Guest Post: What the World Cup means (and could mean) for business
Sab was kind enough to ask me, John Kim, from www.WorldCupCSR.wordpress.com, to contribute a guest post to this blog. Of course I jumped at the chance and was absolutely flattered;…
Category Archives: Social Responsibility
Player and volunteer champions
This is a great achievement by the tournament organizers and especially its volunteers. The PGA players deserve a lot of credit but lets not forget the thousands of volunteers who…
Building a giant uniform…and widespread awareness
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently published an interview with Bjorn Heidenstrom, a former professional football/soccer player from Norway who is currently biking throughout…
Taking care so that we our fields and environment are there for future events
We mentioned the GW Green Scorecard yesterday and feel this is a nice add-on piece as it mentions another firm trying to measure and evaluate sports’ green impact, with a…
Fast is as fast does
From Chris Chase at Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Usain-Bolt-adopts-a-cheetah-names-him-Lightnin?urn=oly,199623 Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:20 pm EST Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah, names him ‘Lightning Bolt’ By Chris Chase The world’s fastest man…
Reminder: International Seminar: Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention
November 2-8, 2009 International Seminar: Sport in Post-Disaster Intervention – http://www.icsspe.org/index.php?m=16&n=32&o=145 Rheinsberg/Germany
Cycle to Work guarantee
The following story from the UK is a good example of a multi-stakeholder effort – government, corporations and individuals – that offers multiple benefits – less traffic, better health, cost…
GW's Green Sports Scorecard
Congratulations to the team at George Washington University on the 1-yr anniversary of its Green Sports Scorecard. According to Dr. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Associate Professor & Director, Sports management Programs:…
The Iceman takes on infectious disease
The NBA and the WNBA are collaborating with the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) and sanofi pasteur on Vaccines for Teens, a national program designed to help educate parents and…
A step and kick in the right direction
Any of us who has played a team sport understands the concept of home field advantage and want it for our most important games. Recently, the Palestinian women’s national soccer…
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