Member case study – The Kia Oval

Emily Pritchard – Conference and Events Sales Manager at The Kia Oval talks about their sustainability journey to date in this short video.  Click here to view. Video courtesy of Shoot The Company.

Letter to World Rugby

With support from Athletes of the World, a team for athletes led by Hannah Mills, double Olympic Champion and Melissa Wilson, GB Rowing team, more than 200 of the world’s top rugby players from 13 countries have joined forces in a letter to World Rugby calling on the sport’s governing bodies to “safeguard a better […]

A tribute to Keith Bradshaw

A joint tribute by Sports Environment Alliance (SEA) and British Association for Sustainable Sport (BASIS) It is with deep sadness that we heard of the passing of Keith Bradshaw on 8 November 2021, following a long and courageous battle with cancer. Keith was respected and loved in Australian and English cricket, both as a player […]

Calling for nominations to the BASIS Management Board

Calling for nominations to the BASIS Management Board, this is your chance to shape the direction of sustainable sport. If you would like to have a say in how BASIS can help deliver a sustainable sport sector, and support our members in reducing their environmental impact, please put yourself forward for nomination to the BASIS […]

The Climate Change Olympics

Temperatures soar in Tokyo as the Olympics finally get underway. News agencies are reporting how athletes are preparing to compete in extreme heat, echoing warnings the Rings of Fire report. What can climate diplomacy learn from the Olympic Games? A BASIS opinion piece by Dom Goggins As the Tokyo Olympics finally gets underway, leading news […]

Embedding Sustainability In Your Culture

Sally Cornelius, BASIS Executive Board member and co-founder of The Happy Ocean Company, writes about embedding a sustainable culture. Sally helps organisations understand stakeholder perceptions of their sustainability strategy and assists them with embedding their polices and driving about change. The increasing global awareness of the climate crisis has inevitably put the spotlight on how […]

The Man Who Saved Golf

Steve Isaac, R&A Director of Sustainability, retired last week. We pay tribute to his contribution to golf’s sustainability, the legacy he leaves, and presented him with BASIS Honourary Life Membership By Dom Goggins, BASIS Sustainability in sport is seen as a relatively new and growing field. It will inevitably be an entire industry before long. […]

A Build Back Better Budget?

A BASIS Opinion Piece by Dom Goggins. The Chancellor’s Budget can help sport to survive and bounce back in the short term, but is a missed opportunity to help sport to build back better in the long term. A Budget To Build Back Better? Budgets come with a fanfare, designed to give the government of […]

BBC Sport Covers BASIS Consultation

BBC Sport’s David Lockwood covered BASIS’ plan to write to Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the opportunity sport has to build back better from COVID-19. Click here to read on the BBC website. Professional athletes should be given sustainability training to learn about the issues facing our planet, climate change experts say. They want sportspeople […]

GB Olympic & Paralympic Stars Join Call Tackle Climate Crisis

More than 300 British Olympians and Paralympians have called on the Government put climate change at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery. In an open letter to the Prime Minister, GB rower and friend of BASIS Melissa Wilson urges a “truly green approach” in pursuit of “the ultimate legacy: a safe, healthy Earth for all”. […]