{"id":4874,"date":"2025-05-22T08:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/?page_id=4874"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:46:54","slug":"sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/en\/about\/sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Athletics for a Better World: Memorial Earns Bronze and Sets Sights Even Higher for 2025! <\/h2>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><em>World Athletics has awarded the Allianz Memorial Van Damme the Bronze Label for its efforts in 2024 toward \u201cAthletics for a Better World\u201d (ABW), an initiative through which the global athletics federation aims to use the power of athletics to promote social responsibility and sustainability<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Memorial has embedded sustainability, diversity, and inclusion into its vision and organization, striving for a better world in line with the ABW principles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This acknowledges growing global environmental challenges, as well as the fact that inequality and a lack of diversity and inclusion pose serious threats to our planet and its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key initiatives include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A procurement charter for suppliers with clear commitments on waste, materials, and local food chains.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carbon reduction mapping with ENGIE, focusing on major emission sources like audience transportation. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electrifying the fleet through a new partnership with Honda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continued focus on diversity and inclusion for both participants and spectators, including athletes with disabilities, gender pay equity, and initiatives for vulnerable families. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/memorial-25-duurzaamheid-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4919\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/memorial-25-duurzaamheid-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/memorial-25-duurzaamheid-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/memorial-25-duurzaamheid-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/memorial-25-duurzaamheid.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Based on 2024\u2019s insights, the Memorial will further evolve its sustainability strategy in 2025, setting ambitious long-term goals and short-term actions. Through athletics, we aim to build a better world and future for all.  <\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/E-MVD-2025-Sustainability-report-NL.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/E-MVD-2025-Sustainability-report-NL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to read the full report.<\/p>\n\n<p>Have a look at our <a href=\"http:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/Memorial-Van-Damme-2025-Code-of-conduct-ENG.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Code-of-Conduct-MVD-NL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code of Conduct<\/a> and our <a href=\"http:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/Memorial-Van-Damme-2025-Diversity-inclusion-HR.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/brussels.diamondleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/05\/Diversiteit-en-Inclusie-beleid-MVD-NL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diversity and Inclusion Policy<\/a> here. <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletics for a Better World: Memorial Earns Bronze and Sets Sights Even Higher for 2025! 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