At FC Tokyo, based on our Sustainability Strategy, we are advancing various initiatives aimed at realizing a sustainable society.
As part of this initiative, we conducted a sustainability workshop for all members of the top team, including players and staff (managers and coaches).

In recent years, climate changes such as extreme heat and heavy rain have greatly impacted the environment surrounding football. Moving forward, it is the responsibility of all of us involved with the club to protect an environment where children can safely enjoy football and continue playing with dreams. The top team players and staff share this sentiment and held this workshop as an opportunity to think about what they can do.

On the day, we held sessions on themes such as 'Global Warming and the Soccer World,' 'Challenges of the Soccer World Worldwide,' 'Challenges of FC TOKYO,' and 'What Players Can Do.' We reaffirmed the impact of climate change on match operations and the competitive environment, and deepened our understanding of the movements spreading throughout the soccer world as well as the initiatives being promoted by FC TOKYO.

We also exchanged opinions about the roles that only players can fulfill.
Expressing in one's own words, demonstrating through one's own actions, and calling for participation from fans, supporters, partners, and the local community. Each player and staff member thinks about what they can do, sharing the importance of connecting to a future where children can continue to enjoy soccer and play with dreams.

FC Tokyo will continue to work together with fans, supporters, partners, and the local community in our hometown Tokyo to realize the Social Statement 'Goals Connected to the Future of Our Lives', promoting initiatives that lead to a cleaner and more sustainable future.

Comments from Participating Players

Kota Tokiwa

Seeing the prediction that Japan's average temperature will rise even further by 2100, I felt a strong sense of crisis that the environment might become so harsh that daily life itself, let alone playing soccer, could become difficult. As someone living in Japan and regardless of my position as a soccer player, I felt that I must work on what I can do for the next generation and the generation after that.
I was deeply shocked by the possibility that not only in the distant future of the year 2100, but also in the relatively near future such as 2040 and 2060, rising average temperatures could make it impossible to play soccer. It is very sad that the soccer we love so much might no longer be playable, and I also felt a sense of crisis that for the next generation of children, soccer might no longer be something taken for granted.
That is why I believe it is important to steadily build up what we can do now, and I also think that the messages conveyed by professional soccer players have meaning. Our own power alone may be small, but by working together with fans, supporters, the community, and partners, we want to protect a better future and an environment where we can continue to play soccer.

Kento HASHIMOTO

Through this workshop, it was a great opportunity to reconsider what I can do as an FC Tokyo player. If there is something I can do, I want to take action one step at a time, and I hope that this will lead to protecting an environment where children can continue playing soccer in the future.
What I felt was especially important as a soccer player is "what we can convey" to the children who come to watch the games. I believe we can use the time before and after the match, as well as halftime, to communicate FC Tokyo's sustainable initiatives in the players' own words on the big screen, making appeals through video. I felt that such communication is one of the roles that only we players can fulfill.

[Contact Information]

FC Tokyo Sustainability Promotion Department
E-Mail: sharen@fctokyo.co.jp