ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the availability of data to measure the effectiveness of Sustainable Development Goal 12 (SDG 12). The ability to measure success informs whether proper progress has been made. This is a large undertaking because several countries have signed on to be compliant and make progress by reporting data to the United Nations. Within sport, several tools have emerged to quantify life cycle emissions or impacts within sport, including ISO 20121, certification by the Council for Responsible Sport, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The authors also detail the use of the Direct and external Environmental Impacts (DeEI) framework to examine sport activities, which has emerged in response to the limitations of life cycle assessments (LCAs). As the authors note, measurement of the progress toward SDG 12 is thus far limited in the sport sector, but it can provide important leadership across sectors and be one more mechanism through which sport can demonstrate its capacity for championing sustainable development.
