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.
Find sponsors for regional sports clubs who will permanently finance the sustainability measures there.
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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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With the support of local or regional sports clubs, offer low-threshold participation programmes for everyone (e.g. goal shooting, training exercises).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Participation and involvement of the (local) population is facilitated.
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Support participating federal, state and regional sports associations in advising sports clubs on membership recruitment.
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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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Support the establishment of a sustainability manager or a contact person for sustainability in the participating sports organisation.
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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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Encourage participating sports clubs and associations to include references to sustainability in their statutes.
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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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Support participating sports clubs and associations in developing a sustainability strategy.
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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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In a participatory process with local sports clubs and participating associations, develop a strategy on how grassroots sport can be made tangible as part of the sporting event (before, during and after) and implement it (e.g. through small participation offers such as climbing mobile, human table soccer).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Support participating sports clubs and associations in concluding cooperation agreements with schools (e.g. as part of all-day supervision).
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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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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Organise training courses and workshops on various sustainability topics with the target groups of sports clubs and associations.
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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: 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: #NV
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Organise a marathon race for everyone. Think of marginalised groups.
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Support the endeavour to increase the scope of physical education by the responsible authorities.
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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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Support the participating sports clubs in communicating about the sustainable measures they have implemented as part of the sporting event. These measures should be publicised on social media, in regional newspapers and/or on the sports club's website.
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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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Include a lesser-known sport/discipline in the programme as an invitational sport.
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Make diversity visible to the outside world and live it within the organisation.
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up offers for marginalised groups (e.g. older people, people with disabilities, people with a migration background).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for older people (e.g. yoga for senior citizens).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for people with disabilities (e.g. opening up the basketball group for wheelchair basketball).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for people with a migration background (e.g. coaches with a migration background can make it easier for people to join).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for children (e.g. ball school).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Support the sports clubs involved in creating or opening up programmes for people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds (e.g. by paying the membership fee for tennis clubs).
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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 Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Offer sports clubs the opportunity to organise an open door event on the grounds of the sporting event. Think of marginalised groups.
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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 Commitment from society - Target: Participation and involvement of the (local) population is facilitated.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Enter into co-operations with schools.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Work together with the sports associations involved to develop new qualification measures for teachers, nursery school teachers, exercise leaders and teaching professionals.
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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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Organise project weeks at schools as part of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Organise school clubs as part of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: The participation of people from all dimensions of diversity is proactively encouraged and is continuously monitored.
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Together with local sports clubs, initiate company sports programmes with institutions outside the world of sport.
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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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Organise workshops on the design and development of cooperation between sports clubs and associations and other stakeholders. These can, for example, deal with professional development or the development of strategies.
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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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Include sustainability aspects when drawing up the transport concept.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Set a target for the modal split in relation to travelling to and from the venue of the sporting event.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Set a target for the modal split in connection with travelling to and from the event venue (e.g. indoor swimming pool, stadium).
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Set up a central coordination centre to control traffic (for major events).
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Together with the police and the transport association, monitor and analyse the traffic behaviour of stakeholders (both active and passive). With appropriate data collection, this can form the basis for the modal split data. At the same time, there is the opportunity to gain insights into what can be done differently/better at a future event.
Prepare an audience survey on the choice of transport, carry it out and then analyse the results.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Plan an alternative public transport service for unexpectedly high demand or emergencies.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Organise passenger assistants and volunteers at long-distance and local train stations during the sporting event.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Offer all drivers of the vehicle fleet and contracted service providers (e.g. logistics partners, catering) electricity/fuel-saving driving training.
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Plan VIP transport in the event cities in groups (journeys from the railway station to the stadium, for example) and carry out group transport with electric minibuses. In general, do not use individual transports.
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Create charging facilities for all e-vehicles (including e-bikes, e-cargo bikes) at all sports facilities.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Organise that all accredited persons can use public transport free of charge for a limited time (duration of the event plus a short period for preparation/follow-up). This applies to a limited extent to all journeys to/from the venues and cities and between them.
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Convince all accredited persons to forego planes/cars. Only in exceptional cases is it possible for accredited persons to travel by plane/car.
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Organise an on-demand bus service, especially for (rural) areas with poor rail/(public transport) connections: This includes flexible (coach) buses/ minibuses, on demand via app (vehicles pick up passengers at certain hubs and drive to the sports venue or the nearest major railway station; the same route is offered back at the end of the event).
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Use the sporting event's app or website to give preference to accommodation options with good public transport accessibility.
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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 Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Sensitise all relevant stakeholders to the environmental impact of different accommodation categories and motivate them to select suitable accommodation.
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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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Close off residential areas in the vicinity of the event to private traffic (for people who do not live there).
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Have the cycle paths (to the sports venues) in the host city and the region comprehensively (permanently) signposted. Criteria for the sustainable procurement of floor stickers are available in the tools/documents. (insert xxx LINK?)
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Increase travel to and from the city by environmentally friendly means of transport. => Transport (AA3)
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Organise cycle rickshaws to get to the event location.
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Increase travel to and from the city by environmentally friendly means of transport. => Transport (AA3)
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Set up (temporary) bicycle repair shops/service centres at the sports facilities.
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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 Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Select the sports venue after weighing ecological, social and economic aspects.
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Start a "competition" between sports venues at sporting events with different venues (e.g. Four Hills Tournament, EURO, World Championships) for environmentally friendly spectator travel.
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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 Energy and climate - Target: Increase travel to and from the city by environmentally friendly means of transport. => Transport (AA3)
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Wherever possible, use transport bicycles for logistics transport in the host city. This applies, for example, to the organisation team during the planning, preparation and implementation of the sporting event. After the sporting event, the transport bikes can be transferred to a municipal project. Example: "Heinerbike" of the city of Darmstadt (free cargo bike hire for everyone).
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Action area Traffic - Target: Reduce emissions from logistics transport as far as possible.
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Action area Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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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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Organise a competition between fan groups for the most environmentally friendly arrival and departure (app-based). This measure can also be used to strengthen the sense of community.
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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 Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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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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Offer targeted mentoring programmes for people from marginalised groups within your organisation. Different constellations are conceivable: Mentor and mentee share a certain diversity dimension (e.g. same gender, same ethnicity, same religion, same sexual orientation) or mentor and mentee come from different diversity dimensions (e.g. old and young, people with and without disabilities). The content of the mentoring relationship could, for example, relate to the exchange of experiences, mutual support, the removal of obstacles or mutual understanding.
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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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Set quotas for the proportion of employees and managers from certain diversity dimensions (e.g. 50 % female employees, 10 % people with disabilities, 20 % employees with a nationality other than German, 30 % managers with a migration background).
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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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Visibly support employee initiatives (e.g. building internal networks, participating in Pride) that address LGBTQ+ issues.
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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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