Salvador, Brazil, 15 June 2014 On the eve of the IOC Working Groups meeting in Lausanne to discuss a wide range of issues on the future direction of the Olympic Movement – the IOC’s ‘Agenda 2020’ – I was the other side of the Atlantic participating in a one-day...
Bristol, 25 April 2014 – Next year Bristol will be the first UK city to carry the title ‘European Green Capital’. The year-long appellation is a prestigious award from the European Commission for cities that are leading the way in facing up to the contemporary...
10 April 2014 “Weaving together the environmental, social and economic aspects of an event to create a new sustainable experience.” That is the headline message from ‘Loom’ a new Spanish consultancy entering the sustainable events market. I think it’s...
25 February 2014 All sports lovers and Olympic Games fans will have been relieved by the evident success of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, which have just finished. Once again doom-mongers have been silenced and put aside by the exuberance of the occasion and the...
Copenhagen, 30 January 2014 I’ve never been asked to be a judge before and then this week it happened twice. The first one was easy to say yes to as it is many months away and involves a free posh dinner! The second was more immediate as in: “now”! I was attending...
Copenhagen 28 01 14 – this is the text of my presentation at the European Sustainable Events Conference. One of the essential elements of sustainability is the perspective of durability; long-term, lasting benefits. We see carbon targets for 2020 and even 2050,...
London, 16 December 2013. Following the first meeting of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board under its new President, Thomas Bach, the IOC announced – among other things – that it would encourage future bidding cities to make the broadest possible...
London: 26 November 2013. On the spoof TV series TWENTY TWELVE about life behind the scenes at London 2012 there was a running gag about: “what’s the difference between sustainability and legacy?” Some said they are the same; others said they are completely different...
London, 25 November 2013. Having only a few days ago pointed out how the UK Government has been missing the potential benefits of the sustainability legacy from the London 2012 Games, I am pleasantly surprised to come across a highly readable and sensible policy...
London 18 November 2013 – In their report released today the House of Lords Select Committee on Olympic and Paralympic Legacy recognised the significant advances in sustainability made by the London 2012 organisers, and called upon the UK Government – and specifically...
