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
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 […]
The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) in Oslo will be the venue for the mid-term conference of the GAMES project, co-funded by the European Union #MakingSportSustainable will reflect on the findings of the project, which has been investigating good practices for decarbonising events in the sports of athletics, biathlon and floorball, since June 2022. […]
In cooperation with the City of Lahti, Finland, the International Floorball Federation (IFF) will organise a sustainability seminar in conjunction with the Women’s U19 World Floorball Championships 2024 on 8 May. The seminar is part of the GAMES project, aiming to increase awareness and mitigation of climate change in sport. As the European Green Capital […]
World Athletics welcomes ‘Champions for a Better World’, IFF plans for 2024 and IBU celebrates governance reform results Aside from our core activities around the project, the GAMES sports partners have their own sustainability objectives and achievements. Each month, we explore their work. World Athletics welcomes ‘Champions for a Better World’ World Athletics closed 2022 […]