Sustainability & Major Sport Events: Implementation

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Free Online Course: Sustainability & Major Sport Events: Implementation provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 weeks long, 1-2 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Sustainability & Major Sport Events: Implementation is taught by Dr. Talar Sahsuvaroglu, José Retana, Alex Charles, Katie Morison and Orjan Lundberg.

Overview
  • When planning to host a major sport event you must take certain steps to ensure that the event is not only sustainable for the host city or region, but also leaves a lasting legacylong after the event has concluded.

    Thefirst course in theSustainability & Major Sport Events Professional Certificate program teaches the five pillars of sustainability and looks at how these pillars should be implemented during the planning and hosting phase. With these pillars as the core principles, this second course provides you with the practical steps to take and tools to use when managing an event, and more specifically when implementing a sustainable major sport event. You are also presented with best practices in terms of strategy, sustainable procurement, and action plans to further enhance your learning.

Syllabus
  • Module 1: Sustainable Major Sport Events: Implementation
    Module 2:Strategy
    Module 3: Action Planning and Implementation
    Module 4: Sustainability Reporting
    Module 5: Sustainable Procurement
    Module 6: Legacy and Development
    Module 7: Communications
    Module 8: Final Assignment