Sport is not only about competition or physical activity. It also involves infrastructure, mobility, energy consumption, major events and production supply chains. Above all, it has a direct impact on territories, communities and quality of urban life. This is why sustainability is becoming an increasingly central issue in sports policies.
In recent years, the sector has progressively entered the broader framework of the ecological transition: from the management of sports facilities to the organisation of events, and from environmental criteria in public procurement to sustainable supply chains. A transformation that goes beyond reducing environmental impacts and increasingly concerns the social role of sport. Alongside climate and energy issues, growing attention is being paid to inclusion, accessibility, wellbeing and social cohesion. Sport is increasingly recognised as a tool capable of generating collective value, strengthening communities and contributing to the quality of public space. In this context, sustainability can no longer be considered a secondary or reputational issue, but a structural component of sports policies, management models and investment strategies.
These are the themes at the centre of the conference “Sustainable Sport: Social Impact and Environmental Protection, Two Sides of the Same Coin”, organised within the framework of Forum Compraverde Buygreen 2026. The event will bring together institutions, sports organisations and sector operators to discuss the relationship between sport, environment and social impact, exploring how sustainability can be structurally integrated into sports policies and management processes, and how the sports sector can contribute to the ecological and social transition.
The conference will take place as part of Forum Compraverde Buygreen 2026, scheduled in Rome on 27–28 May.
To participate: https://www.forumcompraverde.it/partecipanti/
