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![Pexels The transport model is the main cause of the high environmental footprint of football events.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/xpexels-tembela-bohle-1884574.jpgqitokbnlocose.pagespeed.ic_.qacu4gj63y_0.jpg?itok=f0FFjLt0&c=95770adf8ce53b2668899166f6c1f7b1)
The findings of GreenCoach Project, co-founded by the European project Erasmus + and lead by the consultancy bureau Ecoserveis, show that the current transport model is the main cause of the high environmental footprint of football events.
![Ecoserveis ‘SDG Striker’ is done through the testing of three pilots in Portugal, Scotland and Norway.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/1_12.png?itok=k-Iyyapc&c=dce5257d15cf229fcfb03d5f27c82d22)
The initiative will last from January 2021 until June 2023, through local actions on energy efficiency and energy poverty, renewable energy and microplastics.
![Ecoserveis The international project ‘Greencoach’ enters its main operational phase this year.](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/green_coach.jpg?itok=qFwg_VTk&c=95770adf8ce53b2668899166f6c1f7b1)
The initiative, coordinated by Ecoserveis, aims to promote efficient management, from the point of view of environmental impact, of the sports clubs and events created by them.
![Special Olympics' has created the sports community for people with the greatest intellectual disability in the world](https://nonprofit.xarxanet.org/sites/nonprofit.xarxanet.org/files/styles/xn19_responsive_image/public/special_olympics.jpg?itok=mx_gOwN6)
Currently, this organization serves 5,7 million athletes with intellectual disabilities around the world, has sports partners in 172 countries and works to increase the visibility, health and education of this group