Non-profit status and intention to promote

The think tank sportainable is an independent non-profit organisation. We take sport as a socially significant and ecologically relevant subsystem as our starting point. With applied sustainability research, the think tank promotes the transformation of sport towards resource and emission minimisation, recycling optimisation, nature compatibility, social justice and public welfare orientation. In an overarching sense, the think tank sportainable contributes to achieving the United Nations' sustainability goals and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 1.5 degree target.

Changing structures to enable action

The think tank sportainable sees itself as a trailblazer. Awareness of sustainability and education for sustainable development reach their limits where structures make sustainable action difficult. We think in terms of solutions. The think tank's research aims at sustainability routines, i.e. the development of structures in which people can do what they think makes sense in terms of sustainability based on good arguments.

Interdisciplinarity and field reference

As not-for-profit, non-university research institute the think tank sportainable networks researchers in the natural, social, technical and economic sciences. On the other hand, the think tank builds on the experience of actors in various social and economic fields of action and work. In this respect, our team integrates practical knowledge and research competences as a well-founded and creative basis for cooperation.

Cooperative development

The think tank sportainable cooperates with partners in sport with a view to mutual development. We see our research fields as fields of action in which we work out questions and solution strategies in cooperation with our partners.

Making sustainability in sport visible

The think tank sportainable is researching on the development of a sportainableSCORE. The aim is to provide consumers of sporting goods and users of sporting services with transparent, striking and differentiated information about the sustainability of products and services in sport.