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The path to sustainability agenda 2030

Having successfully launched a sustainability strategy in 2016, World Sailing has since taken further steps towards embracing sustainability at the core of the organisation and the sport. These steps provided a set of objectives and target actions that formalised the intentions of World Sailing to drive sustainability and open up further opportunities. One of the first steps was to set up an independent Sustainability Commission, comprised of eight experts from five countries. Together with relevant staff, they developed a long-term sustainability vision (Sustainability Agenda 2030) and proposed a set of 59 ambitious but achievable sustainability targets

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World Rugby sustainability framework

World Rugby has a responsibility to both regulate and inspire and in 2018 published at www.world. rugby/sustainability a framework to guide sustainable actions across rugby in a holistic way. Through collaboration with various rugby and non-rugby stakeholders, the team nature of the sport is reflected in the framework, which demonstrates a role for all including National Federations (NFs), continental associations, players, fans, officials, partners and suppliers. This approach reinforces the importance of a team effort and helps to identify and understand impacts to better manage available and potential resources in a sustainable way.

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World Rowing safeguarding UNESCO natural world heritage sites

The World Heritage sites (WHS) are designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for their “outstanding universal value”. They represent unique natural and cultural sources of life, and play a vital role for current and future generations. WHS are grouped into three categories: cultural sites, natural sites, and mixed sites that combine cultural and natural value. A total of 229 natural and mixed WHS cover around 2.79 million km2 and provide both freshwater and jobs to 11 million people. They also store 10.5 billion tonnes of carbon, thus adding to the regulation of our climate both locally and globally. Around 50 per cent of all natural WHS are threatened by human activities – including the organisation of sporting events. By acknowledging the negative impact that such events can have on certain sites, the World Rowing Federation (FISA) has implemented a policy to protect natural and mixed WHS with the support of the WWF. World Rowing now assesses any potential impact on the sites of World Rowing- sanctioned events in advance. As part of the bidding process for a World Rowing event, World Rowing and its stakeholders

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UOC sustainable tourism in sport

On the understanding that tourism should be consistent with the tenets of sustainable development and that sport has the potential to advocate for it, the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) brought together sports, governmental, non-governmental, cultural and private stakeholders to propose measures that could attract sustainable tourism through sport.
Tourism can only be sustainable if the natural assets on which it is based are protected from degradation.
A well managed tourism sector can become a tool for environmental protection, preventing irreversible impacts such as disruption of wildlife, alteration of landscapes and deforestation.
Sustainable tourism is about minimising negative environmental impacts and maximising socio-economic benefits at tourist destinations

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UOC sustainable sport & environment toolkit

The Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC)’s Sport and Environment Commission has produced a toolkit for national stakeholders and National Federations (NFs) that explains the environmental issues connected to sport, and how to implement appropriate measures. The toolkit is a response to the UOC’s concerns about the negative impact that sport can have on the environment, as well as the impact of a degraded environment on athletes. The toolkit was launched in 2015 and guides the Ugandan sports community – in particular the 23 NFs – to integrate environmental sustainability into sport.

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Uniting sport for clean seas

The Clean Seas campaign was launched in February 2017 to increase global awareness of the marine litter issue, and to implement measures that address gaps in waste management. Oceans are one of Earth’s most precious natural resources, covering over 70 per cent of our planet’s surface. They are responsible for producing oxygen, cleaning the air and regulating the weather. Around 80 per cent of litter originates from land-based activities and ends up in our oceans. Littering causes pollution and alters the properties of the water, harming marine wildlife, depleting fish stocks, and impacting global economies.

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UIM monaco solar & energy boat challenge

Supported by the International Powerboating Union (UIM), the fifth edition of the Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge unveiled some of the latest clean-energy innovations as applied to powerboating in 2018. These innovations encourage the development of renewable energies as a replacement for fossil fuels, one of the biggest drivers of global warming, and show how both powerboating and motorsports could evolve in the future

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Swiss Olympic sustainable procurement strategy

The activities and interactions between the Swiss Olympic Association (Swiss Olympic) and its stakeholders are guided by the Olympic values and its Code of Ethics, which states that “mutual relationships between people and the attitude towards nature shall be ‘respectful’.” Swiss Olympic encourages this behaviour in sport and integrates it into its procurement activities according to the following principles: product-specific requirements with regard to social and ecological standards; stakeholder consultation; transparency; and transition time for long-standing partnerships.

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ONOC voices of the athletes

The Voices of the Athletes (VOA) programme is an initiative co-created by the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) Athletes’ Commission, with the aim of reaching out to athletes to promote and reinforce Olympic values and the spirit of sport. VOA’s core messages are: Be a Leader; Play True; Play Fair; and Go Green.

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LTOK sustainable education programmes

One of the core strategic goals of the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LTOK) is to disseminate Olympic values and achieve social development through sport. In order to do this, it implements Olympic Education Programmes (OEPs) throughout the national education system that follow a logic model based on a four-stage framework: needs assessment, design, implementation and evaluation. Across all of the education programmes – from the development of physical activity to Olympic values education – the OEPs share the challenge of measuring their results. Furthermore, securing funding and a continued interest from society and stakeholders depends mainly on the quality of the programme and the capacity to demonstrate effective results.

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