Communication and environmental sustainability at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The discursive proposal of its sponsors

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https://doi.org/10.51302/marketing.2024.21443

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communication, olympics, marketing, environment, sponsorship, sustainability, sports, annual reports

Abstract

The article focuses on analyzing the communication of the sponsors (global, premium, and official) of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and its relationship with environmental sustainability, which is one of the three main commitments established by the organizing committee for the games. The objective is to examine how sponsors use environmental sustainability as part of their discursive strategy to determine whether this is consistent with Paris 2024’s communicative efforts in this regard. To this end, content analysis methods will be used and relevant literature on communication and sustainability will be reviewed. The results of this study will provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between sponsor communication and sustainability in major sporting events.

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Author Biographies

Alfonso Cortés González, Universidad de Málaga (España)

Profesor contratado doctor del Departamento de Comunicación Audiovisual y Publicidad de la Universidad de Málaga. Ha sido columnista y autor de libros y artículos sobre comunicación institucional. En gestión universitaria ha desempeñado los puestos de vicerrector adjunto de Relaciones Institucionales de la Universidad de Málaga y vicedecano de Estudiantes y Relaciones con la Empresa de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la Universidad de Málaga. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2985-1194

Hermes Ulises Prieto Mora, Universidad de Zaragoza (Teruel, España)

Profesor ayudante doctor del Departamento de Dirección de Marketing e Investigación de Mercados de la Universidad de Zaragoza, campus de Teruel. En gestión universitaria ha desempeñado los cargos de director del Grado en Marketing de la Universidad Internacional de Valencia y de coordinador del Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas en la misma universidad. La investigación del autor se enmarca en el proyecto «Oportunidades y desafíos en la implementación de las normas de debida diligencia empresarial en materia de derechos humanos y medio ambiente», GVA - CIGE/2022/63. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1054-8729

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Published

2024-11-07

How to Cite

Cortés González, A., & Prieto Mora, H. U. (2024). Communication and environmental sustainability at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The discursive proposal of its sponsors. Revista De Marketing Y Publicidad, 49–72. https://doi.org/10.51302/marketing.2024.21443