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Introduction
There is increasing recognition within the sport sector of the economic, health
and environmental benefits of practising better environmental management.
This has highlighted the need for tools to assist decision-makers. These
valuable tools will help in setting priorities, improving performance and
measuring performance in areas such as: resource consumption, emission of
various pollutants, generation and disposal of waste and reduction of
environmental risks.
This Toolkit is designed as an important contribution to the growing library of
materials available; an introductory resource that supplements some of the
more detailed resources. The focus of this Toolkit is on helping sports
decision makers (principally event organisers, bid groups and facilities
operators) to identify their key environmental issues, develop strategies to
tackle them, set targets to focus their efforts, monitor progress and use the
available information for continual improvement.
The Toolkit is divided into several sections, answering some precise questions:
1. What are the main environmental health and performance issues?
2. What steps can be taken to address these issues?
3. What are Environmental Performance Indicators, and how can they be
effectively used to improve management and performance?
4. What illustrative examples and case studies exist?
5. What further resources and contacts exist?
Sports events and facilities come in many forms, and regional conditions can
vary dramatically. This Toolkit has therefore been designed to help the user
understand their own priority issues and develop their own strategies and
performance indicators.
The Toolkit has been developed primarily to serve two categories of users: (i)
major international and national games held in Canada; and (ii) single sport
world and national championships held in Canada. Despite this primary
focus, however, it will be equally useful to smaller event organisers and
facilities operators.
Managing and Monitoring Environmental Performance of Sports Events and Facilities
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