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The Sport Ecology Group is a community of academics seeking to share our research with a broader audience than traditional academic journals will allow. The Sport Ecology Group is guided by a simple vision: imagine if all people understood and supported the environment with the same interest and passion they showed their favorite sports teams.

The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) is active in mountain bike advocacy, focused on trails and access, for all types of mountain bikers in all parts of the United States of America.  Since 1988, IMBA have taught and encouraged low-impact riding, grassroots advocacy, sustainable trail design, innovative land management practices and cooperation among trail user groups. IMBA is a national network of local groups, individual riders and passionate volunteers working together for the benefit of the entire community.

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is a national nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment.

NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Montana, and Beijing.  The NRDC issued a comprehensive report "Game Changer - How the Sport Industry is saving the environment" available here : https://www.nrdc.org/resources/game-changer-how-sports-industry-saving-environment

The Swiss Academy for Developpment is a centre of excellence for sport and development. SAD use sport and play to empower disadvantaged children and young people in Switzerland and internationally to become healthy, educated and employed citizens. SAD’s vision is a world where children and young people are engaged, healthy, educated and employed citizens.  SAD use sport and play to sustainably transform the lives of disadvantaged young people, enabling them to flourish.

SIGA works towards a vision of sport played and governed under the highest integrity standards, free from any form of unethical, illicit and criminal activity, to safeguard sports values and ensure its positive impact and benefits to all citizens. The mission of SIGA is to provide global leadership, promote good governance and safeguard the integrity of sport through a set of universal standards operated by an independent, neutral and global body.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the principal United Nations human rights entity. The General Assembly gives the High Commissioner and her Office a single mandate to promote and protect all human rights. The United Nations Human Rights Programme aims to ensure that the protection and enjoyment of human rights are a reality for all. OHCHR also plays a crucial role in safeguarding the integrity of the three interconnected pillars of the United Nations: peace and security, human rights, and development.

ICSSPE was founded in the late 1950s with the aims of maintaining an inclusive perspective on the different disciplines of sport, sport science and physical education, and of furthering a continuing collaboration between them. It brings together a wide range of scientific and professional organisations of various sport branches and disciplines, and creates the possibility for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Peace and Sport brings together and develops partnerships between the Peace (NGOs, UN Agencies, Academics), the Sport (Olympic Family, International Federations, National Olympic Committees, Athletes) and the Political worlds with the aim of implementing and ensuring the sustainability of field programs, maximizing the use of sport for development and peace and leading social transformation in every area of the world affected by poverty or social instability. Peace and Sport is built around four key pillars: Mobilize, Connect, Demonstrate, Advocate.  The organization takes concrete action to prove the federating, educational and social impact of sport through sport diplomacy initiatives and field programs with the support of our Champions for Peace club.

Beyond Sport is a global organisation that promotes, supports and celebrates the use of sport to address social issues in communities around the world. We do this through convening, supporting and advising the worlds of sport, business, government, and development on how sport can be used as a tool to achieve both social and business objectives. Since 2009, Beyond Sport has held major events in London, New York, Chicago, Cape Town, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Glasgow and Johannesburg; provided over $8 million worth of funding and support to projects across six continents addressing a range of social issues

Building on a history of social and environmental value at the roots of the game, golf is poised to emerge as a leader in sustainable sport and business. In many ways, from ecosystem services and conservation of wildlife, to health and well-being for all ages, to jobs and economic value through local supply chains, golf is good for nature and communities. Following years of research and professional expertise, the industry is in a new phase of activity working to collectively and credibly represent its contribution while also pledging to do more and more. This effort is delivered in partnership with GEO Foundation, the international non-profit dedicated entirely to providing a credible and practical sustainability system for golf.