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December 22, 2010
The final Vancouver 2010 sustainability report has now been published and is available along with a report summary: http://www.2010legaciesnow.com/vanoc/ According to the report, the team reached beyond the environmental pillar to deliver many other positive legacies locally and globally and they …
November 30, 2010
The Commission today published Sustainable? Naturally… its review of biodiversity across the London 2012 programme. The report praises the work being done by the ODA to transform the Olympic Park from a relatively poor environment into a …
November 12, 2010
From the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Nov 2010 Foreign Secretary William Hague recently hosted the public premiere of documentary film “Going for Green – Britain’s 2012 Dream”, a documentary commissioned by the FCO which tells the story of the building of …
September 15, 2010
London 2012 have today opened their volunteering scheme for the 2012 Games to the general public. London 2012 volunteers will be called Games Makers and LOCOG are hoping to recruit 70,000 people to help during the Olympic …
August 31, 2010
Sunday 29th August marked two years to go until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games will take place over 12 days in late August and early September 2012. LOCOG report that …
August 18, 2010
On 4th August 2010 staff and members of the Commission, along with our PR team from Epoch, spent the day volunteering on the Greenway near West Ham station. During the Olympic and Paralympic Games West Ham station and the …
July 27, 2010
Today is two years until the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Since 2005, the Commission has seen many ‘firsts’ from London 2012: the carbon footprinting of the Games, the Food Vision, the existence of the Commission …
July 23, 2010
On 15th July 2010, Shaun McCarthy, Chair of the Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, attended a meeting of the London Assembly Environment Committee. The Environment Committee are undertaking a report into the environmental sustainability of the …
July 6, 2010
On 29th June 2010, Sky News ran a piece on the London 2012 canoe slalom courses, currently under construction at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire. As part of the feature Shaun, as Chair of …
July 1, 2010
The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 has recently completed its 2009 Annual Review of the sustainability of the London 2012 programme, which has been presented to the Olympic Board and published. The Commission has planned a …