How can sport help solve the biodiversity crisis?
The conversation surrounding reducing carbon emissions has become part of our daily lives and, as an industry, sport is taking significant forward steps – influencing, raising awareness and engaging people across the country. The forward momentum is something that the industry can be proud of, but with the focus so clearly on reducing our carbon […]
Winter Olympic Games
Does Beijing 2022 Signal the Future of the Olympic Winter Games? By Walker J. Ross One of the popular stories surrounding these upcoming Winter Olympic Games has been use of artificial snowmaking by Beijing and other host communities. While previous Winter Games hosts have sometimes had to create artificial snow to augment natural snow, this […]
COP26 reflections: an Australian perspective
By Dr Sheila Nguyen, CEO of The Sports Environment Alliance (SEA). It is well known that Australia is highly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. In 2007, I arrived in the country in the middle of the Millennium Drought and a few years later, Queensland was flooded, displacing many and leaving 1000s without power, […]
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. […]
