A Practical Guide to Hosting Radically Responsible Events

A growing awareness of the precarious state of the world has resulted in many people adopting or becoming willing to adopt behaviors that are more efficient, less wasteful, less polluting, more equitable, healthier, and generally more responsible. 

In the sports events sector, responsibility indicates decision-making that is defensible socially, environmentally and financially. This concept is often referred to as the ‘triple bottom line’ as opposed to the conventional single ‘bottom line’ of financial profitability.

One of the primary questions with regards to events being agents of social and environmental responsibility then becomes—what’s left when the event is over? What resources have been used? What has been created or otherwise has changed, where, and for whom? Leading responsible events will answer those questions with ever-greater precision in ways their communities embrace. 

The ten radically responsible things events do proposed here are based on ten years of observation and evaluation of many of the leading socially and environmentally aware events in the U.S. and beyond by the Council for Responsible Sport and the many events that have embraced it. Radically responsible events are committed to re-thinking their very structures in order to best align with what they most value about their communities and places.