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International Floorball Federation teams with sustainability company Myclimate

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The International Floorball Federation (IFF) has partnered with sustainability company Myclimate to drive environmentally friendly changes.

sustainable equipment in future.MyClimate said part of the deal is to continue raising awareness of climate

In December, the IFF signed the United Nations Sports for Climate Action charter, as part of its strategy

to fight climate change.


Report claims Commonwealth Games can provide more than £1 billion economic boost

  • Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has published a report outlining that the event has provided an economic boost of between £800 million ($980 million/€897 million) and £1.2 billion ($1.4 billion/€1.3 billion) for recent host cities, as well as contributing social and environmental benefits.

The CGF recognise, particularly in the difficult global climate we are in, that the costs of staging


Beijing 2022 release sustainability plan

  • Beijing 2022

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games released their official sustainability plan.

Following concerns over the impact of climate change on the Winter Olympic Games, the IOC has added specific

 Host cities will have to be "climate positive," defined as an activity which goes beyond achieving



Cameron Angus: Why less is more - sports events in a post COVID-19 world

  • Inside the Blogs

The impact of COVID-19 on the sports industry is difficult to predict, not least because such an impact depends almost wholly on when society returns to "normal" and what that "normal" will look like.

impact on the environment, with Governments expected to prioritise kick-starting their economies over climate



London Marathon Events publish first environmental report

  • Athletics

London Marathon Events (LME) has today published its first environmental report as the organisation aims to lead the way in delivering sustainable mass participation sports events.

achieving the targets set where it can and in the future.LME has also signed up to the UN Sports for Climate

participation sports events.The UN initiative aims to support and guide sports in achieving global climate



World Pool Championship moved from October to January

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The World Pool Championship has been postponed from October until January as a consequence of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

important that all 128 deserving players are able to participate and are not restricted by the current climate


David Miller: Heiberg backs Drut's cry for Olympic revision

  • Inside the Blogs

The Olympic Games has become a magnificent, mega-contradiction: humanity’s global festival embracing every nation and race, great or small, gathering both the elite and humble in a social village without barriers, yet simultaneously a grotesque economic and extravagant self-indulgence, stretching host cities to breaking point in staging 33 concurrent World Championships.

participation in an occupation which adds nothing to global Gross Domestic Product beyond employment and climate-damaged

expensive creation of four-day-event elite venues for say, white-water canoe, equestrian three-day event, climate-friendly


Pichot makes vivid dash to run World Rugby amid hints of Six Nations voting split

  • The Big Read

As a superlative scrumhalf for Argentina’s rugby union team from 1995 to 2008, Agustín Pichot was known for his ability to run a game. Now this 45-year-old player-turned-administrator may be on the brink of earning the right to run the world game.

last weekend on BBC 5 Live, Sir Bill acknowledged that the current COVID-19 crisis would create a new climate


IOC publish biodiversity guide and UCI join UN Climate Action Framework on Earth Day

  • Cycling

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published a guide produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on how sporting events should take steps to protect the natural environment.

Agreement.It was co-created by UN Climate Change and the IOC, in December 2018.Under the framework the

impact and educating for climate action.The governing body said it will also promote sustainable and

responsible consumption, as well as continue advocating for climate action through communication.Proud

that the UCI has joined the global sporting effort to reduce climate change by signing the @UN Sport

“Signing the UN’s Sport for Climate Action Framework is a big step that our Federation is proud to take



World Athletics set 2030 target to become carbon neutral

  • Athletics

World Athletics has set a target of becoming carbon neutral by 2030 in its 10-year sustainability strategy.

week, comprises six pillars - leadership in sustainability, sustainable production and consumption, climate

The International Olympic Committee in March added climate positive requirements to the Host City Contract