The Purpose
Building on internationally recognised principles of sustainable development, the strategy aims to make sure that key environmental and social issues lie at the heart of both strategic and delivery decision making – supporting a viable and progressive economy:
Industry Experts
International experts providing:
Principles of Sustainable developments
The purpose of this National Sustainable Golf Strategy is to ensure that environmental and social issues are positioned as integral to the growth of golf in Saudi Arabia. In this way, they sit alongside other economic and golfing drivers – not secondary to them as has been the case in other regions.
The three traditional pillars of conventional sustainable development are Economic, Environmental and Social. Through this lens golf in Saudi Arabia will unite key fundamentals:
All of these things contribute to the core golfing goals of:
Providing a diversity of enjoyable and memorable courses that provide access at all levels of the sport, domestically and internationally.
“Our key policies to deliver this ambitious vision span the spectrum of sustainability to ensure we foster nature, conserve our resources and strengthen our communities. This is part and parcel of developing a sector to appeal to domestic and international investors and visitors, knowing that sustainable development has greater long-term resilience and a modern consumer base.”
Majed Al-Sorour
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Golf Federation
Environmental Opportunities
In fact, the environmental opportunities and constraints are fundamental, underpinning the volume, locations and types of golf being provided. In this way Golf Saudi are looking beyond the historic models of sustainable development as typified by the ‘balancing’ of social, economic and environmental issues, to the now widely recognised principles and approach where environmental issues are fundamental to thriving communities, and of which the economy is a function.
Such an approach allows for issues such as site sensitivity, biodiversity protection, ecosystem regeneration, water dependencies,
clean energy and low emissions to dictate how golf develops.
Delivery Framework
The practical application of sustainable development will be achieved by
addressing a range of priority environmental and social themes.
These will be integrated throughout:
Turning the principles of sustainable development into practical materials, relevant to golf and sustainability issues. We are structuring all our goals, benchmarks, guidance and recognition towards measurable action across four sustainability themes for golf.
Our Strategic Goals
Adopted by the golf industry in Saudi Arabia, these goals provide us all with a shared roadmap for prosperity for the people and environments connected to golf in Saudi Arabia.
These goals represent vital calls for action for golf courses new and old in Saudi Arabia. They are underpinned by the knowledge that we must respect our environment and climate in order to create successful and sustainable golf courses for future generators.
A Sustainable Future
Education creates a necessary foundation from which to realise the ambitions of this dynamic new industry. This moves from gathering existing valuable insights and expertise towards setting new expectations and advancing our science and knowledge further.
It is this science and knowledge development, to which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has an unwavering commitment, that will have a central role in ensuring the long-term success and sustainability of the it's golf industry.
We will lead the way by delivering educational training and creating job opportunities to work in: