THE PROJECT
At many levels, sport organisations have been active on environmental sustainability. However, more efforts are required in order to reach a shared European vision & commitment to help sports organisations act to reduce their environmental impact & move towards decarbonisation.
The Green Sports Hub Europe (GSHE) included four key pillars and had a clear strategy for how the project would help the sports sector become more environmentally sustainable. More broadly, the project aimed to test the potential of the sports sector, as a high-profile and news agenda-driving industry, to be a channel for the societal behavioral change needed to make the European Green Deal a reality. GSHE focused on good governance so that leaders had the knowledge and skills to place environmental sustainability at the heart of their strategy.
The Green Sports Hub Europe served as a support system for organizations to share knowledge and best practices, so that they could learn from each other and develop. GSHE
- gathered a set of recognized experts and activists in different fields bridging the gap between sport stakeholders, public authorities & environmental NGOs,
- listened to the needs of the sector, and
- equipped sports organizations and their events with the necessary tools (such as a self-assessment tool, a Playbook, and a Charter) to translate existing ISO standards on environmental sustainability into concrete action. The vision was that the GSHE approach and tools would become a central component of sports organization good governance.
