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FC St. Pauli to become world’s first professional football club with a Common Good Balance Sheet.
Hamburg-based FC St. Pauli is a football club unlike any other. Encompassing music, sport and politics, its fans welcome refugees, fight fascists and take a stand against all forms of discrimination. “Another football is possible” is the unofficial mission statement of world´s most famous second league football club.
As a leading voice of sustainability and socio-ethical standards in football it seems no wonder that the club is currently doing it first common good balance sheet. Esin Rager, Co-president and responsible for the sustainability strategy stated: “We have been comparing several CSR standards and selected the Common Good Balance because of its holistic approach and the potential we see to use it as a powerful tool to develop our club in all its colors.”
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