Advancing Sustainability Across Global Sport

How the IOC and ASOIF are developing SMART, a shared way for International Federations to measure and improve sustainability, with Footprint Intelligence as technology partner.

Initiative
IOC & ASOIF

Technology partner
Footprint Intelligence

WHAT IS SMART

One sustainability assessment, designed for International Federations.

SMARTSustainability assessment

SMART is a digital tool created jointly by the IOC and ASOIF. It helps International Federations measure, assess and improve their sustainability performance.

MeasureGuided assessment
CompareComparable federations
ReportSDG-aligned results

Source: ASOIF announcement

WHY IT MATTERS

Every federation is different. Progress should still be comparable.

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The challenge

Different sports

One set of shared indicators
Track cyclists on a velodrome, seen from above
The challenge

Different sizes

Fair comparison with comparable federations
Single rower on dark water, seen from above
The challenge

Different starting points

One guided assessment

Many sports.
Every continent.
One shared framework.

One set of indicators, one guided assessment and one view of progress, across International Federations.

THE COLLABORATION

Created by the IOC and ASOIF. Technology by Footprint Intelligence.

SMARTSustainability assessment
Created and led by

The IOC & ASOIF

Set the framework, methodology and direction.

Built for

International Federations

Complete the assessment and use their own results.

Technology partner

Footprint Intelligence

Selected by ASOIF to develop the digital platform.

What Footprint Intelligence delivers
  • Digital frameworkThe SMART indicators as a guided online assessment
  • Federation onboardingSecure access for each participating federation
  • BenchmarkingFair comparison between comparable federations
  • ReportingResults ready for each federation's own reporting

SO FUNKTIONIERT'S

Five objectives behind every assessment.

  1. 01

    Maß

    Complete the guided assessment

  2. 02

    Monitor

    Track change over time

  3. 03

    Benchmark

    Learn from comparable federations

  4. 04

    Improve

    Act on gaps and good practice

  5. 05

    Report

    Use results in your own reporting

THE FRAMEWORK

One common set of indicators. Three dimensions.

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indicators in the planned frameworkThe same questions for every participating federation, so results can be compared fairly.

Environmental

Climate, energy, resources

Soziales

People, inclusion, community

Economic

Governance, transparency, value

Results are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

WHAT IT MAKES POSSIBLE

Clarity for each federation.
Insight across federations.

For each federation

A clear view of where it stands

  • Results across all three dimensions
  • Comparison with comparable federations
  • Priorities for the next cycle
For the IOC & ASOIF

Insight across International Federations

Illustrative preview

Early stageProgressingAdvanced

  • Aggregated progress across federations
  • Where support and collaboration help most
  • Shared good practice between sports

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Flexible Data Collection Across Sources and Contributors

Files, live API connections, and assigned input from suppliers and employees are brought into the platform in their original format and standardised automatically.

WHAT'S NEXT

The road to the first assessments.

  1. Done

    Framework defined

  2. In progress

    Platform in development

  3. Planned · Oct 2026

    Provision to federations

  4. Then

    First assessments and benchmarks

  5. Ongoing

    Progress tracked over time

Timing is set by the IOC and ASOIF.

“Sport organisations delivering major, recurring events work with two accounting rhythms — a continuous corporate footprint and an event footprint spanning many external contributors. Bringing both into one structured, traceable data model is exactly the kind of problem we set out to solve.”

Sebastian Gier - Managing Director, Footprint Intelligence