Unlocking a Sustainable Future Through Sports
We want a world that is healthy, peaceful, social and sustainable.
We approach the transformation from the desired end state: fully achieved SDGs goals. What are the political requirements for achieving this vision? What needs to be done to implement a sports event in a truly climate-friendly manner? With our ambitious and systematic framework we leverage the sustainable transformation in sports organizations and support athletes, clubs, events and associations to tackle the complexity of becoming sustainable.
We want to accelerate sustainable change in sports organizations. The SDGs show us the way towards sustainability, but we fail to get it done.
Our framework defines principles of sustainability for orientation and provides guidelines for implementing the principles for achieving attractive future states. For the first time, the world of sports has a clear guideline how to tackle the challenges of our time and fulfil the SDGs. This is possible because we developed our framework from the side of the SDGs as well as the side of sports.
Our framework translates 169 targets of the 17 Sustainability Goals of the United Nations into 6 areas of action for athletes, clubs, associations and events. This SPORTS20 standard is the first guideline that supports athletes, clubs and organizations in tackling the complexity of sustainable development.
Not only minimizing the FOOTPRINT — i. e. to avoid, prevent and reduce own damage to environment and society – but also and especially enhancing the HANDPRINT — i.e. to mitigate damage of third parties and implement positive contributions to environment and society.
Within the six areas of the SPORTS20 framework we offer guidance for the transformation of mobility and transports, energy, catering and nutrition, circular economy, construction and operation of sports facilities, and employee and human rights.
