SDG Striker aims to increase organizational capacity for good governance in grassroots sports organizations by supporting the implementation and communication of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also aims to develop a shared understanding of good practices before, during and after testing and assessing their replication potential in national sports federations – and beyond national borders. To this end, relevant research findings of sustainability aspects will be compiled on three focal areas (energy poverty/energy efficiency, photovoltaics and green turf filler). In addition, a survey of soccer clubs will be conducted to identify their needs and current practices in the three focus areas. Specific pilot projects will be conducted in three countries for later evaluation and validation.
The pilot projects:
Portugal: Potential and feasibility of photovoltaics
Scotland: Energy efficiency and energy poverty
Norway: Microplastics in the context of artificial turf infill material
SDG Strikers
SDG STRIKER – Scoring Goals for Sustainability
Project Description
Project Consortium
- Ecoserveis
- European Football for Development Network (EFDN)
- Portugal Football Federation (FPF)
- Norwegian Football Association (NFF)
- Scottish Football Association (SFA)
- Energieinstitut an der JKU Linz
Project duration
Funding provider
Funding program
Dissemination
Project website: https://www.ecoserveis.net/en/donation/sdg-striker/
Practical Guideline to incorporate and communicate SDGs in the Sports Organisations, created by the experts of the Energieinstitut (Intellectual Output 1): https://www.ecoserveis.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MUESTRA-Maqueta-SDG-STRIKER-IO-km-8.pdf
WEBINARS – created by the experts of the Energieinstitut:
- Energy Efficiency in Football (in english): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YvrpjoAhI0
- Avoid Microplastic from Artificial Turf in Football (in english): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0i-DirWzg
- Installing Solar Panels to Self-Power your Sports Facilities (in english): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-M0Sk5AYKk
- Installing Solar Panels to Self-Power your Sports Facility (in portuguese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVL2HhoFsO0
- Avoid Microplastic from Artificial Turf in Football (in norwegian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdI2BuHrLm0
Pilots’ Evaluation Report, created by the experts of the Energieinstitut (Intellectual Output 2): https://www.ecoserveis.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IO2-SDG-Striker-Final-digital.pdf
Practitioner’s Guide on Replicability and Policy Recommendations (Intellectual Output 3): https://www.ecoserveis.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GUIA-SDG-STRIKER-km-6.pdf
SDG Striker Magazine (Intellectual Output 4):
- 1st magazine (Contribution by Lisa Eisner on “Strikers for sustainability SDGs in football“): https://www.ecoserveis.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SDG-STRIKER-01-SCREEN.pdf
- 2nd magazine (with the contribution of Johannes Lindorfer „Boosting sustainability in football – A practical guide on how to realize individual actions): https://www.ecoserveis.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/SDG-STRIKER-02-SCREEN-FINAL.pdf
- 3rd magazine (with two contributions of Johannes Lindorfer „From the Pitch to the Planet: Measuring Football’s Impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)“ und „The development of energy prices and what options do we have in football to respond“: https://www.ecoserveis.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SDG-STRIKER-03-Screen-FINAL.pdf
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