A new method to assess the sustainability performance of events: Application to the 2014 World Orienteering Championship |
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| Institution: | 1. ECOCONGRESS Scientific Department, Via N. Cristofani 4/a, 06135 Perugia, Italy;2. WOC (World Orienteering Championship) Organising Committee 2014, Loc. Parco 3, 38056 Levico Terme, Italy;3. PEFC Italy (Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes), Strada dei Loggi 22, 06135 Perugia, Italy;1. Department of Mathematics, The University of Tennessee, 1403 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1320, United States;2. Center for BioEnergy Sustainability, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, United States |
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| Abstract: | Nowadays an increasing attention of public and private agencies to the sustainability performance of events is observed, since it is recognized as a key issue in the context of sustainable development. Assessing the sustainability performance of events involves environmental, social and economic aspects; their impacts are complex and a quantitative assessment is often difficult. This paper presents a new quali-quantitative method developed to measure the sustainability of events, taking into account all its potential impacts. The 2014 World Orienteering Championship, held in Italy, was selected to test the proposed evaluation methodology. The total carbon footprint of the event was 165.34 tCO2eq and the avoided emissions were estimated as being 46 tCO2eq. The adopted quali-quantitative method resulted to be efficient in assessing the sustainability impacts and can be applied for the evaluation of similar events. |
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