Environmental certification
The club has held an environmental diploma from Svensk Miljöbas since 2017, after the board decided in November that year that BFK would actively work to reduce its environmental impact. The environmental handbook is revised continuously – most recently in 2025 – and the environmental goals are updated every year.
Our sustainability commitments
- Continuously improve our sustainability work and promote a good environment, health and social well-being.
- Reduce energy use – LED lighting with sensors only, and solar panels installed.
- Actively reduce waste and make efficient recycling possible.
- Create a safe environment at the facility and at events.
- Work against all forms of discrimination and be accessible to everyone – regardless of age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity or gender identity.
- Be a good partner in the community and support vulnerable groups.
- Make sure our members are proud of the club and that they enjoy and grow in what we do.
- Be a safe place for children, young people and adults.
- Keep up an ongoing dialogue on sustainability with staff, members and partners.
- Follow Swedish law on the environment, discrimination and human rights.
BFK as a role model
Borås Fältrittklubb aims to be a role model in Swedish equestrian sport: an active facility that offers everyone the chance to grow and stands for knowledge, quality and a good community. We follow the Swedish Equestrian Federation’s policies, welcome everyone into the community, take exemplary care of employees, trainees, pupils and visitors, do not smoke at the facility, have a structure for crisis management and invest in healthy, well-trained horses and trained staff.
Safe sport
Sport should be a place where everyone feels welcome and safe. We work actively to prevent problems – read more at Trygg i ridsporten (Swedish Equestrian Federation, in Swedish) and see our contact people if you need help or support.
Equality and diversity
Everyone at BFK is of equal worth. No one may be discriminated against in recruitment, selection, employment, pay, development or training, and everyone has the right to be treated with respect. The club has zero tolerance of discriminatory, offensive or degrading treatment, harassment and retaliation. Diversity in age, gender, knowledge and ethnicity is an asset to the club. Policy against sexual harassment (document, in Swedish).
Drug, alcohol and anti-doping policy
The workplace and all activities must be free of alcohol and drugs. Working under the influence of alcohol or drugs is forbidden, as is bringing drugs or alcoholic drinks. The club firmly rejects all use of doping – the goal is a safe, healthy and fair sporting environment in line with the values of Swedish sport and current anti-doping rules.
Working environment and crisis management
Our activities include a riding school, competitions and training, with about 60 stabled horses and about 400 riders a week; the vision is to be one of Sweden’s leading and safest equestrian facilities. Staff are continuously trained in first aid and in their roles in a crisis, and everyone should pay attention to the working environment and immediately fix or report risks. Policies are minimum levels – we aim to meet them with a good margin.
Photos and filming
Members may photograph and film themselves when training and riding at BFK. It is not allowed to photograph or film other members without permission – many people do not want to appear in pictures.
Horse welfare
The horse’s welfare must always come first in everything we do. Knowledge of good, safe and sustainable horse keeping should run through all of equestrian sport, and we must never stop questioning what we do with horses, how and why. Horse welfare is about both physical and mental health – the Five Domains model covers nutrition, physical environment, health, behaviour and mental state. Read more from the Swedish Equestrian Federation, HästSverige and in Horse & Rider’s article on equestrian sport’s “social license to operate”, and see how we put it into practice under Horses & safety.