David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, LOCOG said, “This work could not have been achieved without the collaboration from so many of our stakeholders. We are strongly convinced that the embedding of sustainability on this scale can only be supported through constructive dialogue and a partnership approach. We are proud of our achievements but this is just the beginning; we hope that tools such as the standard ISO 20121 and the published learnings from the London 2012 Games will present a significant step change in the way future events are managed.”
Source: LOCOG.
About ISO 20121
ISO 20121 is an international management system standard that has been designed to help organisations and businesses improve the sustainability of their event related activities, products and services.
ISO 20121 is based on the earlier British Standard called ‘BS 8901 Specification for a Sustainability Management System for Events’ which was first developed in 2007 and had been inspired by London 2012. Due to the high level interest in BS 8901, the British and Brazilian standards organisations spearheaded the development of an international version of the standard, through the International Standards Organisation, which was published in June 2012.
LOCOG and the ODA are independently certified to the ISO 20121 standard.
