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Games Time is designed to support organisations and authorities involved in the final preparation and delivery of major sporting events in their efforts to ensure respect for international human rights standards. In the overall lifecycle of a major sporting event, the final six months (‘games time’) are critical not only to delivery of the event, but also to ensuring human rights are protected. This Guide helps organisers do this important work.

It will help those seeking to understand how to identify possible human rights risks beforehand, and assess any actual or potential adverse human rights impacts with which they may be involved. Risks and impacts are likely to be different depending on whether the event involves single or multiple days, single or multiple sports, or single or multiple venues (or cities). The risk will also vary where the venues or cities have hosted previous games or competitions of a similar scale and nature.

All too often, human rights analyses focus on risks and negative impacts without considering human rights opportunities and the potential for positive impact or legacy. Beyond discussions of risk and mitigation, this Guidance also seeks to explore opportunities for legacy, influence and lasting impact.

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Games Time: Planning and Acting to Respect Human Rights in Mega-Sporting Events

(Low Resolution) Games Time: Planning and Acting to Respect Human Rights in Mega-Sporting Events

In launching F1s first-ever sustainability strategy, with an ambitious target
to be a net zero carbon sport by 2030, we recognise the critical role that all
organisations must play in tackling this global issue.

Leveraging the immense talent, passion and drive for innovation held by all
members of the F1 community, we hope to make a significant positive
impact on the environment and communities in which we operate.

This checklist may be used by Organizers to plan, manage and deliver the Event in a way which enhances environmental, social and economic opportunities and minimizes adverse impacts, as described in UWW's Event Preparation Guide (Section 10). 

The concept of our FEI Sustainability Programme was born of the desire to make a serious contribnution towards conserving the sound environment necessary for the practice and continuity of equestrian sport. Being an International Federation revolving around horses, it goes without saying thatr it is in our best interest to encourage and help develop an increasingly sustainable environment at equestrian events.

This handbook aims to encourage event organisers to implement verious sustainability initiatives that will help reduce negative environmental impact and create a positive legacy

This report aims to raise awareness of climate change and all it threatens, and encourage people to show their support for action to address it.

The FIA Environmental Accreditation Programme is aimed at helping motor sport and mobility stakeholders worldwide to measure and enhance their environmental performance. By introducing a clear and consistent environmental management system, it provides stakeholders with a three-level framework against which to accredit their activities.
It is organised around three levels:

1. One-Star – Basic practice: Demonstrate basic environmental performance and a commitment to improve
2. Two-Star – Good practice: Demonstrate good environmental performance and be close to follow internationally developed roadmaps toward environmental management
3. Three-Star – Best practice: Demonstrate best practice and commitment to seek continual improvement through the implementation of an environmental management system
   For any questions, please contact the FIA Sustainability team at afe@fia.com

PROCESS
It is recommended that FIA stakeholders wishing to obtain the accreditation start by filling in the Initial Evaluation Form, allowing the FIA Sustainability team to evaluate the current environmental performance and advise on next steps.
Following a first meeting with the FIA Sustainability team, the FIA Environmental Accreditation programme: Self-Assessment Tool should be used in support to these guidelines in order to implement the different recommendations and achieve the targeted level of accreditation.

Once the organisation is ready to be audited, the Formal Application Form should be completed and returned to afe@fia.com for review. A remote (One-Star, Two-Star) or on-site (Three-Star) audit will then be planned in order to finalise the accreditation process.
Following the audit process, an official certificate will be issued, including potential key recommendations for improvement and next audit date.

The Olympic Winter Games have been held every four years since 1924, with the most recent edition taking place in PyeongChang, South Korea in February 2018. In recent years, we have witnessed a drastic effect on winter sports resulting in delays, cancellations and venue changes due to weather inconsistency.

This project focuses on the impacts and risks of climate change and explores its potential effects on winter sports in the future, specifically on the Olympic programme. Outlined below were the objectives for the research involved.

All companies have a responsibility to respect human rights when they carry out their business. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights guide companies in how to meet their responsibilities, and due diligence is a critical component.

This tool, "Sport, Broadcasting and Human Rights - Guiding Questions", is intended to help broadcasters identify and, if necessary, mitigate any potential human rights impacts that may occur when broadcasting a sporting event. It builds on the White Paper "Broadcasters and Human Rights in the Sports Context", which identified potential risks to people and their rights arising from broadcasting a sporting event. 

This tool can be used alongside existing planning and risk processes, such as health and safety assessments, and is intended to be practical, flexible, and to help identify ways to address the particular risks identified.

Download the tool here

What makes sports events sustainable. This module is part of a 12 clips guide created by SportAccord, AISTS, PI, and IOC, to help us understand sustainability as a whole, and look at what it means. It looks at the risks and opportunites, the business case of sustainable sports events. It introduces the benefits, ISO 20121 management system, reporting and impact assessment. (Video 1/12)

This report outlines the ongoing results of monitoring and reporting of the UIAA's carbon footprint, which is in response to our signed commitment in early 2019 and participation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action.