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January 26, 2020
News / Interviews

The IOC are lagging behind on climate change as it begins to have a greater impact on sporting events.

Late risers staying in the Lausanne Palace may have been somewhat alarmed looking out of their windows last week. Or perhaps they would have […]

Source: Inside The Games
Climate ActionResponsible ConsumptionSustainable Cities and Communities
January 24, 2020
News / Interviews

German Football Association Becomes 100th Signatory of Sports for Climate Action

The German Football Association (DFB), governing body of football in Germany and founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, is the first national football […]

Source: UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
Climate ActionResponsible ConsumptionSustainable Cities and Communities
January 24, 2020
News / Interviews

ABN AMRO to collect and recycle used tennis balls to make Sustainaballs

ABN AMRO has announced plans to collect as many used tennis balls as possible during the next few weeks, for recycling as a new […]

Source: ABN AMRO
Climate ActionResponsible Consumption
January 22, 2020
News / Interviews

Lausanne 2020 seeks to create a sustainability legacy

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) have earned themselves a reputation as an innovative, pioneering event since their inception in 2010, and, a decade on, […]

Climate Action
January 21, 2020
News / Interviews

FIFA and hosts Qatar present joint FIFA World Cup™ Sustainability Strategy

In 2022, the FIFA World Cup™ will be held in the Arab world for the first time, in a fast-growing economy and in the […]

Source: https://fifa.com
Gender EqualityGood HealthInnovation and Infrastructure
January 21, 2020
News / Interviews

Young Lions Cup South leaving a legacy in Botswana

GABORONE (Botswana) – Our Youth Leadership and Basketball development project, the Young Lions Cup South has been successfully hosted in Botswana for the past […]

Source: http://www.fiba.basketball
Reduced Inequalities
January 20, 2020
News / Interviews

New IOF Sustainability Policy

The IOF has declared sustainability as one of its three basic values. In coherence with its values, the IOF acknowledges and intends to contribute […]

Source: International Orienteering Federation
Climate Action
January 20, 2020
News / Interviews

Bridging the gap for environmental sustainability through sport

Why sport’s contribution to environmental SDGs cannot be ignored, with Joie Leigh, former international hockey player for the United Kingdom and a member of […]

Source: Sport and Dev
Climate ActionResponsible ConsumptionSustainable Cities and Communities
January 20, 2020
News / Interviews

Corina Wehinger and Sandra Zurbuchen first female referees in Swedish men’s super league

The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland are exchanging referees in December and January. The purpose of the exchange, that takes place in both […]

Source: International Floorball Federation (IFF)
Gender EqualityReduced Inequalities
January 20, 2020
News / Interviews

YOG for young people, by them and with them

From the medal trays and podiums to the look and feel around the competition sites, many of the things you see at Lausanne 2020 […]

Sustainable Cities and Communities