{"id":21833,"date":"2024-08-08T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/?p=21833"},"modified":"2024-08-08T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T06:07:23","slug":"extending-our-partnership-with-the-sydney-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/extending-our-partnership-with-the-sydney-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending our partnership with the Sydney&nbsp;Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce that we&#8217;re continuing our partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneyswans.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Swans<\/a> until the end of 2025, as the club continues its transition towards a cleaner energy future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having first joined forces with the Swans at the start of 2022, Origin will remain the club\u2019s Official Energy Partner and extend its commitment as a Premier Partner of both the AFL and AFLW teams through to four seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C68KwCJLedw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Swans HQ<\/a> at the iconic Royal Hall of Industries, which was officially opened in 2023, has recently been awarded a 5 Star Green Star Design &amp; As Built rating from the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.gbca.org.au\/case-studies\/building\/red-and-white-goes-green-sydney-swans-hq-certified-green-star\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Building Council of Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneyswans.com.au\/club\/RHI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">award-winning facility<\/a> incorporates several features promoting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/8-ways-to-make-your-home-more-sustainable\/\">sustainability<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/solar\/\">solar panels<\/a>, skylights and windows to maximise natural light, upgraded window glazing and rainwater tanks. Meanwhile the decision to improve an existing building significantly reduced the use of materials that would have been associated with a new build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin assisted with the installation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/origin-loop\/electric-vehicle-charging\/ev-power-up\/\">EV charging solutions<\/a> at the new facility to help the Swans make the transition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/electric-vehicles\/\">lower emission vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21838\" style=\"width:1152px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/67\/Origin-X-Sydney-Swans-partnership-extension-Linkedin.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">We&#8217;re thrilled to extend our partnership with the Sydney Swans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be extending our support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneyswans.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Swans<\/a>, as their official energy partner and across both their men\u2019s and women\u2019s football programs, until the end of 2025,\u201d Origin\u2019s Executive General Manager Retail, Jon Briskin, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the past two years, we\u2019ve worked together to lay a strong foundation and have seen the Swans take some significant steps forward around sustainability \u2013 particularly at their new home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to explore further possibilities with the Swans around reducing their carbon footprint into the future, and to continue to influence behaviours through sport in line with our ambition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/about\/sustainability\/\">lead the energy transition<\/a> within Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past two seasons at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneyswans.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Swans<\/a> home games at the SCG, we&#8217;ve created a sustainable, VIP game day space through its Home of the Fans and Good Change Clubhouse experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydneyswans.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Swans<\/a> CEO Tom Harley said the club is proud to be continuing its partnership with Origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLike many organisations, our club is on a journey to reduce our carbon footprint and make our operations sustainable into the future,\u201d Harley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOrigin has been an incredible support in helping us understand the best way to transition to cleaner energy solutions, and importantly, together we have been able to share that message with Swans members and fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of everyone at the club I would like to thank Origin for their continued support. We look forward to continuing to work together on cleaner energy initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will also continue to support the QBE Sydney Swans Academy as an Official Partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/about\/community\/community-partnerships\/sponsorship\/\">Learn more about our partnerships<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce that we&#8217;re extending our partnership with the Sydney&nbsp;Swans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[43,119],"oe_author":[],"class_list":["post-21833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-community","tag-sponsorship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21833"},{"taxonomy":"oe_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oe_author?post=21833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}