Global Sustainable Sport Weekly Newsletter - 5th October 2023
Sustainable Sport Features
Inspiring the conversation around sustainability in sport: BBC Green Sport Awards
The winners have been announced at the star-studded second annual BBC Green Sport Awards – and the significance of the event is set to grow.
How sustainable is English cricket?
Ahead of the Cricket World Cup 2023 and with an estimated 2.5 billion fans across the globe, cricket is one of the world’s most popular sports—but it is also one of the most threatened by climate change. As heatwaves, droughts, and floods impact both the professional and grassroots game, how is cricket in England addressing sustainability?
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Sustainability Fact of the Week
19.63°C
The European-average temperature for summer was 19.63°C which, at 0.83°C above average, was the fifth warmest for the summer season.
THE GLOBAL GOALS
“Things would have been very different if we’d given up at halftime. But we didn’t. The Global Goals – we’re down at halftime but it’s not over. Let’s make this the greatest comeback ever. #ImagineWinning”?
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GSS Education Programme
The GSS Education Programme brings you everything you need to know about the?most important aspects of sport?and sustainability helping you to become a?Champion of Sustainability.
The self-paced, online programme equips sustainability managers, senior execs, commercial or communications professionals with?sustainability essentials as well as in-depth views?– delivered by experts from around the world.
Sustainable Sport Round-Up
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has announced that one million new plants will be introduced to the Australian city ahead of the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The plans are the result of a partnership between Brisbane City Council and Greening Australia, a non-profit environmental enterprise committed to restoring Australia’s diverse landscapes.?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed the winners of the inaugural Climate Action Awards, which recognises athletes, International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that are taking tangible steps to tackle the climate crisis. Athletes such as the USA’s Ben Blankenship, Great Britain’s Marcus Mepstead, Peru’s Paloma Schmidt and the Spanish Olympic Committee were among the winners.?
Merchants Fleet, a fleet management company, has expanded its partnership with McLaren Racing to become an official partner of the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team for Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Merchants will also maintain its role as an official partner for the NEOM McLaren Extreme E Team within the off-roading Extreme E series.?
England Hockey has launched a new five-year strategy dubbed ‘Creating A Future For Our Game Together’. The aim of the strategy is to engage and re-engage with the hockey community to bring new people into the sport, regardless of age, ability and background. The strategy has been built on two years of consultation with stakeholders from across the game and the sporting sector.?
Switzerland’s glaciers are melting at a faster rate than ever before, losing 10% of their volume in the last two years. A record volume loss of 6% in 2022 was followed by?another 4% reduction this year. Dry winters followed by hot summers were responsible for the rapid melting in each year.
Sustainable Sport Conferences
UCI Mobility & Bike City Forum
25-26th October 2023, Bruges, Belgiium
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