The Erasmus+ funded GAMES project concluded with its final conference in Malmö, Sweden, held alongside the 2024 Men’s World Floorball Championships final. The event showcased the project’s results and provided a platform to discuss its impact on sustainability in sports. Karin Mårtensson, managing director of the Malmö Arena Hotel, which hosted the event, and International […]
The Erasmus+ funded GAMES project has spent two years exploring how sport can reduce its climate impact through robust governance and lower-carbon operations. This webinar brought together some of the key learnings of the actors involved. During the sessions, we explored: – The governance roadmaps that were developed for each of the federations – The […]
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, […]
At the U19 Women’s World Floorball Championships in Lahti, Finland, we captured the importance of sustainability at the event through interviews with tournament organisers and local officials. Check out our voxpop. Photo credit: M.Hanhisuanto
Highlighting the crucial role of strong leadership commitment to sustainability, this discussion will delve into the World Indoor Athletics Championships Glasgow 24’s spirations and strategies to successfully meet the Athletics for a Better World (ABW) Standard. Developed by World Athletics and implemented from January 2024, this standard evaluates events on their sustainable delivery. The event […]
In this webinar, representatives from the International Floorball Federation and the World Floorball Championships in both 2022 and 2024 explored how sponsors have supported their sustainability journeys, from financing public transport and producing more sustainable clothing, to enabling the repurposing of branding material. Watch the full webinar below:
Sustainability is a key theme for the Women’s U19 World Floorball Championships 2024 in Lahti, Finland. On May 8, the opening day of the tournament, the International Floorball Federation (IFF) will partner with the City of Lahti to host a sustainability seminar. This event will highlight the GAMES project group’s efforts, where the IFF serves […]
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 […]
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 […]