The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the finalists for the annual IOC Climate Action Awards 2024, celebrating those within the Olympic Movement who are taking concrete measures to help address climate change. Presented by Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner Deloitte, the IOC Climate Action Awards encourage, recognise and reward innovative projects from National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs) and athletes that aim to reduce the environmental impact of sports, while inspiring the wider Olympic Movement to take action. “Climate change is taking its toll on everyone, and sport is…
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IOC receives ISO 20121 certification for sustainability performance at corporate events
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s efforts to systematically and continually improve the sustainability performance across its corporate events has resulted in it receiving certification to the international standard ISO 20121:2012 for its corporate events. ISO 20121:2012 is an international standard for sustainability management systems applied to events, pioneered by the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games London 2012. It assesses the way sustainability is integrated into key decisions at every step of event planning and staging. The IOC’s corporate events, which were subject to the certification process, include those organised…
Read MoreParis 2024 Launches Charitable Ticketing Initiative To Ensure Open and Accessible Games
The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has launched a charitable ticketing programme that will give people living in low-income households the opportunity to experience next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. Through a partnership with French charity Secours populaire, everyone who buys tickets for Paris 2024 will have the option to donate an additional two Euros to the initiative, which will be used to pay for the tickets and travel costs of beneficiaries who would not otherwise have the means to attend the Games, including families, young people, senior citizens and people…
Read MoreIOC Announces Composition of Advisory Committee on Human Rights
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the composition of its Advisory Committee on Human Rights. This follows the approval of its Strategic Framework on Human Rights by the IOC Executive Board in September 2022. The Advisory Committee’s mission is to provide the IOC with strategic guidance and advise on human rights risk management. Nine members, the majority of them independent Created in 2018 as a direct result of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC Advisory Committee is composed of nine members with a majority of independent external experts, including representatives…
Read MoreIOC Launches Climate Action Awards
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is looking to recognise National Olympic Committees (NOCs), International Federations (IFs) and Olympians and Paralympians for impactful projects to address climate change, by launching the Climate Action Awards. An initiative supported by Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partners (TOPs) Airbnb, P&G and Deloitte, the Awards are aimed at supporting NOCs, IFs and athletes in their efforts to manage their carbon emissions and understand their impact on the environment. The Awards focus on three categories of actions, each supported by a relevant TOP Partner: Climate Action x…
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