Thursday, June 21, 2007
VANOC releases action plan for sustainable 2010 winter games
The Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2010 in Vancouver will be the first Games to integrate social, economic and environmental sustainability.
The Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) released its first Sustainability Report online at vancouver2010.com.
The report sets out VANOC’s specific sustainability commitments and progress reporting system for the next three years as it moves from planning to operations and ultimately to Games delivery. It includes accomplishments, success stories and challenges for the 2005-06 reporting period. It also details progress on initiatives for the 2006-07 reporting period, 80 per cent of which are complete or already in progress.
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