Viewpoint
Planetary health and human health: What Covid-19 can teach us about promoting sustainability
- VIEWPOINT
- October 1, 2020
Personal health needs to be a key part of communication about climate change and other environmental impacts, says Alexandra Criscuolo, Gabriel Krenza, and Allen Hershkowitz
How partnerships between sport and science can accelerate a low-carbon future
The mass-market appeal of sport can drive partnerships focused on low-carbon technology, sustainable innovation and societal good
In Focus
Can sport’s response to Covid-19 accelerate a shift towards ‘healthy venues’?
- IN FOCUS
- May 28, 2020
As a collective of sports properties and the IWBI develop a safety rating in response to Covid-19, there’s hope the pandemic will be the catalyst for more sports facilities putting health and wellbeing first
Sport, climate change and acknowledging vulnerability
- IN FOCUS
- May 21, 2020
Evidence is building that emphatically demonstrates how teams, leagues and federations are being impacted by extreme weather – but can sports organisations take steps to reduce their vulnerability to the elements?
Extreme E: Driving purpose and scientific rigour into sport’s business model
- IN FOCUS
- May 7, 2020
After steering Formula E from uncertainty to growing popularity and profitability, Alejandro Agag believes motorsport’s positive impact on the planet can go up a notch with the new off-road series
Reimagining stadiums as the nucleus of smart cities
- IN FOCUS
- April 30, 2020
Once the cathedrals of modern times, some stadiums have become awkward structures in their communities. Could a focus on innovation and sustainability reinvigorate both venue and city?
Leaders
The importance of being purposeful
Episode #31 – Neill Duffy, founder of sports impact agency 17 Sport, explains that sport must ‘do good to do well’ in the post-Covid era
Tackling climate change, social injustice and the pandemic through sports
Episode #30 – Roger McClendon, the executive director of the Green Sports Alliance, discusses what he terms ‘the three pandemics’ and how the organisation is galvanising members to counter them
Being strategic and entrepreneurial about sustainability through challenging times
Episode #29 – Jaime Nack, founder and president of Three Squares Inc, talks strategy, legacy and starting her sustainability business during a period of global uncertainty
Partners
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