'Will Sydney continue on into the new millennium with a vision for sustainable living, as their Government has promised? Or will it be business as usual?' - this was the question posed by Murray Hogarth (1999), environment editor for the Sydney MorningHerald'in the weeks leading up to the 1999 New South Wales state election. Now, as we have entered what many environmentalists hoped to call the 'green century', there is an increasingly pressing need to consider what transformations in human systems may be required to halt and reverse the degradation of the global ecosystem.
This toolkit aims to identify and showcase the crucial role sports plays in mobilizing support and creating public awareness of the SDGs. By highlighting successful case studies from the private sector, UN entities, Member States and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), this toolkit is expected to serve as a guide on how to create sustainable partnerships around sport.
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. Environmental Impact Assessment. Why measure, what it is, and how to measure it. (Video 8/12)
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. Topics include ethical issues, cost and finance issues, possible partnerships, as well as the 7 steps to successful data gathering. (Video 12/12)
Kit manif is a toolkit dedicated to facilitate the organization of sport and cultural events. KITmanif supports each organizer throughout the different phases of the event (planning, development and dismantling) with advice, practical tools and proposals from local service providers. Each section of Kitmanif aims to guarantee the sustainability of the events by considering it, not as an additional element to take into account, but as an integral part, a mode of reflection, in order to minimize the environmental impacts of the events while integrating social objectives and ensuring financial balance.
The FIAS sustainability report 2015 is created inorder to introduce sustainable practices in FIAS events.
What started with a blue recycling bin under each employee’s desk in 2003 has grown into a company-wide sustainability program that works year-round to reduce the team’s environmental footprint. With the help of partners and fans, the Philadelphia Eagles have been able to develop a multi-year curriculum and action plan that incorporates green energy production, recycling, composting, energy efficiency and reforestation, among other ventures.
This document is intended to guide project teams that have used the Sustainable Golf Development Voluntary Sustainability Standard (VSS) on the kinds of claims they can make about their project. By following this guide, a project team can confidentially and accurately communicate the achievements of their work.
FIFA Forward launched a new era of global football development. FIFA is further strengthening its investment in development to build a stronger foundation for the growth of football, aiming at allowing many more young girls and boys to experience “Living Football”.
Global events, such as the Olympic Games, can be a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Construction, operations and spectator travel are just some of the ways that large events produce GHG emissions. However, by employing low-carbon technologies and behavioral practices to mitigate these emissions, events can become innovative catalysts for sustainable development and leave a positive and lasting legacy on the host region, city or state.
The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”), the official Carbon Partner of Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016, has developed the Climate Solutions Framework (herein “the Framework”) with the hopes of encouraging voluntary mitigation programs across the world.