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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.

Together for our planet – the UK’s year of climate action.
The UK will host the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 with our partners Italy in November 2021 to bring together world leaders to commit to urgent global climate action. We cannot afford to wait to act against the threat of climate change. We must work together to protect our planet and people and ensure a greener, more resilient future for us all.

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 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

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.

SportWorks facilitates good connections and provides solutions to connect business with the global sports community and the industry’s key stakeholders. We are based at the prestigious Maison du Sport International in Lausanne – The Olympic Capital.

SportWorks support their Members by giving them a Personalized Consultancy that adjusts their needs and requirements. Providing them with personal connections with the main stakeholders from the sports community-based in Switzerland, mapping potential contacts, and helping them to develop and implement strategies to connect. Our network includes International Federations and Global Corporations.

We showcase best practices, case studies, and sport and business leaders through our Professional Broadcasting Studio providing Digital Content and Events.

As part of our Digital Content we have developed the TALKS series – a platform to bring discussions, share messages and best practices that can be inspiring and useful for the sports community. We produce Online and Live Events that bring the sports community together to celebrate, discuss relevant topics, share common challenges, build bridges, create collaborative solutions, or get answers to pertinent questions.

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.

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