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🏃 NEWS: A sustainable legacy from Apeldoorn 2025 ⏪ The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 6-9 March, featuring several sustainable initiatives: 📄 paper reduction through the use of QR codes and request-only printing 🚰 Single-plastic reduction through the use of biodegradable cups and water refill stations 🌱 Raising awareness through a sustainability guides for spectators ♻️ Waste management via recycling bins and local partnerships ⭐ Responsible securement through local partnerships ✅ Certification by Dutch Venue Association and Green Key Certification 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e9zp3Fb2 #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #EuropeanAthletics #athletics World Athletics #Apeldoorn2025

🚨 BREAKING: The Premier League Unveils Environmental Sustainability Strategy ⚽ “Premier League football is enjoyed by hundreds of millions of fans around the world. We have the ability to reach and influence a significant global audience, raising awareness of climate change issues and helping to inspire positive behaviour change," said Richard Masters, chief executive of the league. 3️⃣ Three areas of strategic priority have been outlined: 🧩 Adapt the business, with the aim of becoming net zero by 2040  👣 Future-proof the game, by supporting decarbonisation across the Premier League  💫 Engage and inspire fans, by encouraging action through programmes and platforms ❗Premier League matches are the most-watched of any soccer league on the planet, reaching 920 million homes in 189 countries. The potential of this strategy is enormous and marks an important step toward addressing the environmental challenges facing football and the wider sports industry. 🔗 Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/e_eaAQmM #premierleague #football #soccer #sustainability #sportsforclimateaction #greensports #sportpositive Will Hutton

🏉 NEW REPORT: World Rugby moves forward on its environment, social and governance agendas with publication of its first sustainability report 🌟 Some standout highlights include: 📊 World Rugby’s first annual carbon footprint and scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions were calculated and certified 📍 36 regional associations and member unions took part in sustainability regional workshops. 8️⃣ 0️⃣ 80% of all World Rugby member unions report having a Sustainability and/or Diversity and Inclusion plan in place ➡️ View the report here: https://lnkd.in/eYv3KVFs #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #report #rugby #ESR #ESG

🥋 SPOTLIGHT: Judoteam Agglorex Lommel in Belgium Becomes the First Green Dojo 🌱 Initiatives at the Dojo include: 🧼 using eco-friendly cleaning products 📉 reducing energy and water consumption ♻️ recycling and composting waste 🚰 minimising single-use plastics through adopting reusable bottles 🚗 encouraging members to carpool to travel to training and competitions 💬 "Being sustainable is a key part of our club’s philosophy. We want to show that sustainability and sports can go hand in hand" — Jean-Jacques Melotte, head coach of the Judoteam Agglorex Lommel (BEL) and a 6th Dan ➡️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eW45MdhH #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #judo International Judo Federation

🚨 SPORT POSITIVE SUMMIT 2025 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 📍 We are excited to announce that the 2025 Sport Positive Summit will be held at the QEII Centre, situated in the heart of Westminster, London. 💡 With a larger capacity to support our growing numbers, great transport links and sustainability credentials: https://lnkd.in/gEm8FRsd 🎟️ Due to demand, we have once again opened our registration super early for the best possible attendee price and to use up remaining budget if your financial year ends 31 March. 50 of your global peers have already taken advantage. Get at it: https://lnkd.in/dyZyaMvm ❓ Is your organisation or brand looking to get involved? Download our 2025 Partnership brochure here, we'd love to chat: https://lnkd.in/d4Gteq2d #sportpositive #SportPositive25 #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #sportsbiz #stadiumbusiness #events #sustainabilityevents #networking

🏀 NEWS: Basketball Victoria partners with TreadLightly to reduce ball waste ♻️ The sports balls are collected, recycled and manufactured in Australia and transformed into other sustainable products like rubber mats and retail flooring 📈 The TreadLightly Sports Ball Program was launched in August 2024 and has since recycled over 25,000 kgs of sports balls. 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ggZSU9e2 #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #basketball

⚽ NEWS: Liverpool Football Club and 1PointFive announce pioneering product collaboration for fans 🌬️ Each product will have its carbon footprint addressed by removing an equivalent amount of CO2 through 1PointFive's Direct Air Capture technology. 💨 Direct air capture (DAC) technologies extract CO2 directly from the atmosphere https://lnkd.in/eUkDK965 ❓ How does it work? LFC will calculate the total emissions from manufacturing up to the point of distribution to a club site and purchase the relevant quantity of carbon dioxide removal credits 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/e85MvWcF #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #liverpoolfc #LFC #innovation

🚨ICYMI - this role is still open 👇 🥇Senior Manager, Climate at LA28 🫡 Responsible for the refinement, planning, and execution of the climate strategy for the LA28 Games. 📍Los Angeles, CA (no relocation assistance) 💰 $115k - $130k per year 🔗Apply now - https://lnkd.in/gD9UqWf4 #greenjobs #sportjobs #la2028 #sportpositive

🇨🇦 ICYMI: Canada Games Council | Conseil des Jeux du Canada Unveils Comprehensive Environmental Sustainability Strategy 🎯 Key commitments include emissions reduction, measuring and reporting, leading by example and forgings relationships 🔍 Pillars and focus areas include: energy and climate, circularity and waste, and natural regeneration. 💪 Funding from the Government of Canada has allowed the CGC to build capacity and momentum with sustainability initiatives, including offsetting GHG emissions associated with participant travel of the 2022 and 2023 Canada Games. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e-YfzE7W #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #canadagames #sportsevents #ESG #ESR #GHG

⚽ NEWS: Bristol City Football Club has been awarded EFL (English Football League) Green Clubs Gold status for its environmental sustainability initiative Project Whitebeam 🤝 Project Whitebeam is a joint effort from the Bristol Sport clubs – City men and women, Bristol Bears men and women, Bristol Flyers Basketball Club and Ashton Gate Stadium 🟢 EFL Green Clubs assessment covers a range of sustainability criteria, awarding Bronze, Silver or Gold status — with a score of 76 or more required for gold. Learn more about the updated scheme: https://lnkd.in/ekHuTi5V 🏆 Bristol City have scored 89, solidifying its Gold status and providing more than 123 pieces of evidence in the process to showcase the club’s commitment to the green agenda ➡️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ezW_Bj8s #sportpositive #greensports #sportsforclimateaction #football #greenclubs #ESG #ESR #bristol Peter Smith Ben Fisher