Global Sustainable Sport Weekly Newsletter - 2nd February 2023
Sustainability Features
Partnership opportunities to help promote sport and sustainability throughout Africa
From 24th February 2023 through to 4th March 2023, under the patronage of the president of the Republic of Cameroon, YALI Sport Africa will host the inaugural Africa Global Sport Business Week in Yaounde, Cameroon. Read more ...
Will Paris be the most sustainable Olympic Games ever?
Paris will host the Olympics for the third time in 2024, an event that will see iconic landmarks across Paris transformed into sporting arenas as 206 nations compete for gold. As well as planning for a spectacular event, this edition of the Games has also set ambitious sustainability targets. But will it be the most sustainable Olympics ever, and will it leave a lasting impact for future generations? Read more…
Latest Sustainability News
Liverpool ranked as Premier League’s most sustainable club
Queensland to benefit from A$26m investment in sport and recreation
FC Barcelona publishes biodiversity guide
UBS Arena achieves LEED Certified status
French football league operator highlights sustainable mobility
Sustainability Fact of the Week
3 football fields per minute
the rate of de-forestation in the Amazon forest in 2022
Latest Sustainability Press Releases
Launch of new Sports for Nature Challenge powered by Sails of Change
Football steps up to save lives
Terra Carta – For Nature, People and Planet – 2022 Impact Report
Youth Sports in Los Angeles thrive with LA28’s $160m commitment
Sustainability Round-Up
X44 Vida Carbon Racing – the Extreme E team established by Formula 1 driver Sir Lewis Hamilton – not only won the Championship title in Season 2, but also the Sustainability Award in the 2022 Extreme E Count Us In Challenge. The award is given to the team whose fans took the most sustainable steps. X44 Vida Carbon Racing was followed by the XITE ENERGY Racing and NEOM McLaren Extreme E teams in second and third place, respectively. Read more
Uganda’s AFRIYEA Golf Academy at Toro Club Uganda has scooped the Special Recognition Award at the 2023 Golf Environment Awards. The awards are held to recognise sustainable efforts across nature conservation, turf grass, waste and water to protect habitats and biodiversity while maximising enjoyment of the sport. Read more
Volleyball World created a trophy entirely out of recycled plastic from the world’s beaches for its Beach Pro Tour championship winners. The unique trophy highlighted the impact pollution has on the world’s beaches and oceans. Over 11 million metric tonnes of plastic enter the water each year, according to the Ocean Conservancy. Read more
Windsurfer Sarah Jackson has left the English south coast behind for Spanish beaches after she told the Guardian that training near her home was like “surfing in a sewer”. Jackson has won two world championship silver medals and is currently ranked second in the world in her slalom discipline. Before relocating to Tenerife, she trained near Hayling Island. Data from Southern Water shows that untreated sewage was released into the nearby Langstone and Chichester harbours for the equivalent of 102 days in 2021. Read more
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has appointed Secretary-General of the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association (QSAA) Hamad Ali Al Athba as a member of the ISSF’s Sustainability Committee. Read more
Conferences Coming Up Soon
The Spot, Lausanne, Switzerland 8-9 May 2023
