British men’s number one tennis player Cameron Norrie will split a prize pool of $100,000 (£79,200) with two other players after he offset 100% of his travel this season.
Last year, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) created the Carbon Tracker, an app used by more than 200 ATP players track their travel for 2023. The group of players racked up 6.5m kilometres of travel across the year.
The Carbon Tracker – developed with the digital innovation partner of the ATP Tour, Infosys – allows players to understand their carbon emissions.
Players can then offset their carbon footprint by purchasing carbon credits via Gold Standard, the climate action partner for the ATP, with credit representing certified reduction or removal of one tonne of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The top 10 included Cameron Norrie, Jamie Murray, and Stefanos Tsitsipas, who competed throughout the year on the Carbon Tracker leaderboard.
The entire top 10 managed to offset each tournament they competed in so were separated by education quizzes, number of tournaments played, and tonnes of carbon dioxide offset.
The top three (as shown above) will split a prize pool of $100,000 (£79,200) which will be donated to sustainability initiatives to further reduce the impact of carbon in our atmosphere.
Cam Norrie, ATP player, said, “Protecting the environment is something that has been really important to me for a long time. I try what I can to minimise my impact, especially at home, but travelling for tennis has always been a challenge. It’s been great supporting the Carbon Tracker initiative from the start as it is a great way to begin to lessen the impact that our travel has on the environment, and I’m glad other players have taken part in this as well.”
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