Tomorrow, we celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay, and with just 51 days to go until the Olympics in Paris, the team at Sports Environment Alliance thought it appropriate to highlight the efforts of one of our members, The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC).🌱 As custodians of the Olympic Movement in Australia, the AOC recognises that sustainability and the specific challenge of climate change are major issues for the global community and pose a particular threat to sport. Back in 2020, the AOC committed to embracing sustainability in its day-to-day operations, measuring progress, advocating and educating with member sports and as such committed to reducing its emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2040. Within a year, it established a Sustainability Action Working Group and launched its first Climate Action Plan, committing to the five principles of the UN plan: 🌱Promote greater environmental responsibility 🌱Reduce overall climate impact 🌱Educate for climate action 🌱Promote sustainable and responsible consumption 🌱Advocate for climate action through communication To date, the AOC is supporting a number of its member national sporting associations to use The Toolbox to help these sports develop policies, procedures and commence implementation of their own Climate Action Plans and work towards reducing their greenhouse emissions. Some of SEA's members are involved in this Toolbox group and include Water Polo Australia, Hockey Australia, Athletics Australia and Swimming Australia. You are able to find out more about The Toolbox, a suite of guides, tools and templates created to make sustainability strategy free and accessible for any organisation below: https://lnkd.in/gaCnSNQp And if you're interested in sport, regeneration, our land and our future then we would love you to join us! 💚🌎 Reach out, or visit our website by following the link below: https://lnkd.in/gRvU8SU #WorldEnvironmentDay #Sustainability #AustralianOlympicCommittee #EnvironmentalStewardship #SEA_theChange #noplanetnoplay #FriendsofSEA #oneplanetteam #NoPlanetNoPlay #PlanetMatters #Sport #SportandClimate #ClimateChange #ClimateEducation #WorldEnvironmentDay #GenerationRestoration #SustainabilityInSports #LandRestoration #EnvironmentalAwareness #SportForGood
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