewhere, more than a fifth (21%) of electricity use at the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre was generated by on-site solar panels in 2023, while water use at the National Tennis Centre has reduced by 40% since 2019.

As grass court tennis continues this week at the Rothesay International Eastbourne, the impact of the LTA’s summer major events has also been reduced. There has been a 40% reduction in general waste at the Cinch Championships since 2019, and a five tonne reduction in glass waste in 2023 compared to 2022.

LTA CEO, Scott Lloyd, said, “Given the scale of the climate crisis and the effects on tennis at all levels, we know it’s vital that we play our part by reducing our own impacts.”