Catalogue of measures
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Target Catalogue
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Integrate sustainability into the main communication channels and emphasise all sustainability aspects that are relevant to the participants. Sustainability communication should be embedded in overall communication and not be viewed separately.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Ensure that there is a transfer of knowledge between employees after the event. Don't view sustainability as a competitive advantage, but as a joint endeavour and support other events in integrating sustainability services in the future.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Offer guided tours behind the scenes of the sporting event to show how sustainability is implemented.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Set up mentoring programmes where young people can learn from experienced sustainability experts.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Involve young people in the event as volunteers for the organisation and implementation of sustainable measures.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Inform sports clubs and associations on your website about your own activities in the area of sustainability.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Inform and train employees and volunteers (regularly) on all waste management topics. For this purpose, create easy-to-understand educational materials in advance.
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Action area Waste - Target: Make all relevant stakeholders aware of waste avoidance, waste separation and the correct handling of waste and motivate them to adopt sustainable behaviour.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for waste prevention, waste separation and the correct handling of waste among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to adopt sustainable behaviour => Waste (AA6)
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Present examples of sustainable sports practice at the event.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Acquire sponsors with innovative products or services that achieve sustainability goals so that they can make these products or services available to the sporting event.
Examples as of 2024: mobile solar modules, self-driving taxis, translation robots, alternative energy supply (e.g. hydrogen technology)
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Develop, utilise and expand innovations to achieve the sustainability targets.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise educational workshops on the importance of physical activity for health.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of exercise among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to lead an active lifestyle => Sport and Club Development (AA10)
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Use your social media reach to emphasise the importance of physical activity for health (e.g. as part of a campaign day).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of exercise among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to lead an active lifestyle => Sport and Club Development (AA10)
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Provide regular workshops and training for all stakeholders to raise awareness of discrimination and give them tools for prevention and intervention.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Significantly promote anti-discriminatory behaviour, dismantle discriminatory structures, and seek the maximum protection of those affected.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise support for separate collection by volunteers ("recycling volunteers"). These help to improve the quality of separate collection, raise public awareness and sensitise people to the issue of waste. Recycling volunteers can motivate spectators at the collection points in a friendly manner to separate waste correctly. Recycling volunteers can provide information about the waste/environmental concept (or also support a possible questionnaire survey/interviews) on the way across the site / sports facility. They keep the collection points clean and request that the bins are emptied on time.
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Action area Waste - Target: Make all relevant stakeholders aware of waste avoidance, waste separation and the correct handling of waste and motivate them to adopt sustainable behaviour.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Set up a virtual or actual contact point (e.g. a sustainability office) where ideas for measures can be submitted.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise participation projects before and during the event which communicate sustainability content. Participation activities can relate to all sustainability topics. Examples of such participation activities are: joint rubbish collection campaigns, tree planting campaigns or the joint construction of Lego ramps.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Inform the media about your sustainability achievements before, during and after the event (press releases, press briefings, press conference).
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Offer educational sessions on sustainability for volunteers and employees. Offer these online if necessary. Educational sessions can be organised on various sustainability topics. Topics can include tips on energy- and water-saving behaviour during the event, sign language courses or theoretical units on the topic of sustainability development goals.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Volunteers develop skills during the sporting event which they can also use after the sporting event.
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Develop projects that help to communicate knowledge about diversity to stakeholders.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Invite regional sustainability initiatives to present and network at your event.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Value Creation and Tourism - Target: Achieve economic effects through the sporting event.
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Initiate sustainable challenges for visitors such as waste collection campaigns or CO2 reduction competitions. Free entry tickets or meet and greets with athletes can be awarded as prizes.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Create and distribute teaching materials that emphasise the importance of sustainability in sport for different age groups. Make these materials available to schools and sports clubs.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Organise competitions for pupils in which they develop concepts for sustainable sporting events.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Organise special workshops for young people that deal with sustainability in sport and show them options for action.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Organise initiatives, projects and discounts for pupils to introduce them to the topic of sustainability and sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Create a guide to train all employees on how to support nature conservation during the event.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Create communication and participation opportunities to raise awareness of nature conservation among visitors.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Offer regular training for employees with budget responsibility. Topics should include financial planning, transparency requirements and ethical behaviour in order to promote expertise and prevent misconduct.
