FIFA+ Orders Another Way: The Forest Green Rovers Story

FIFA+ has commissioned from Passion Docs an original documentary about the Forest Green Rovers, the first and only UN-certified carbon-neutral sports team.

The documentary will track the football club’s triumphs on and off the pitch, going behind the scenes of its EFL League 2 winning season while learning about its efforts to ensure it’s the “greenest football club in the world.” It is directed by Bart Corpe.

The Forest Green Rovers’ efforts include powering the entire ground with renewable energy, ensuring all fans, players and staff are served vegan food, and setting out on an ambitious project to build a 100 percent eco-friendly stadium.

James Abraham, commissioning editor at FIFA+, said: “This is exactly why FIFA+ was created—to tell the very best stories that football has to offer, on a global scale. The Forest Green Rovers project is special for so many reasons, and it’s blazing a trail for how all professional sports teams can work differently in the future. At FIFA+, we’re immensely proud to be able to give a platform to this story, and it was a joy to work with Forest Green Rovers—particularly in such a successful season.”

Dale Vince, CEO at Forest Green Rovers, added: It’s been great to work with FIFA on this film—one of the first to be on their new FIFA+ channel. There have been football documentaries before, of course—but none about a club like Forest Green Rovers because there are no clubs quite like Forest Green. This film conveys our story and our work on and off the pitch perfectly. Football is a new frontier for environmental responsibility and communications—something we know FIFA and FGR both see as a vital evolution for the sport.”

Passion Docs’ Amy Foster said: “With a global reputation for crafting cinematic, impactful films with social purpose at their core, Passion Docs has always been drawn to stories that need to be told, and the Forest Green Rovers story is definitely one of them. With their trail-blazing approach to football and the environment, this is a sports story that’s so important and inspiring for our time—it shows clubs and fans alike that there is another way.”