The Council for Responsible Sport is driven by a vision of a world where responsibly produced sporting events are the norm. We recognize the influence events have on millions of participants and visitors’ lived experiences. Such power carries great responsibility.
The Council for Responsible Sport has developed a relevant measurement and reporting framework for the sports event sector. The first-ever Responsible Sport Standard for Organizations (version 1) is a collection of standards of good practice that have been thoroughly reviewed and revised through a robust process of stakeholder input and feedback.
Organizations that adopt the new Responsible Sport Standard will demonstrate their leadership towards a world where all events are produced with a greater sense of responsibility and intention for verifiable positive impacts than ever before.
A new playbook for responsible sport organizations
To create the first-ever Responsible Sport Standard for Organizations in the sports event sector, the Council for Responsible Sport led a comprehensive process to collect standards of best practice, put them through intensive review, develop tools in support of meeting the standards, and test them in action.
Sport Industry Professionals Survey
The Council sought input from sport industry professionals who have worked for an organization that produces sports events within the past three years on their perception of organizations’ capabilities to act on social and environmental values. A survey remained open August through October of 2020 and received more than 950 views. In total, 98 surveys were begun and 39 surveys were completed by event industry professionals.
Public Comment (February 24 - April 10, 2021)
The Council invited public comments on the draft Responsible Sport Standard for Organizations (version 1) February 24 through April 10, 2021. The intended audience for the new Responsible Sport Standard for Organizations is event professionals, but public comment was open to all interested parties and individuals.
A report containing all comments that were received along with information as to how the comments affected the draft standard was created. Comments were recorded and reported anonymously.
Responsible Sport Advisory Committee
A collection of experienced professionals with a breadth of applied knowledge of how social and environmental responsibility are best integrated into sports events and organizations are sharing their knowledge for the common good to debate, revise and recommend the new set of standard best practices in social, economic, and environmental responsibility.
