UN Climate Change invites sports organizations and their stakeholders to join a new climate action for sport movement. This initiative aims at supporting and guiding sports actors in achieving global climate change goals.

Uniting behind a set of principles, sports organizations and their communities have created an initiative by collaborating in order to position their sector on the path of the low carbon economy that global leaders agreed on in Paris: Sports for Climate Action.

The International Olympic Committee is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Sustainability is one of the three pillars of Olympic Agenda 2020 alongside credibility and youth. In line with its recommendations, the IOC has developed a Sustainability Strategy. Based on the responsibility of the IOC as an organization, as the owner of the Olympic Games, and as the leader of the Olympic Movement, it focuses on infrastructure and natural sites, sourcing and resource management, mobility, workforce, and climate.

Spirit of Football (SOF) is an award-winning, nonprofit organization based in Germany, England and Brazil. Since 2005, SOF has been running programs using football as a tool to tackle the most pertinent challenges facing societies and the planet. SOF operates under three principle pillars of “diversity”, “respect”, and “teamwork”.

Every 4 years since 2002, “The Ball” (one football) has travelled overland from Battersea Park in London, where the first official football match took place, to the FIFA World Cup using a common call to action: “One Ball, One World”. The Ball is more than just a journey; Spirit of Football works closely with multiple partners along the way on specific social and environmental topics. From exchange platforms to policy change, The Ball brings together a diverse group of stakeholders from governments, schools, the football industry & civil society.

In 2022 and 2023, for the first time ever, The Ball is traveling to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, delivering workshops to identify local environmental problems, demonstrate their global relevance and showcase possible solutions to climate change. This time The Ball uses the positive power of the world’s most popular sport to encourage people to commit to climate action.

GEO Foundation for Sustainable Golf is the international non-profit entirely dedicated to helping accelerate sustainability in and through golf. Its goal is to work collaboratively to help the sport embrace environmental and social issues and become widely acclaimed for its proactive leadership in fostering nature, conserving resources, building stronger communities and taking climate action.

Our mission is to harness the power of athletes to inspire climate action. There are many athletes who already want to use their platform to make a difference to issues beyond their sport. If this is you, we’re here to support you – formulating campaigns and collaborating with every athlete who wants to use their voice for good. Whether you’ve already spoken out on issues you care about, or have never really considered it, all of us can worry that we don’t have enough knowledge to use our voice, or that if we do speak we’ll be called hypocrites. Whatever your experience, we’re creating training and resources to support athletes as confident, effective advocates for change.

Healthy Stadia is a European NGO specialising in the cross-cutting areas of preventative public health, stadium operations and research.

Yunus Sports Hub is the global social business network creating local solutions in and through sport. Led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, the social business ecosystem advocates for businesses created to solve human & environmental problems across sectors. Yunus Sports Hub brings the two worlds of sport and social business together.

For further information on Yunus Sports Hub: https://yunussportshub.com/

We are a new breed of sporting alchemists connecting purpose-driven athletes, sports and brands.

Using smart, data-driven solutions we help professional athletes across all sports build stronger brands, tell powerful stories, improve media coverage and increase commercial opportunities.

Our aim is to level the uneven playing field in UK sport.

The Sustainable Event Alliance is a global guild of events and sports industry professionals and suppliers. We connect people all over the world who are passionate and dedicated to producing events, sports and festivals sustainably and importantly, to using their powerful platform for good. The SEA Accredited Professionals programme reviews sustainability skills and validates competency in this essential field.

The Sports Environment Alliance (SEA) is committed to do more {for the world} with less {footprint} so we can continue to have places to play.

We find value in sharing knowledge and building networks to enhance the industry’s engagement in the clean economy to more effectively manage the changes in our natural environment..

Helping to build the world’s most inclusive and influential sustainability network for sports federations, leagues, clubs, venues, businesses and fans seeking to address climate change and other pressing environmental, social and ethical issues.

The Green Sports Alliance is the environmentally-focused trade organization that convenes stakeholders from around the sporting world (teams, leagues, conferences, venues, corporate partners, governmental agencies, athletes, and fans) to promote healthy, sustainable communities where we live and play. We are committed to creating awareness and dedicated to creating meaningful change towards a more sustainable future.

We share resources, experience, and expertise to raise awareness of what’s environmentally possible in sports, business, and society. We mobilize sports organizations, communities, athletes, and fans to create sustainable progress and behavior change.

The Council’s vision is a world where responsibly produced sports events are the norm and its mission is to provide objective, independent verification of the socially and environmentally responsible work event organizers are doing and to actively support event organizers who strive to make a difference in their communities. The current version of the Council’s Certification standards (v.4.2) was developed by an outside working group of both sustainability and sport industry experts, reviewed by a wide range of stakeholders throughout 2013 and implemented in January 2014.

The British Association for Sustainable Sport (BASIS) is a group of like-minded individuals, organisations, partners and providers from various organisations and a diversity of sports. Our vision is to nurture and promote sustainability and sustainable development in all aspects of sport through providing high quality support, resources and events

EcoAthletes inspires and coaches athletes to lead climate action.

Are you ready to produce events that are good for you and for the planet?

Get started in sustainable event management with us: online training, tools, templates, tips and support. Including Climate Responsible, Towards Zero Waste and Purpose-Driven Events.

Pledgeball is a research-driven charity that engages fans on environmental sustainability. Working with stakeholders across the sports community, from partners the Football Supporters’ Association to clubs to leagues to governing bodies, Pledgeball offers an easily accessible mechanism that plays off the characteristics of sport.

The Sport Ecology Group is an international consortium of academics who drive climate action in the sport sector through research and public education initiatives

Champions for Earth is committed to unlocking the power of athletes as ambassadors for the planet and advocates for sustainability. In 2020 they wrote a letter to the UK Government encouraging a green recovery to the pandemic, which was signed by over 300 GB Olympians and Paralympians. Since then they have been developing OLY Earth+, a project focussed on creating a positive environmental legacy for Team GB’s participation in the Tokyo Games.

Forbes champions success by celebrating those who have made it and those who aspire to make it, while convening and curating the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving change, transforming business and making a significant impact on the world.

As the leading business media brand, we have a responsibility to ensure our content and experiences reflect the diverse audiences we serve.

Most known for franchises including the 30 Under 30, Forbes 400 and Self-Made Women, Forbes reaches over 140 million people throughout the world with our site, print issues, social, video, events and more.

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GreenSportsBlog, which Lew Blaustein launched in 2013, has become “the source for news and commentary at the intersection of Green + Sports.” Its monthly audience of up to 8,000 includes sports commissioners, team and league executives, sustainability leaders, eco-athletes and more. GreenBiz, Sustainable Brands and others syndicate his work. Blaustein was trained by Al Gore and his team as a Climate Reality Leader in 2012. Since then, he has given the slide show that was at the heart of An Inconvenient Truth to 35+ schools, religious groups, businesses and more.

The Sustainability Report is the essential source of intelligence and insight for sports professionals committed to enhancing the environmental, social and economic sustainability of their organisations. For news, analysis, interviews and other exclusive content from the world of sport and sustainability

The sports industry is looking towards the triple bottom line as a priority and is need of fresh talent to contribute to solving the social and ecological issues that face us. SportsPro’s Hackathon is an opportunity for top students from across the world to compete against each other, creating innovative solutions that could help the sports industry drive social, financial and environmental change, whilst also being mentored by the top thought leaders within the industry.

The Hackathon will see students set challenges to enable major events to fulfil the challenge of ensuring business practise is as sustainable as it can be.