Responding to the lack of evidence for visualizing the monetary value of professional sport teams’ socioeconomic and environmental impact, this study aimed to calculate the socio-economic and environmental impact of a Japanese professional soccer team’s social business activity (i.e., lawn production business) using a Social Return on Investment (SROI) framework. We conducted nine interview investigations with each stakeholder related to this activity and the results showed that the socio-economic value of the targeted activity was JPY 33,422,183, while the inputs were JPY 29,449,784, suggesting an SROI ratio of 1.13. Therefore, for every JPY 100 invested in a lawn production business, socio-economic and environmental benefit worth JPY 113 was generated. This study contributes to advancing impact research in sport by shedding light on the monetary value of the socio-economic and environmental impacts of professional sport teams’ activities. Additionally, this framework provides practical implications for team managers looking to utilize activities as a management strategy through cost-effective investment and resource optimization.

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　By utilizing various local resources, sport tourism has the potential to create new businesses or collaborate with community development, and regional sport commissions (SC) are expected to be the driving force for such movement. However, no research has systematically examined the organizational problems of multiple SC. Therefore, this study aims to classify the organizational problems among SC in Japan. To gather data from various organizations, 14 SC were selected for interviews considering the geographical areas, aims, and the size of the city in which the SC is located. A part of SCAT and KJ methods were adopted for analysis, and as a result, eight aspects of organizational problems emerged: Information, Resource, Willingness, Organization, Conception, Accumulation, Acceptance System, and Interaction. Being aware of the general organizational problems enable SC to objectively understand the present situation and to consider possible solutions for any organizational issues.

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