Group photo with Dr. Tara (second from right) team.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] In order to expand the international visibility of domestic environmental sustainability promotion, National Tsing Hua University Professor Huang Yu organized the 4th World Sports Management Society Symposium in Qatar, planning the Environmental Sustainability Forum of Taiwan Road Run Events, super The environmental friendliness of the Marathon Association Horse Association Sports Association, Taipei Marathon and Xingcai Industry made a video release, allowing representatives from various countries to know and understand the efforts made by Taiwan's road running industry in environmental friendliness.

Huang Yu pointed out that this Environmental Sustainability Forum has two meanings. First, it should be the first time that Taiwan’s sports circles’ environmental sustainability has been shared in an international sports academic conference. The trend keeps pace with each other; second, this publication includes members of the road running industry chain such as local governments, sports organizations and event service providers, and many practical experiences are worthy of reference by the academic community.

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The Ultra Marathon Association lists the practice of green sports events as one of the four major tasks, and promotes 3R policies such as Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, and calls on runners to become green runners and implement environmentally friendly behaviors.

This year, it is more in response to the 3Rs of plastic reduction (including Remind, Refuse and Replace) of the International Olympic Games, becoming 6R, and continuing to implement green events. The association expects to hold the International Ultramarathon World Championships in Taipei in December this year Among them, set a goal of zero carbon or even negative carbon, and signed a cooperation agreement with the General Assembly to promote Taiwan's green event practices and concepts.

The Taipei Marathon, co-sponsored by the Taipei City Government, the Athletic Association of the Republic of China and the Road Running Association of the Republic of China, is one of the oldest events in Taiwan. In order to comply with national policies, the Taipei City Government has set the goal of "2050 net zero carbon emissions Plan the race.

In addition to the continuation of the previous eco-friendly paper cups, trophies made of recycled stone materials, electronic order booklets, and race completion certificates, the Taipei Marathon has added carbon reduction measures for the 2022 race: the masks distributed to runners at the finish line are made of 3-layer spunbond Directly recycled and shredded, no special treatment is required; the webbing of the finisher medals is made of recycled polyester (RPET); runners' supplies are reduced in plastic packaging or replaced with paper or other environmentally friendly materials.

In the future, the Taipei Marathon will continue to strive for a higher level of label certification, to become an international brand event, and at the same time move towards the goal of environmental sustainability.

Xingcai Industry is a leading manufacturer of all-round energy-saving and environmentally friendly functional textiles. It has a variety of patented fabrics, which are selected by well-known outdoor brands.

The recent "SINGTEX® REFIT™ Sustainable Recycling Project" decomposes, reassembles, and then makes new clothes from 100% polyester single-material garments and leftovers from the manufacturing process.

Upholding that recycling is not about collecting "garbage", but about collecting "resources", SINGTEX®REFIT™ hopes to implement the "Textile to Textile Sustainable Circulation Plan" and incorporate environmental protection concepts into the source of product design.

Representatives of many seminars also discussed the trend of sports management. Sustainable development seems to be the consensus of everyone, including the North American Sports Management Society, the Asian Sports Management Society, and the New Zealand and Australia Sports Management Society. As the focus of development, coincidentally, the upcoming Asian Sports Management Society will be held in Malaysia in August. Dr. Weivati, who is in charge of the organization, has clearly pointed out that sustainable development is the theme of the conference.

Huang Yu is particularly grateful to Professor Swart of the University of Qatar and Professor Zhang Jianhui of the University of Georgia for their assistance in making this Environmental Sustainability Forum possible. At the same time, Professor Huang Yu is also very grateful for the support of the National The academic community has seen the efforts of the domestic road running industry in environmental sustainability.

Qatar World Cup venues have passed the Global Sustainability Assessment System.

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