Event Organizers Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative

EO13 Number, type and impact of
physical and technological legacies.
1. Relevance
Legacy can be the most significant part of an event’s
organizing process.
Physical legacies may include infrastructure
constructed for the event, improvements to community
infrastructure, and environmental protection or
enhancements. Technological legacies include increased
technological capabilities, capacity, infrastructure and
innovation that will last beyond the project life cycle.
Legacies may include lasting impacts on physical
infrastructure, and new implemented technologies
in the region, the local community and wider society.
Legacies may also include new financial mechanisms
and funds, particularly those devoted to managing
legacy infrastructure.
• Donation of physical and technological assets
and in-kind contributions; and
• Physical and technological environmental
and/or community enhancement initiatives
that improve conditions during or after the
project life cycle. This may include natural areas
created or protected, clean-up initiatives, and
improved community facilities such as schools,
parks and public spaces.
2.2 Identify indirect legacy benefits, like:
• Increased tourism facilities and service capacity
in the region, and increased tourism to the
region after the event. Identify future sources
to track increased tourism after the event and
the impacts of that tourism; and
• Sourcing policies that take into consideration
the legacy benefits of donations.
Legacies can be those that are known, clearly defined
and measured, and evident in the project life cycle, and
future legacies that are yet to be defined, including
initiatives with potential for positive legacy.
It may be relevant to report on baseline measurements
to understand legacy impact.
2. Compilation
2.1 Identify physical and technological legacies that
are known, clearly defined and evident in the life
cycle of the event, and the legacy potential of
future and anticipated legacy, such as:
• Infrastructure constructed for the event by
event organizers and partners, including
buildings, transportation systems, and
telecommunications, and plans for future use;
• Transfer of operations and new operating
entities, anticipated impacts of organizer’s
initiatives on costs of operations and
maintenance;
2.3 Report known legacies that can be measured
quantitatively or qualitatively in the short
term, including the identification of reports or
organizations that will monitor the long-term
impacts. To facilitate future reporting on these
legacy impacts, baseline should be measured.
2.4 Report number, type and impact of physical and
technological legacies.
3. Definitions
Baseline
A measurement or calculation used as a basis for
comparison. Usually a measurement taken in the first
year of operation, or a projection based on a ‘business as
usual’ forecast.
4. Documentation
None.
5. References
None.
EO
• New technologies and innovations designed,
implemented, or scaled;
• Future plans to replicate or scale these
technologies;
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