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Action area Financing and Cost Stability - Target: The use of public funds is reported transparently.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Sensitise employees to possible physical and psychological risks associated with their work. Training courses on ergonomics, stress management and recognising burnout symptoms can be held for this purpose.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Offer programmes to promote physical and mental health, such as fitness classes, yoga or workshops on stress management and healthy eating.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Sensitise stakeholders to the topic of nutrition through workshops and presentations. For visitors, these can take place during the breaks or as part of the supporting programme of the sporting event.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Use or promote apps that track the carbon footprint of each person attending or participating in the event and provide tips on how to reduce it.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Expand digitalisation as a driver for sustainable development.
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Action area Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Offer guided tours by experts in the field of environmental protection to make visitors aware of the local flora and fauna.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise projects such as autograph sessions or workshops with top athletes. The aim of the projects is to present role models who draw attention to the special features of their sports or sustainability issues.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise an educational workshop on substance abuse and anti-doping in sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Organise workshops on sports values such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit, match-fixing, healthy eating and anti-discrimination.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: #NV
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Create posters on values in sport such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit, match-fixing, healthy eating or anti-discrimination and then publish them.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Carry out information programmes that focus on the values of sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Support scientific research by participating in surveys. Encourage sports associations and clubs to support them as well.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Initiate and strengthen co-operation between sports clubs and other relevant stakeholders.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Create and publicise information content that present the connection between a healthy lifestyle and sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: #NV
Put up posters about the importance of physical activity for health.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Encourage people to exercise and play more sports. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: #NV
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Create teaching materials in the context of sustainability together with the participating sports organisations.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Address and encourage young people in particular in the context of ESD.
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Use participation formats to identify the need for new qualification measures in the context of sustainability.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Make it possible for environmentally friendly innovations to be presented and tested as part of the sporting event using demonstration vehicles or technologies (e.g. autonomous driving for minibuses, electric vehicles).
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Develop, utilise and expand innovations to achieve the sustainability targets.
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Create educational material for a sustainable arrival and departure. This could include, for example, a comparison of emissions from travelling by bicycle versus public transport versus travelling by car. The information will be made available on the event website.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of transport among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to travel to and from the sporting event in an environmentally friendly manner => Transport (AA3)
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Have a mobility app developed for your sporting event. This includes all information on environmentally friendly travel to and from the event and journeys within the host cities (see e.g. citymapper.com). The app can, for example, be extended to include tourist activities in the host city (e.g. the ten highlights of each host city). Electronic train and public transport timetables (in coordination with the responsible transport association(s)) or electronic carpooling platforms/apps could be integrated into the app.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of transport among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to travel to and from the sporting event in an environmentally friendly manner => Transport (AA3)
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Deliberately do not plan any parking spaces for private cars at the sports facilities and their wide surroundings (consistent parking ban), but only provide parking spaces for buses and people with disabilities. To do this, you educate people and monitor compliance with the parking ban.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of transport among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to travel to and from the sporting event in an environmentally friendly manner => Transport (AA3)
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Action area Energy and climate - Target: Increase travel to and from the city by environmentally friendly means of transport. => Transport (AA3)
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Provide information about the origin of the offered food. Create transparency in this way.
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Action area Catering - Target: Increase nutrition awareness among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to adopt a sustainable diet.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of nutrition among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to adopt a sustainable diet => Catering (AA7)
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Inform visitors/diners, especially in hospitality areas, canteens, etc., about measures to avoid food waste.
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Action area Catering - Target: Minimise food waste.
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Action area Waste - Target: Make all relevant stakeholders aware of waste avoidance, waste separation and the correct handling of waste and motivate them to adopt sustainable behaviour.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Raise awareness for the topic of nutrition among all relevant stakeholders and motivate them to adopt a sustainable diet => Catering (AA7)
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Regularly train your employees on diversity issues and diversity, unconscious prejudices but also, for example, on similarities despite different origins.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Ensure that all employees receive regular training in first aid, emergency procedures and safety protocols.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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