UEFA Publishes Football and Social Responsibility Report

European football’s governing body, UEFA, has published its third Football and Social Responsibility (FSR) report, reviewing the 2014/15 season’s activities.

For the first time, the report uses the Global Report Initiative (GRI) framework as a guide. It illustrates the ways football can contribute to society and uses GRI to report in a way that closely follows international sustainability reporting standards. 

UEFA’s FSR cycle runs from 2012-2017 and the current report includes insight into UEFA FSR partner activities, including the Homeless World Cup in Chile and the World Heart Foundation’s Eat for Goal initiative, amongst others.

The cycle is currently at the midway stage and is structured to detail partners’ main activities as well as planned activities for last season. Each partners performance indicators are presented throughout the report, monitoring progress against objectives.

UEFA’s FSR unit maintains a close relationship with organisations to address key social development issues through football. The report is divided in to social themes, with each section detailing the work undertaken by the relevant group of partners. Themes include Diversity, Inclusion, Environment, Health, Peace & Reconciliation, Solidarity, and Fan Dialogue.

The report was compiled by Schwery Consulting and can be viewed here.