The agreement includes several sustainability measures to be undertaken by Port Adelaide including:
• Conducting a clean energy and sustainability audit to see where the Club can improve
• The purchase and installation of clean energy technology; solar panels
• Purchase of carbon offsets for club air travel The agreement also includes Port Adelaide appointing an internal sustainability officer.
The Solarshop will have its logo feature on the club’s media backdrop, and changeroom signage at AAMI Stadium, along with Superscreen advertising and Alberton Oval signage.
The Club in conjunction with the Solarshop will be running seminars for consumers and businesses on how this partnership will be able to help ease the burden of rising electricity and gas costs in the home and at work.
CEE Managing Director Daniel Cobb drew comparisons between the Port Adelaide Football Club and Solarshop.
“Port Adelaide Football Club is the most successful football club in Australia. It has a proud 140-plus year history making it an iconic brand here in South Australia. Likewise Solarshop is another iconic South Australian brand and although our history isn’t as long as Port Adelaide’s, we have already become the largest installer of solar panels in the country," Mr Cobb said.
"Our corporate message is about sustainability and through Port Adelaide we have a great opportunity to show how corporate Australia and a sporting organisation can work together for the benefit of the community, the clean energy economy and the environment. To us, there are many winners with our announcement today.
"It is no secret that South Australia has done more to encourage the uptake of clean energy technologies than any other state. This is demonstrated in the fact that it has almost double the penetration of residential solar power than other states in Australia. We hope this association with the Port Adelaide Football Club will continue this proud tradition."
Port Adelaide chief executive Keith Thomas said the club was pleased to welcome CEE as a sponsor of the club and was keen to get the club up-to-speed from a sustainability perspective.
"It is important that sporting clubs show the way from a sustainability perspective just as much as corporate Australia does," he said.
Mr Thomas said Port Adelaide will begin to integrate sustainability into many of its existing programs as well as to create a new sustainability community initiative. A Port Adelaide player will also become a "Sustainability and Clean Energy Player Ambassador".
The Port Adelaide announcement follows CEE's agreement in April that it will sponsor the Adelaide United Football Club.
About Clean Energy Enterprises
Clean Energy Enterprises owns and operates the Solar Shop, Commsolar and Commercial Power Solutions brands. The brands owned by Clean Energy Enterprises have installed more solar panels in Australia than any other solar company, over 1.4 million . Clean Energy Enterprises has its head office in Melbourne with additional branches in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. www.cleanenergyenterprises.com.au
