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ArticleFIS releases environmental emissions reports
FIS achieved progress in organizational emissions and implemented more precise measurements.
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News briefsUrs Lehmann named CEO of FIS
The former world champion skier from Switzerland has been appointed to lead the International Ski Federation, marking a significant leadership change in snow sports.
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News briefsFIS and ESA work together to drive sustainability in snow sports
A new partnership uses space technology to address sustainability challenges in snow sports.
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News briefsTSG named official volunteer supplier for 2025 Freestyle World Championships
Swiss action sports brand TSG has been unveiled as the official volunteer supplier for the FIS Freestyle World Championships 2025. The company will provide helmets and goggles tailored specifically for the event. With equipment finalized for over 600 volunteers, TSG joins the lineup alongside Schöffel, offering high-quality ski clothing. ...
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News briefsFIS partners with Colmar, Craft and Sun Valley
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has announced new partnerships with Colmar, Craft and Sun Valley. These three different winter sports apparel firms will serve as FIS Official Apparel Parntners for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons. Under the terms of the new agreements, the three companies will provide clothing ...
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ArticleFIS announces Impact Sustainability Program
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has released its newly developed Impact Program, a sustainability action plan designed to guide FIS and its key stakeholders through current and future global sustainability challenges. The program covers the period 2024-2026 and includes short, medium and long-term projects and targets. It will serve as ...
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ArticleFIS joins Sports for Nature Framework
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) is the latest sports organization to join the Sports for Nature Framework. The Framework was launched late last year at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montréal and now counts 40 sports organizations among its signatories. These are organizations of all sizes from around ...
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News briefsNew FIS Games in 2028
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has announced the upcoming creation of a new competition of an unprecedented size among snow sports events. The new FIS Games, taking place over 16 days, will represent the full range of snow sports talent from both Olympic and Non-Olympic sports, including para ...
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Infographics & DataBrand standings at the end of the FIS 2022/23 season
To mark the end of the ski season, we’re sharing the brand standings of the FIS Alpine 2022/23 competition and discuss why brands sponsor winter sports.
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ArticleAthletes and POW join forces to call for greater climate action from the FIS
FIS athletes and POW demand change from the FIS. An open letter is signed by over 170 athletes.
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ArticleInternational Ski Federation responds to allegations over use of Head as uniform supplier
Questions have been raised about Head supplying uniforms for FIS whilst president Johan Eliasch remains Head’s chairman
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News briefsInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation takes over the Freeride World Tour
With immediate effect, the Freeride World Tour (FWT) is merging with the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), which is taking over the shares of the FWT. The two organizations will work together from the 2022/23 season. The FIS, founded in 1924, is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), ...
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FIS appoints first executives for its new commercial division and a new deputy secretary general
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) has hired Christian Salmon as chief commercial director and Oliver Kraus as director of global partnerships. Salmon was previously senior vice president and managing director at IMG. Kraus was a founding member of KPG & Partners, a sports and entertainment consultancy firm, and ...
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The International Ski Federation will not change its name
The national federations that belong to the International Ski Federations (FIS) failed to approve proposals to change the organization’s name to “International Ski and Snowboard Federation” or “International Snowsports Federation.” The vote was taken online at an extraordinary congress held under the leadership of the FIS’ new president, Johan Eliasch. ...
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News briefsFIS releases World Snow Day 2021 report
To better understand World Snow Day 2021, which was severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Ski Federation (FIS), as the organizer, has released its final report detailing all aspects of the event, including details about the 110 events in 33 countries and their participants, the impact of communications, ...
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FIS sets up new working groups and an office in Beijing
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has opened a 400-square-meter liason office in Beijing, following the formation of a China Working Group at a recent meeting of the FIS Council, led by one of the council’s members, Moses Liang-Cheng Zheng. The announcement was made at a Chinese National Snow Sports press ...
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A new secretary general for FIS
Michel Vion, a former French ski champion, was appointed on June 22 by the newly elected Council of the International Ski Federation (FIS) as its new secretary general. He has served since June 2010 as the president of the French Ski Federation, a post that he is now leaving along ...
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Eliasch wants to deliver on many new ideas at FIS
In a statement following his election as the new president of the International Ski Federation (FIS), Johan Eliasch said he wants to help its executive team to “deliver on many of the good new ideas which surfaced during the election campaign.” He added: “I am fully committed to bringing a ...
