One of the busiest arenas in the world, Air Canada Centre holds an average of 180 ticketed events with 2.75 million attendees coming through the building each year. Beginning in 2008, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, and Air Canada Centre, launched “Team Up Green,” a five-year plan that set environmental goals for the arena. The sustainability plan specifically set goals to reduce energy use by 30 percent, reduce the arena’s carbon footprint by 30 percent, and divert 95 percent of waste from landfills by 2013—and they are close to meeting these goals.
The Champ Camp, Jordan’s first Olympic Weightlifting school, aims to build inclusion and empower youth in the Palestinian Refugee Camp, Al-Baqa’. It provides an escape for the youth in that region to stay away from drugs, violence, and other consequences of poverty.
The main goal of the Sport for Sustainable Development project is to create a platform for the transfer of knowledge in the field of sustainable development through sport between three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa).
Video from IOC Young Leader Ana (Moldova) about the Women's Karatedo Festival - a social and sport event for girls and women organized by the National Karatedo Federation of the Republic of Moldova (W.K.F.) on the occasion of the International Women's Day.
This booklet outlines several initiatives that seeks to engage the wider audience on sustainability and legacy. It contains easy-to-understand, positive stories that were collected by the AISTS during the Games. Leaving aside the complexity and challenges of organising Olympic Games for a moment, it puts the spotlight on examples that show the concrete positive impact of the Games.
Case Studies
PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics; a selection of good practices in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
DetailsA study on all the Olympic houses for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games. The booklet contains on a series of initiatives from national and sponsor houses, using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework.
The Republic of Sports is an initiative to empower and integrate Lausanne based refugees through sport. A group of local refugees teamed up with local (Swiss) youth to volunteer at the Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games.
The Richmond Olympic Oval, home to the long track speed skating during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, organised a sustainability expo for regional sport and cultural events.