To mark World Environment Day, new questions have been added to the ASC’s Game Plan platform to assist educate and empower golf equipment and organisations to scale back their environmental footprint.

Game Plan is a free digital platform serving to sporting golf equipment perceive their present capabilities and areas of enchancment, whereas supporting their ongoing growth with a set of instruments and sources.

“The new questions aim to increase the inclusion and consideration of positive climate action as part of everyday decisions being made in sporting clubs and organisations,” Senior Game Plan Advisor Steven Marquis mentioned.

Developed in collaboration with Sports Environment Alliance (SEA), the questions use a maturity ranking to evaluate the operations, insurance policies and processes of a membership or organisation, and charge their environmentally sustainable actions on a scale from ‘not in place’ to ‘excelling’.

“Many clubs and sporting organisations are already seeing the impact of climate change on their sport and want to take action,” SEA CEO Jan Fitzgerald mentioned.

“By understanding and addressing environmental impacts, sporting organisations can help protect our places to play for the future.”

Mr Marquis mentioned golf equipment shouldn’t be perturbed in the event that they obtain a low maturity ranking to begin with.

“We expect some clubs may initially have low maturity ratings, however, Game Plan will provide these organisations with the relevant resources and support needed to drive sustainable change over time.”

Tennis Australia is one among over 2,500 organisations utilizing Game Plan and welcomed the inclusion of sustainability questions within the on-line platform.

“As a mostly outdoor sport, the health of the climate in Australia is vital to our game,” Tennis Australia’s Director of Sustainability Matt Nicholas mentioned.

“It is great to see the ASC recognise and include environmental sustainability as a level of maturity in Game Plan.”

• Game Plan is out there to all sporting golf equipment and organisations throughout Australia. For extra info go to ausport.gov.au/gameplan.