Dubai Sports Council becomes Lead Partner in the Desert Vipers’ Sustainability Programme

• Dubai Sports activities Council turns into Lead Accomplice within the Desert Vipers’ Sustainability Programme • Dubai Sports activities Council to endorse the Vipers’ Sustainability Match on February 3 in addition to the continued faculties programme • Dubai Sports activities Council and the Desert Vipers to return collectively for a Sustainability in Sport Summit and Awards Dinner in October 2024 in affiliation with Sports activities Spirit Occasions LLC. • Mr Avram Glazer, Desert Vipers proprietor: “It is a proud day, a landmark day for the Desert Vipers, to hitch with the Dubai Sports activities Council in addressing the basically essential alternative to advertise sustainability in sport. We’re grateful for the far-sighted strategy of the Dubai Sports activities Council in becoming a member of with us to paved the way on this matter. Collectively we are going to set the trail for others to comply with.” – Dubai Sports activities Council Welcomes Mr. Avram Glazer and “Desert Vipers” Workforce for a Sustainable Sports activities Future

His Excellency Saeed Hareb, the Secretary Basic of Dubai Sports activities Council, warmly welcomed Mr. Avram Glazer and the Desert Vipers workforce, together with esteemed attendees, to Dubai Sports activities Council headquarters as we speak.

In a collaborative effort to reinforce sustainability in sports activities, Dubai Sports activities Council and the “Desert Vipers” workforce are becoming a member of forces, aligning with the nation’s dedication to a rational authorities strategy and the strategic plan for the sports activities sector 2024-2033.

HE Saeed Hareb mentioned: “An settlement has been reached to unify efforts, specializing in integrating sustainability purposes in sports activities stadiums and tournaments. This collaboration will embody consciousness campaigns and sensible purposes to make occasions and sports activities extra sustainable and environmentally pleasant.”

Whereas addressing the media, he additionally mentioned: “Dubai has already set a precedent by organizing worldwide occasions, such because the European Golf Tour Championship – Highway to Dubai and the SAIL GP race, that adhere to sustainability requirements. At the moment, we proudly announce the addition of latest cricket tournaments in cooperation with “Desert Vipers.”

Trying forward, our dedication extends to increasing this initiative to incorporate numerous sports activities, tournaments, and amenities. Our purpose is to unfold the observe of sports activities and elevate its societal standing, selling well being and happiness for everybody.”

Dubai Sports activities Council stays steadfast in its dedication to fostering an efficient contribution of sports activities in the direction of a inexperienced future. By doing so, we intention to create a world the place all can take pleasure in a wholesome and joyful life for ourselves and for future generations. The Desert Vipers, a cricket workforce that performs within the UAE’s personal Twenty20 competitors, the DP World ILT20, has joined forces with Dubai Sports activities Council, the official physique answerable for the event of the sports activities sector within the Emirate. In a ground-breaking partnership, Dubai Sports activities Council has grow to be the Lead Accomplice within the Desert Vipers’ Sustainability Programme. Dubai Sports activities Council will endorse the Vipers’ Sustainability Match on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Saturday 3 February. And it is going to be the important thing contributor to a Sustainability in Sport Summit in Dubai in late 2024 within the presence of Desert Vipers proprietor Mr Avram Glazer. Dubai Sports activities Council may also play a key position in supporting the Desert Vipers’ faculties programme which is introducing the game of cricket and the problem of sustainability into Arab and worldwide faculties throughout the Emirate of Dubai in affiliation with Sports activities Spirit Occasions LLC.  Commenting on the partnership between the Desert Vipers and the Dubai Sports activities Council, Desert Vipers proprietor Mr Avram Glazer mentioned: “It is a proud day, a landmark day for the Desert Vipers, to hitch with the Dubai Sports activities Council in addressing the basically essential alternative to advertise sustainability in sport. “We’re grateful for the far-sighted strategy of the Dubai Sports activities Council in becoming a member of with us to paved the way on this matter. Collectively we are going to set the trail for others to comply with.” CEO of the Desert Vipers, Mr Philip Oliver, mentioned: “Our partnership is an ideal coming collectively of two organisations with shared aims – particularly, the fast-forwarding of sustainability in sport in Dubai and, extra broadly, the UAE, and contributing to the way forward for sports activities actions worldwide. “Each the Desert Vipers and the Dubai Sports activities Council are conscious that we’re ready to affect behaviour that may assist safeguard the surroundings and permit sport to be performed, watched and loved for now and for the long run. “By appearing collectively, we are going to create significant change for sustainability in sport in Dubai and the UAE. “I want to prolong our honest due to our native companion, Sports activities Spirit Occasions LLC, for facilitating this thrilling partnership.” The synergy between the Desert Vipers and Dubai Sports activities Council means the partnership in sustainability makes excellent sense for each organisations.

Saif Mohammed, Founder and Chairman of Sports activities Spirit Occasions (LLC), expresses immense pleasure in being a part of partnership between Dubai Sports activities Council and Desert Vipers to champion sustainability in sports activities. Sports activities Spirit Occasions is honored to facilitate this collaborative effort, serving because the official consultant of Desert Vipers within the UAE. “Collectively, we intention to drive constructive change and set a precedent for environmentally aware practices within the realm of sports activities by means of totally different neighborhood engagement and outreach initiatives.” The Desert Vipers have eschewed the usage of single-use plastic water bottles from their dressing room and have changed them with reusable bottles crammed with regionally sourced water whereas the Dubai Authorities has banned single-use plastic baggage. The Vipers have additionally undertaken an in depth schooling programme throughout faculties within the Emirate, in step with DSC’s mandate to nurture expertise. And with the Desert Vipers turning into the primary Dubai-based sports activities organisation to enroll to the United Nations Sports activities for Local weather Motion framework, endorsement from Dubai Sports activities Council mirrors the physique’s want to assist creativity and reward excellence and innovation. The partnership with the Dubai Sports activities Council will solely serve to reinforce and to shine a brighter mild on actions the Vipers are enterprise. That features its Sustainability Match on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Saturday 3 February which can function plastic bottle recycling on the venue for first time. The match, in opposition to the Gulf Giants, a repeat of the ultimate match of the inaugural event in 2023, may also function a ‘fan carnival’, together with sustainability-themed fan engagement and hospitality catering with decreased carbon emissions in thoughts. And the match will happen within the presence of sustainability departments of greater than 80 UAE companies. The coupling of Dubai Sports activities Council and the Desert Vipers can be supposed to chop throughout all sports activities, not solely cricket, in elevating consciousness of the necessity for sustainability. Later in 2024 underneath the auspices of this partnership, the primary Sustainability in Sport Summit and Awards Dinner will probably be held with Mr Avram Glazer in attendance, particulars of which will probably be introduced in the end. Additional particulars of Dubai Sports activities Council could be discovered right here.

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