ukactive are currently working with the pan-European consortium Green Sports Hub Europe on a project to identify barriers in sustainability in sport and physical activity.
Led by the Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management, the European Volleyball Confederation, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and in collaboration with more than 15 partners, this co-funded Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union aims at tackling the knowledge gap existing within the sport and physical activity sector.
The potential of physical activity in addressing wider issues such as health, the economy and social inclusion are widely recognised by many organisations around the world and European institutions in particular. Yet the sector is facing challenges to unlock its potential through good governance, integrity and in modernising its approach to sustainable practice.
There is an increasing realisation in Europe of the impact of sport and physical activity on environmental issues, the need for sport and physical activity to “up its game” in terms of its environmental performance and to harness the potential for sport and physical activity in using its high-profile platform to drive the agenda towards environmental action.
Powered by ukactive, the 2021 Survey on Existing barriers on Sport & Sustainability report explores the current barriers facing sport to implement green sport strategy and use existing tools. It does so by providing the results of a wide consulting with sports stakeholders. This consultation took the form of the GSHE survey on sustainability carried out by ukactive and the partnership from July to October 2021.
The report can be found here.