Olympics sustainability targets on track
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games are on course to be the most sustainable ever, according to the pre-games sustainability report
It highlights progress to date, and includes details on cleaning up the site prior to creating the Olympic Park; how the 2012 games will be the first to measure its carbon footprint over the entire project term and that the target to reduce emissions for the built environment by 50% will be exceeded by 2013.
The report also confirmed that 99% of demolition materials were reused or recycled and that 100% of wood products supplied to the Olympic Park site were certified as “legal and sustainable” by the Forest Stewardship Council and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification project.
Jonathon Porritt, chair of the London 2012 sustainability ambassadors, commented: “The scale of ambition involved in what will undoubtedly be the world’s most sustainable games to date is gobsmacking.”
Look out for the supplement on the Olympics in the July issue of the environmentalist, which will examine its sustainability goals and the IEMA members who helped deliver them.