High-Hanging Fruit: The Latest and Greatest in Sport Sustainability
April 13, 2020
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Organiser:
The Sport Ecology Group, Green Sport Alliance
The Sport Ecology Group, Green Sport Alliance
There is no shortage of opportunities when it comes to greening the sport sector. This webinar is focused on the toughest, most complicated, and most challenging of the bunch: climate action items with the greatest impact. Panelists will discuss large-scale fan engagement campaigns, the prospect of introducing carbon-positive operations initiatives, green transport options, and more. Speakers: Aileen McManamon (5T Sports), Claire Poole (Sport Positive Summit), Haruki Sawada (Green Sports Alliance Japan), Garrett Wong (Green Sports Alliance) Moderator: Dr. Brian McCullough (Seattle University / The Sport Ecology Group)
Location: Webinar
April 10, 2020
News / Interviews
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Source: Dialogo Chino
Guidelines and reports
Games Time: Planning and Acting to Respect Human Rights in Mega-Sporting Events
Centre for Sport and Human Rights and Ergon Associates
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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
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Organiser:
The Sport Ecology Group, Green Sport Alliance
The Sport Ecology Group, Green Sport Alliance
To kick off the webinar series, we'll be discussing the history of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and some stand-out actions and initiatives happening in the sport sector around Earth Day. Tune in to learn more about ongoing athlete advocacy initiatives, research projects, fan engagement campaigns, and more! Speakers: Claire DeNegro (Earth Day Network); Chris Mazdezer (USA Luge); Dr. Brian McCullough (Seattle University / The Sport Ecology Group) Moderator: Kristin Hanczor (Green Sports Alliance)
Location: Webinar
April 7, 2020
News / Interviews
World Athletics makes commitment to a cleaner, greener, more equitable world
World Athletics has today launched its Sustainability Strategy, which has a central goal of making the organisation carbon neutral by 2030. The strategy addresses […]
Source: www.worldathletics.org
Organiser:
SandSi, Julia Duffus (International Olympic Committee), Isabella Burczak (International Cycling Federation), (Aileen McManamon, 5T Sports)
SandSi, Julia Duffus (International Olympic Committee), Isabella Burczak (International Cycling Federation), (Aileen McManamon, 5T Sports)
First webinar of the SDG Sport Lab, hosted by Sport and Sustainability International (SandSI). It assess why the SDGs are a critical for success, how many worldwide federations are applying the SDGs today, and how the IOC supports the role of sport to advance on the SDGs.
Location: - Switzerland
Organiser:
World Health Organization
World Health Organization
Due to its vast reach, unparalleled popularity and foundation of positive values, sport is ideally positioned to contribute towards the United Nations’ objectives for development and peace.
To raise awareness of this potential, 6 April was declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP) on 23 August 2013, by the UN General Assembly. The adoption of this Day signifies the increasing recognition by the UN of the positive influence that sport can have on the advancement of human rights, and social and economic development.
As governments voted on the establishment of the day, it receives wide recognition and ownership on an international scale. This proclamation is the result of collaboration between a number of different stakeholders, including the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP), governments, non-governmental and multilateral organisations and the private sector.
Location: global
April 6, 2020
News / Interviews
#BeActive for the UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
FIFA has joined forces with the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in supporting the #BeActive campaign launched on the UN […]
Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Organiser:
Sport and Sustainability (SandSi)
Sport and Sustainability (SandSi)
In this webinar you will learn Why the SDGs are a key tool for communications and commercial partnerships; How international sports federations are delivering on the SDGs; What future plans are of the IOC and UN Commonwealth Secretariat on sport and SDG indicator implementation.
Location: Maison du Sport International - Lausanne, Switzerland
April 3, 2020
News / Interviews
FIM Educational programme continues
Despite the ongoing period of disruption, and associated travel restrictions caused by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, this week the FIM continued its educational […]
Source: Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme