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World Bowling joins United Nations' Sports for Climate Framework
Lausanne, March 19, 2020 –The Sports for Climate Action initiative calls on sporting organisations to acknowledge the contribution of the sports sector to climate change and our responsibility to strive towards climate neutrality for a safer planet.
By signing the Framework which brings more than 100 organisations including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Bowling has demonstrated its commitment to playing an important role to ensure the sports sector is on the path to a low-carbon future.
In line with the five core principles enshrined in the Framework, World Bowlingwill strive to:
- Promote greater environmental responsibility
- Reduce the overall climate impact from sports
- Use our platform to educate for climate action
- Promote sustainable and responsible consumption
- Advocate for climate action through our communications
World Bowling President, Sheikh Talal Mohammed Al-Sabah said: “Joining the UN Sports for Climate ActionFramework is a big step forward that we are proud to take. This will provide a perfect opportunity for WorldBowlingto work closely with the UN, IOC and other sports organisations to develop, implement and enhance theclimate action agenda in sport.”
IOC Olympic Movement Sustainability Senior Manager, Julie Duffus said: “The IOC is proud to be working with World Bowling on the Sports for Climate Action Framework to tackle the climate emergency that we face today.Sport has a unique power to bring people together, and tackling the challenges posed by climate change requires large scale collective effort. The Framework provides sport with the perfect opportunity to harness this power and help the world address these challenges.The IOC will work hand in hand with World Bowling, and other sport organisations, to define how sport will address, reduce and adapt to our ever changing climate”.
QubicaAMF CEO, Emanuele Govoni said: “As a partner of World Bowling,we are excited to support the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework. Through some of our newest products, like the EDGE String Pinspotter and advanced string pinspotter technology, we are delivering an economically and environmentally friendly impact through a combination of factors including being energy efficient, reduced power consumption and the need for fewer spare parts.”
Bowling is highly inclusive–a true ‘sport for all’ and can be considered a gender balanced lifetime sport being played by both men and women of all ages and abilities.
World Bowling last year announced its recognition by the International Paralympics Committee(IPC) and World Bowling look forward to hosting its first ever Parabowling Championship in partnership with QubicaAMF in March
2021.
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About World Bowling
World Bowling is the International governing body for the sport of Tenpin, Ninepin and the newly formed ParaBowling representing five continental zones and 114 member federations.
World Bowling was recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1979 as the world governing body for the sport of Bowling and by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2019 for ParaBowling.
For any inquiries: World Bowling Media department at media@worldbowling.org
ABOUT QUBICAAMF WORLDWIDE
QubicaAMF is the largest and most innovative bowling equipment provider in the world with 600 employees worldwide. We build and modernize more bowling entertainment centers than any other company in the industry and have an installed base of more than 10,000 centers in 90 countries. The company has a sales and distribution network with worldwide reach and maintains the largest R&D team for electro-mechanical products, software, electronics, and entertainment systems in the industry.
QubicaAMF has over 100 years of experience and can provide the perfect combination of bowling equipment, products, and services for new or existing bowling entertainment centers, FECs, Cinemas, or any other facility in the hospitality, retail, or restaurant industry. Our ongoing mission is Making Bowling Amazing. We are convinced that bowling has so much more potential to attract and entertain even more people. With our products, we will help our customers fully unleash that potential.
The company has U.S. headquarters in Richmond, Virginia and European headquarters in Bologna, Italy.