VfL Wolfsburg, the 2008/09 German title winner, was named as the most sustainable club in the Bundesliga. But the other clubs, the league and the German football association are slowly trying to make environmental stewardship the norm. There was a ...
The New York Yankees baseball organization has aligned itself with the Paris Agreement by signing on to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) website, the pinstripes from New York ...
Major organizations from the world of sport are joining an increasing number of private sector businesses in the race to beat global warming. At the United Nations’ COP24 conference in Poland on Wednesday, 17 major players representing sporting bodies, athletes and ...
The UN Climate Change Secretariat launched the new Sports for Climate Action Framework that was developed with the sports sector. The aim of the new framework is to gather sports organisations, teams, athletes, and fans in a concerted effort to ...
AS WORLD LEADERS AT THE UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT IN POLAND (COP24) PREPARE TO IMPLEMENT THE PARIS AGREEMENT TO LIMIT THE RISE OF GLOBAL TEMPERATURES TO 1.5°C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS, THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) HAS TAKEN ON A LEADERSHIP ...
Today there is coverage in the Telegraph of Environment Secretary Michael Gove supporting the newspaper’s campaign to encourage Premier League football clubs to do more for the environment and encourage their fans to adopt greener lifestyles. The Telegraph is calling on clubs ...
Think footballers and you’re probably imagining flash cars, designer clothes and impressive mansions. But does the modern footballer have more of a conscience? Are they more considerate of the world’s major issues, such as climate change and social inequality? Former Arsenal ...
Four out of five sports federations across Europe have no formal objectives related to environmental sustainability, a study on sports governance has revealed. While 20% of sports federations could articulate objectives and actions aimed at promoting environmental sustainability, 89% failed to ...
AROUND 25,000 AMATEUR GERMAN FOOTBALL CLUBS will have the opportunity to bid for funding to make their facilities more environmentally efficient after the nation was successful in its bid to host the 2024 UEFA European Championships. Establishing a German Sports Climate ...
THE DUTCH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (KNVB) HAS PLEDGED to help the nation’s 3,000 grassroots sports clubs significantly lower their energy costs and environmental impact by brokering renewable energy deals and facilitating finance opportunities for energy-saving equipment. As part of De Groene Club ...
