Meeting Legislation & Maintaining Turf Quality (Multisport)
PS74 Future European legislation will ban the use of chemical pesticides in green areas, including natural grass sports surfaces. This will impact quality standards for professional football and be especially adverse in countries such as Spain that face turf diseases and the lack of alternative treatments. How can we meet legislation requirements yet operate to […]
Managing Stadium Carbon Footprint (Multisport)
PS73 How can we plan design and deliver on measuring and managing carbon footprints in stadiums or allocate share for events promoters? Is there industry best practice on procurement? How can we optimize input usage such as water, soil, and electricity? How can we track outputs’ impact such as energy or water emissions and waste […]
Comprehensive Event Management (Multisport)
PS72 Sustainability is closely tied to event delivery and venue management. Is there scope for a comprehensive platform such as an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) used by large location-based service organizations such as airlines or supermarkets – all of which are consumer-facing and their monetisation is linked to opportunity windows created by high footfall? An […]
Encouraging Sustainability Efforts (Multisport)
PS71 How can we enable those already in urgent need of sustainability and who are willing/committed to make a difference through steps such as the measurement of carbon footprint and emissions? Are there industry best practices for the implementation of sustainability measures?
Gamifying Recycling Education (Multisport)
PS70 How can we gamify learning about recycling and eco-friendly tips & tricks to raise awareness of its importance, especially amongst young fans? Can this be linked to their daily activities? Should it be focused on match-day experiences when there is deeper attention and higher emotional investment? Can this be converted into a PhyGital experience […]
Eco-Friendly Pool Management (Swimming)
PS69 The sourcing, cleaning and redistribution of water in public and private pools can gain from being eco-friendly whilst conforming to legislation and managing external contaminates from the environment such as load, rainfall, and exposure to ultraviolet deterioration. How can we cost-effectively, accurately, and digitally capture readings and administer dosage? Can they be combined with […]
Creating Sustainable Events (Mass Participation Sports)
PS68 Mass Participation Sports such as marathons, park runs and bike rides accrue large and lasting benefits to tourism, public health and community engagement. But they also create a lot of waste – from runner bibs and number tags for the participants, to posters and signage for directional or aesthetic reasons, and, packaging from food […]
Optimising Sports Real Estate (Multisport)
PS67 How can we sustainably solve for optimal real estate (mid-size stadiums or neighbourhood playing enclosures) that is sufficiently equipped (and well located) to host competitions that are key to surfacing talent for identification?
Enhancing Access Sustainably (Cricket)
PS66 Cricket is amongst the fastest-growing sports in Asia, Africa and Europe, often as a second or alternative sport adopted by new segments like females in Thailand and Japan. How can technology solve for access, inclusion and performance in a sustainable manner that avoids the use of paper?