Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee: 119 specific measures to fully implement the concept of green Olympic Games

Guangming Network News (reporter Zhang Jiaxing, Cai Lin) On January 13, the State Council's new office held a press conference on the green winter Olympics and sustainable development of the Beijing Winter Olympics and The Winter Paralympic Games. Yan Jiarong, spokesperson of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, answered reporters' questions on the issue of green Olympic standards.

Yan Jiarong said that the Beijing Winter Olympics follow the standards of the International Olympic Committee and the sustainability standards of the United Nations. The Beijing Winter Olympics is the first Olympic Games to practice the Olympic Agenda 2020 from the whole process of bidding, organizing and hosting, and it is also an Olympic Games that actively implements the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Yan Jiarong, spokesperson of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee

Yan Jiarong introduced that the Beijing Winter Olympics adhere to the concept of green Olympics and strive to create a sustainable Winter Olympic Games.

The first is to strengthen strategic planning. The Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee issued a sustainability plan, which put forward a sustainable vision of "sustainability to the future", and formulated 119 specific measures from three aspects: positive environmental impact, new regional development, and better life.

The second is the double Olympic venue. Maximizing the use of existing venues and facilities is a highlight of the preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The National Stadium "Bird's Nest" will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics; the National Aquatics Center "Water Cube" will become the "Ice Cube"; and the Wukesong Sports Center, the original "Basketball Hall", will become the "Ice Hockey Hall".

The third is low carbon emissions. The Beijing Winter Olympics have adopted a number of measures such as low-carbon venues, low-carbon energy, and low-carbon transportation to reduce carbon emissions in the preparation and holding of the event, and to achieve the grand goal of "all carbon emissions generated by Beijing 2022 will be neutralized".

The fourth is the demonstration standard. Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province jointly studied and formulated the "Evaluation Standards for Green Snow Sports Venues", which serves as a green building standard for evaluating snow venues at the Winter Olympics, filling the gap of relevant standards at home and abroad. The sustainability management system of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games integrates the three international standards of ISO20121, ISO4001 and ISO26000 to form a sustainable management system with the characteristics of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and also creates the first sustainability management system in the history of the Olympic Games covering all areas and all aspects of Olympic preparations.

Source: Guangming Network