Do you want to know how to incorporate and promote the Sustainable Development Goals in a sports organization?

Recently, at the last meeting of the SDG Striker project consortium, in Portugal, one of the main results of the project was presented: practical guidelines for incorporating and disseminating the SDGs in sports entities .

This document, aimed at sports entities, contains recommendations for the hottest topics of sustainability in football, such as energy efficiency, mobility, water consumption, plastic-free alternatives to the material inside the turf and the consumption of renewable energies.

The guidelines allow you to explore in detail 3 pilot programs that aim to increase sustainability in European football and that can be used as reference points to initiate your own similar projects in your entity:

• A program in favor of energy efficiency and the reduction of energy poverty carried out by the Scottish Football Federation.
• A study that demonstrates the potential and feasibility of installing photovoltaic systems carried out by the Portuguese Football Federation.
• A program in favor of using and evaluating the use of a plastic-free alternative to the material inside the turf to reduce microplastic pollution carried out by the Norwegian Football Association.

The guidelines are accompanied by 3 webinars that expand and explore each pilot program in depth and establish guidelines for applying the measures to other sports entities. The webinars are available on YouTube via the following links:

• Scottish Pilot Program: Energy Efficiency in Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YvrpjoAhI0
• Portuguese pilot program: Installation of photovoltaic panels to self-power your sports facilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-M0Sk5AYKk
• Norwegian pilot program: Prevent microplastics from artificial turf on football fields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0i-DirWzg