Sustainable Initiatives in Sports Organizations—Analysis of a Group of Stakeholders in Pandemic Times

Ricardo Roseira Cayolla, Teresa Santos and Joana A. Quintela
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Ricardo Roseira Cayolla: Department of Economics and Management, Universidade Portucalense, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
Teresa Santos: Quality and Environmental Manager at Futebol Clube do Porto, 4350-414 Porto, Portugal
Joana A. Quintela: Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Universidade Portucalense, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: This study explores the importance of environmentally sustainable initiatives in sport (ESIS) for stakeholders in pandemic times. Three topics—climate changes and energy consumption, environmental impact of sports events, and health and well-being—were considered and analysed under three sustainability forms: organisational, community, and individual. A total of 5917 stakeholders (sponsors, employees, and members) of a sports organization realised one online survey. The data gathering process occurred during pandemic times, when every kind of collective sport event was suspended to the general public. The descriptive analysis of the results is provided, and the findings reveal that health and well-being is the most valorised topic by members and employees, in a sustainable individual form. On the other hand, sponsors manifest their interest mainly in a sustainability organisational and community forms.

Keywords: environmentally sustainable initiatives in sports (ESIS); sports organizations (SO); health and well-being; stakeholders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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