The Sustainability "Play"-book : Winning Strategies for the Sports Industry

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Key resources used to build this episode

• F1 makes ‘significant progress’ in sustainability as first Impact Report released, Formula 1

• EXPLAINED: What is the F1 Impact Report and why does it matter?, Formula 1

• ‘It’s common sense’: Why sport must invest in sustainability now to prepare for its future, Sports Pro

• F1 Powered by Solar: Bahrain exceeds target to offset Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix emissions, BahrainGP

• Warriors celebrate 2015 title, then make NBA history with rout of Hornets, San Francisco Chronicle

• What is the Carbon Footprint of Sport? , The Carbon Literacy Project

• Soccer Tackles Its Carbon Problem, The Wall Street Journal

• Is football heading for Net Zero?, Green Intelligence

• Average per-game carbon footprint of major sports in the United States in 2024, by league(in metric tons of carbon dioxide), Statista

• NFL averages highest per-game carbon footprint of major US sports leagues, Sports Pro

• Cost of living crisis: 'Biggest threat to non-league football since WW2', BBC

• Manchester City plans to make training facility one of football's largest producers of renewable energy, Manchester City

• Football and climate change: what do we know, and what is needed for an evidence-informed response?, Leslie Mabon, Climate Policy

• European Union’s - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

• Tackling CSRD’s double materiality assessment: Guidance and real-world examples, Circularise

• What is Single Materiality and Double Materiality?, Manifest Climate

• CSRD reporting for UK and other non-EU companies, Normative

• The Implications of CSRD for Non-EU Companies, Trustnet.Trade

• Climate Pledge Arena achieves record-breaking number of waste diversions , Climate Pledge Arena

• How Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena achieved zero-waste status, Vox

• Sustainability, Johan Cruijff ArenA

• Johan Cruijff ArenA, a smart stadium to reimagine football and society, Johan Cruijff Institute

• SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

• Game Zero achieves net zero carbon status, Tottenham Hotspur

• Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, UK Institute of Civil Engineers

• Australian Open set to reduce plastic waste by 400 kg, Sustainability Matters

• Creating the Greenest Football Club in the World - Forest Green Rovers | United Kingdom, UNFCC

• Soy of the Rovers: the vegan football club kickstarting a green revolution, The Guardian

• EFL Launches Revamped Scheme For Soccer Sustainability, Forbes

• Premier League's Brentford Top the Table for Sustainability, Sustainability Magazine

• What's the carbon footprint of Premier League clubs?, Leaf by Greenly

Sample Sustainability Strategies for Sports

• Environmental Sustainability Strategy, Formula 1

• Carbon Reduction Plan, Tottenham Hotspur Football and Athletic Co Ltd

Other LOCS-TALK & BARREL Podcast episodes mentioned

• Building a sustainable fashion brand: Innovation, IP and Tech with Patagonia, Stella McCartney, Vuori, PANGAIA, and Finisterre

• LTB [Experts' Lab]: The "Sustainability Skills Gap" conversation with Nick Valenzia, Co-Founder - Leafr

• Unlocking the futuristic mindset to define "sustainability"

Sports movies referred to

• Moneyball

• King Richard

• 83

• Chak de! India

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