Score for the environment.In November 2005, sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport manufacturers from Sialkot, Pakistan, who produce 60% of the world's soccer balls, pledged to reduce and improve the use of water and energy during their manufacturing processes. They also agreed to introduce cleaner technology, reduce toxic wastes toxic waste is waste material, often in chemical form, that can cause death or injury to living creatures. It usually is the product of industry or commerce, but comes also from residential use, agriculture, the military, medical facilities, radioactive sources, and , and raise environmental awareness among their workers. This agreement was part of the Third Global Forum for Sports and Environment, which brought together more than 200 participants from the world of sports and sporting goods manufacturing to discuss their impact on and contribution to sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . In 1997 this group of manufacturers took a big step by eliminating child labor child labor, use of the young as workers in factories, farms, and mines. Child labor was first recognized as a social problem with the introduction of the factory system in late 18th-century Great Britain. in the Sialkot soccer ball industry. |
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