Best Foot Forward

Here's an abridged extract from the report ...

The London 2012 Carbon Footprint Study was devised in part through necessity. No Summer Games has ever attempted to map its carbon footprint before. Equally, no existing footprinting standard for events can be applied meaningfully to an Olympic and Paralympic Games.

In the original London 2012 bid, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) made a commitment to deliver a ‘low‑carbon Games’. In order to define their performance, however, it was clear that the scope and scale of Games‑related emissions needed to be properly measured and understood. That is why in the second half of 2007, London 2012 began the process of measuring its carbon footprint.

This report arises from work commissioned by LOCOG – in partnership with the ODA and the LDA – in March 2008. It followed an initial study carried out from June to November 2007 to scope and provide an early estimate of the carbon footprint of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Both phases of this work were carried out by Best Foot Forward.