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In focus
2024
Interactive database of sustainable best practices launched

A database of sustainable actions that sports event organisers and organisations can adopt has been established. Created by the GAMES project, an Erasmus+ funded initiative that explores ways sport can decarbonise, the database demonstrates ways that organisations and events can minimise their environmental impact through smart choices around energy, food and beverage, transport and waste, […]

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In focus
2024
Sponsors, fan mobility and major events the focus of final GAMES webinars

Over the next few months, GAMES project partners will collaborate to host a selection of webinars to explore sports event decarbonisation from different perspectives. You can read about them and register below: Webinar 3: How to include sponsors in your event sustainability strategy: The case of the World Floorball Championships In this webinar, representatives from […]

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Deliverables
2024
#MakingSportSustainable Conference explores climate action in sport

Ways in which sports organisations and event hosts can embed decarbonisation practices in governance and operations was the key topic at the #MakingSportSustainable Conference in Oslo. Hosted at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) on 29 February 2024, the event served as the mid-term conference for the Erasmus+ funded GAMES project, which is exploring […]

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Deliverables
2023
Webinar 2: Carbon and environmental footprint calculations for sport events

Our second GAMES webinar, hosted on Tuesday 21 November 2023, explored carbon and environmental footprint calculations in sport. Camilla Facheris, LCA expert and Environmental Researcher at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, and Kai Landwehr, Director of Corporate Marketing at myclimate, talked about their work in this field.  Attendees learned: – How to apply the […]

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Deliverables
2023
Webinar 1: Environmental standards and certifications in sport

Our first GAMES webinar, hosted on Monday 6 November 2023, explored environmental standards and certifications in sport. Bob Ramsak, Head of Sustainability at World Athletics, and Tiberio Daddi, Associate Professor at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, presented their knowledge and experience in this field.  Attendees learned: – How World Athletics is developing its own […]

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In focus
2023
WFC 2024 website introduces sustainability section

The Swedish Floorball Federation, together with the International Floorball Federation, are GAMES project participants. As hosts of the 2024 Men’s World Floorball Championships in Malmö, Sweden, organisers have introduced a sustainability section of the WFC 2024 website. Shown by organisers’ commitment to GAMES, WFC 2024 has lofty sustainability ambitions on all levels – socially, environmentally, […]

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In focus
2023
IBU reiterates commitment to tangible climate action ahead of 2023/2024 season

GAMES partner, the International Biathlon Union, reinforced its commitment to delivering impactful climate initiatives as it continues to advance the implementation of its Sustainability Strategy and work to reduce the sport’s climate impact by 50% by 2030, in alignment with the Paris Agreement. One of the first sports organisations to join the global UN Race […]

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GAMES
2023
IBU nominated for BBC Green Sports Award

The GAMES project was mentioned on the BBC Sports website as the IBU is nominated in the ‘Elite Organisation of the Year’ category of the BBC Green Sports Awards The IBU has been recognised for its sustainability work in the second edition of the annual BBC Green Sports Awards. Nominated in the ‘Elite Organisation of […]

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Deliverables
2023
GAMES project publishes report on decarbonisation in athletics, biathlon and floorball

Launched in 2022 with support from the EU’s Erasmus+ Sport programme, the GAMES project has introduced a comprehensive report titled ‘Guidelines on Decarbonisation Practices for Athletics, Biathlon, and Floorball.’ Led by the Institute of Management at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in collaboration with World Athletics, the International Biathlon Union (IBU), the International Floorball Federation […]

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