July 28 – UEFA, midway through its five-year Football and Social Responsibility (FSR) strategic and budgetary cycle, has published its third FSR report reviewing the activities of the 2014/15 season.
The report looks back at a season during which UEFA organised the Respect Diversity conference in Rome; included Amputee, Blind and Special Olympics showcase football matches in the build-up to the Champions League final; and kicked-off its Captains of Change initiative, aimed at fostering more diversity in the management of European football.
The report details UEFA FSR Partner activities, such as the Homeless World Cup in Chile; WWF’s efforts to encourage key investors to phase out fossil fuels in favour of renewable power; and the World Heart Federation’s Eat for Goals initiative, to name a few.
The report also looks into the internal performance and activities of different UEFA departments measured along guidelines set down by the Global Reporting Initiative provide for a structured report and closer alignment with international sustainability reporting standards.
The full report can be viewed at http://www.uefa.org/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/36/35/47/2363547_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Peter Gilliéron, UEFA Executive Committee member and chairman of the Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee, in his opening remarks to the report said: “Looking ahead, a few significant milestones await us. The UEFA Foundation for Children was established during the 2014/15 season and we look forward to the initial reports from the projects
that it began supporting. At the end of the 2015/16 season, UEFA EURO 2016 will be taking place in France and, with an eye on the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris, which will have taken place by the time this report is published, we intend to demonstrate how we aim to meet our challenging social responsibility goals. Further, the role that European football can play in dealing with the migrant crisis will probably feature in our next report.
“Last but not least, I am very pleased to announce that UEFA will bolster the support given to its
member associations through HatTrick funding from UEFA EURO 2016 revenues earmarked for social responsibility projects.”
Under the regulations for the HatTrick IV cycle (2016–20), each member association will have the opportunity to receive a minimum of €200,000 every four years for FSR projects that address social and/or environmental issues within their countries.
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