Legitimation and Trust Strategies for Sustainability in and for Global Sport Events: The Case of the ‘Climate Positive’ Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Journal: Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility
Year: 2025

ABSTRACT International sport governing bodies are increasingly under scrutiny due to their questionable environmental sustainability records of global sport events, thereby facing a potential legitimacy gap and loss of trust that the proclaimed sustainability goals can be achieved. However, despite the critical importance of legitimacy and trust for sustainability in and for sport events management, sport academics have not only stayed relatively silent on this important relationship and the dis