Recommendations

What are recommendations?

The Commission has made a number of recommendations as part of our reviews. We track the progress made against these recommendations quarterly and provide a full update in our Annual Reviews. This recommendation tracker shows the status of every recommendation we have made.

ID Review Year Owner Recommendation Status
179 Annual 2010 London 2012 Sustainability Group
That the London 2012 Sustainability Group, with input from relevant stakeholders, define the meaning of a 'blueprint for sustainable living' and develop a work plan ... Read more Closed
178 Annual 2010 London 2012 Sustainability Group
That the current London 2012 Sustainability Group be constituted as a formal legacy board or allocates clear responsibility for the promise to create a 'blueprint ... Read more Complete
173 Annual 2010 London 2012 Sustainability Group
That the London 2012 Sustainability Group establish a timely, clear, co-ordinated, funded, independent work programme to capture sustainability lessons learned and to set new standards ... Read more Closed
162 Waste 2010 London 2012 Sustainability Group
ODA
LOCOG
GLA
GOE
LDA
LLDC
That the London 2012 Sustainability Group set out how the management of waste and resources in the post-Games bump-out/breakdown phase and subsequent transformation phase will ... Read more Complete
153 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The residual footprint should be mitigated using a variety of techniques: Using the legacy of knowledge to reduce carbon in future projects. For example, application of ... Read more Complete
152 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The residual footprint should be mitigated using a variety of techniques: Mass participation programmes, such as the EDF Energy campaign, where, as far as practical, the ... Read more Not Fully Achieved
151 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The residual footprint should be mitigated using a variety of techniques: Creation of a fund to support carbon reducing projects that also support social/economic objectives locally ... Read more Closed
145 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The reference footprint should be recalculated and published on a regular basis. Assumptions should be explicitly stated to ensure openness and transparency. Read more Complete
144 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The calculations and underlying assumptions should be adequate for the purpose of developing a strategy. Emphasis should now move on to avoiding emissions and mitigating ... Read more Closed
143 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
Emissions should be counted when they happen, and not amortised over the life of legacy facilities, deferring responsibility for mitigation to future generations. Read more Complete
142 Carbon 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
Full details of the carbon footprint calculations and underlying assumptions should be published by autumn 2009, ahead of the Copenhagen summit. Read more Complete
140 Annual 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The London 2012 Sustainability Group should ensure that wider aspects of biodiversity are addressed in future updates of the Sustainability Plan. This should include venues ... Read more Complete
137 Annual 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The London 2012 Sustainability Group should ensure that substances with high Global Warming Potential such as HFC are eliminated where possible. Read more Complete
130 Annual 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The London 2012 Sustainability Group should reduce carbon at source as much as possible and honour the commitment to offset flights for competitors and officials ... Read more Closed
128 Annual 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
The London 2012 Sustainability Group should ensure that the priorities identified in the Sustainability Leadership meeting are delivered through clear strategies, roles and responsibilities across ... Read more Closed
127 Annual 2009 OBSG
London 2012 Sustainability Group
Sustainability should be a standing item for discussion at Olympic Board Steering Group meetings. The London 2012 Sustainability Group should focus on emerging issues that ... Read more Closed
126 Design 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
That the London 2012 Sustainability Group consider and recommend to OBSG alternative design solutions to deliver more sustainable design outcomes, where these are raised through ... Read more Closed
98 Skills and employment 2009 London 2012 Sustainability Group
That the London 2012 Sustainability Group incorporate a broader definition of a 'sustainable job' into future updates of the London 2012 Sustainability Plan Read more Closed
10 Annual 2007 CSL
London 2012 Sustainability Group
The commission should establish a work programme with the London 2012 Sustainability Group to define how the commission will receive and act on SD performance ... Read more Complete
9 Annual 2007 London 2012 Sustainability Group
London 2012 Sustainability Group to develop appropriate SD reporting processes to cover all aspects of the London 2012 programme. Read more Complete
3 Annual 2007 OBSG
London 2012 Sustainability Group
OBSG, through the London 2012 Sustainability Group, should establish cross-cutting workstreams to deliver the strategic aspirations described by the five key themes and other significant ... Read more Closed