Abstract
The sport sector has witnessed a shift where organizations at all levels have begun to place considerable importance on becoming more environmentally conscientious. Simultaneously a growing body of...
Highlights
The research question that guided this rapid review was the following: Has environmental sustainability research addressed the current efforts of the sport sector? The specific objectives were: 1) to identify scholarly work related to environmental sustainability, 2) to determine the primary efforts of practitioners (i.e., areas in which the Green Sports Alliance (GSA) has worked with the sport sector), and 3) to discover whether there are any gaps between what sport management scholars have published and what the sport sector is addressing in relation to environmental sustainability
Selection criteria The selection criteria for this rapid review were the following: 1) the articles must be peer-reviewed and published or in press in a scientific journal, 2) the articles must be written in English, 3) the articles must have been published or in press between January 2007 and September 2017, and 4) the articles must present a research related to environmental sustainability in the realm of sport from journals listed on the North America Society for Sport Management’s journal list
Our analysis indicated that the GSA is working with the sport sector in various areas related to environmental sustainability
Summary
The impacts of climate change threaten the lives and livelihood of many people across the world and swift responses are necessary to reduce carbon emissions and prevent catastrophic changes to the world around us (Thomas et al, 2004). The global community united together to sign the Paris Climate Agreement as part of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) in December 2015. The Paris Climate Agreement aims to reduce carbon emissions to combat climate change and prevent global average temperatures from increasing 2° Celsius. All federal and local governments, business sectors, and individuals ought to take responsibility where they can, to use their influence to reduce environmental impact (i.e., carbon emissions), and the sport sector is no exception (SartoreBaldwin, McCullough, Quatman-Yates, 2017; Sartore-Baldwin & McCullough, in press)
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