"The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP), which takes place annually on 6 April, presents an opportunity to recognize the positive role sport and physical activity play in communities and in people’s lives across the globe". With this words the UN introduce the international day dedicated to sport as a tool to
On March 9 and 10, a delegation from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA), accompanied by the French Football Federation, visited 4 grassroots clubs: FC Saint-Étienne du Rouvray, CS Beaumontais (Ligue de Normandie), AF Bouchardais and Étoile Sportive Oésienne (Ligue du Centre Val- de-Loire). The goal of the meetings has been to address the issue
SVFF represents Sweden’s largest sport. It's a huge responsiblity to every day contribute to the positive impact that football has on the individual and on our society. The aim is to grow in numbers, in staying power and in frequency. For that, they have gathered together our CSR and sustainability efforts in ‘Football in
The French Football Federation has adopted a CSR strategy in 2019 with five main commitments: inclusion and cohesion; health and well-being; education and training; energy efficiency; and sustainable consumption and production. These commitments are declined at different levels of contribution: FFF infrastructures, events with national teams and, of course, amateur football. Amateur football is at
On 17th December 2020 we organized a Workshop on sustainability and sports to gather information about how to create a tool that would allow sportclubs to measure their environmental footprint. Participants from 5 countries took part in the workshop together with the organizers, Ecoserveis (project coordinator from Spain) and Sant’Anna University of Advanced Studies
GREEN COACH Football should take care of environment as it takes care of other issues, for instance racism. A survey conducted under the GreenCoach Erasmus+ funded project found that football clubs find it equally important for football to address the environmental problem as other serious challenges. A survey conducted
GREEN COACH Does gender correlate with the importance sportspeople give to protecting the environment? A survey conducted under the GreenCoach Erasmus+ funded project to staff, players and fans of 5 UEFA Football clubs found that female reponsants care more about protecting the environment than their male fellow respondents. A
GREEN COACH The Royal Belgian Football Association: working towards environmentally friendly future in football The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) joined GreenCoach as part of its interest to tackle climate change and work towards an environmentally friendly Federation. Environment is a major concern for our future and the Royal Belgian
GREEN COACH Workshop for sport clubs on Environmental footprint Greencoach is calling for sport clubs to participate in its workshop set to act together on the creation of the first environmental footprint measurement system created for needs and specificities of football and sport clubs. Whoever wants to give its contribution will
GREEN COACH The Greencoach project has been kicked off! Our project has finally been kicked off and we are very excited and committed to work together for the next years towards the improvement of management and governing systems in sport in order to improve their environmental sustainability. The project involves 8
