2009 Annual Review Shaun McCarthy, Chair May 2010

1. www.cslondon.org 2009 Annual Review Shaun McCarthy, ChairMay 2010

2. Shaun McCarthy

3. 2012 Olympics Big

4. 2012 Olympics

5. 2012 Olympics The Olympic Games is the world’s largest sporting event • Over 200 competing nations • 17,000 Athletes and team officials • 38 Sports • From 27th July 2012 for 16 Days The Paralympic Games is the world’s second largest sporting event • Over 160 competing nations • 4000 Athletes and team officials • 23 Sports • From the 29th August for 12 Days • 55,000 Olympic Family members (athletes, officials, media representatives, VIPs, sponsors) • 500,000 ticketed spectators each day, 6 FA cup finals per day • 7.9 Million spectators in total • 120,000 workforce and volunteers

6. 2012 Olympics Complex

7. 2012 Olympics “Like building 2 Heathrow Terminal 5s in half the time” Alison Nimmo ODA Director • Venues • Transport infrastructure • Olympic Village • Catering • Logistics • Media centre • Legacy Many partners “Everybody wants a piece of this” • ODA – facilities • LOCOG – staging the event • BOA – Elite sport • LDA – skills, employment, regeneration, legacy • GLA – policy and governance for London • HMG – National policy requirements • NHS – Health issues • 5 Host Boroughs • Nations & Regions Group • Sport UK – Participative sport • 90+ other stakeholders

8. 2012 Olympics Sustainable..?

9. Sustainable…? “ We want our One Planet Olympics to be the most complete and sophisticated expression of sustainable development ever delivered on a city-wide scale. We want it to benefit not just London and the UK, but to be a credit to the Olympic Movement as a whole.” Lord Coe, Environment Forum, 7 March 2005

10. Sustainable…? 'We have set ourselves two very challenging aims - to stage not only the greatest Games ever but, as importantly, those Games in 2012 must be the most sustainable in the history of the modern Olympics. This overriding principle has been built into our plans from the word go and I am confident that with Shaun McCarthy’s expert leadership and this team he has recruited we will set the sustainability standards that will become the benchmark for the hosting of all future Olympic and Paralympic Games.' Former Mayor Ken Livingstone 15 May 2007

11. Sustainable…? “My team and I are fully focussed on guaranteeing that London hosts a spectacular sporting event for athletes and spectators alike in 2012. Of equal importance is ensuring that the Olympic Park has a sustainable legacy and becomes a landmark district of 21st century London, which Londoners and visitors to our city can use and prosper from.” Boris Johnson Mayor Boris Johnson

12. CSL’s Purpose… To provide independent assurance and commentary in order to enable the sustainability objectives of the London 2012 programme to be achieved and to support a sustainable legacy.

13. What sustainability means to us… • A better standard of living for people in the host boroughs • New and affordable housing • An increase in the skills base for UK citizens • A culturally diverse society • People adapting to healthier ways of living • Long term job prospects • Access for people with all disabilities • Sites ready for sustainable, low impact development • Good environmental practice for the long term • Minimal impact on climate change and environment • Accessible public space over the long term

14. How we operate… Olympic Board ODA LOCOG GLA Group GOE / DCMS BOA / BPA UK SDC LSDC Gov. Depts. Host Boroughs Statutory Bodies Professional Bodies NGOs Chair Officers Core Commission Co-opted experts

15. Features & Benefits… • Unprecedented, • to our knowledge, this has not been done before, • Objective evidence, • addresses the “instant experts”, • Enabler for delivery bodies, • allows them to get on with their job, • Sustainability sells, • Helps to attract responsible sponsors, • Towards a sustainable future? • a model for future Games…?

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17. What we did in 2008

18. 70 People interviewed 150 external meetings 60 Stakeholders consulted from 44 organisations 12 recommendations No salmon 2009/10 Annual review Governance Policy Performance CSL review

19. And now…

20. Overall governance… “…we remain confident that the leadership is committed to setting new standards of sustainability…” “It is not currently clear how partners such as broadcasters will be engaged around sustainability, who is responsible for doing this, and what standards will apply.” “…we are concerned that there is little evidence of a co-ordinated programme of work to achieve (a legacy of knowledge)” “We have seen good work by the ODA this year to integrate sustainability (and other) standards for the Olympic Village” “Last year we were pleased to report that we have seen no evidence of cost reductions impeding the published sustainability objectives. We have seen no such evidence this year either.”

21. Preparation “The ODA continues to demonstrate best practice in sustainable construction” “…regulatory bodies such as the Environment Agency confirm that sustainable behaviour is fully embedded from their daily observations on site” “…the rate of downsizing is steep and this places a great deal of responsibility on the Tier One Contractors who may not have the knowledge… “the ODA’s efforts to procure material to comply with the new (PVC) specification are likely to lead to development of new, more sustainable materials for the world market”

22. Staging “We have been impressed with the public strategies we have reviewed, many of which have the potential to be ground-breaking if implemented effectively” “Everybody we interviewed was fully aware of the need to deliver sustainable Games and was committed to this objective” “We are particularly keen to see more effective management in areas where the Commercial team are not engaged, such as the Cultural Olympiad and Broadcasting” “Only 4 functional requirements have been issued and we could find evidence of implementation in only one function” “…we believe that legacy opportunities (to use equipment) should be fully explored…” “We welcome the role of the ODA, working with LOCOG and other partners, in managing the park and venues through Games-time and transition to legacy”

23. Legacy… “All we have seen so far is re-stating of existing initiatives and objectives and no new work to define what “a blueprint for sustainable living” should look like in legacy and who should be responsible for making it happen” “The Chair and CEO from the new legacy company, OPLC have both expressed personal commitment to the sustainability agenda” “The best example we have seen of legacy in action is the National Sailing Academy at Weymouth” “The challenge to increase sport participation and to ensure that the infrastructure and resources are available to meet that demand is a significant one” “…there is an urgent need for the wider coordination of this (learning legacy) activity to ensure all key legacy learning is captured and disseminated…”

24. Climate change… “The ODA’s energy strategy) represents current best practice but it is not future-proof” “With hindsight, more focus should have been placed on embodied impacts…” “We believe that the lessons learned from the carbon footprint exercise should not be lost” We are disappointed that it has not been possible to generate sources of renewable fuel The Olympic Park has been designed in accordance with best practice in climate change adaptation “We welcome the work in 2009 to establish a clear policy for use of HFCs”

25. Waste… “The ODA continue to set new standards in construction waste management” “LOCOG’s approach to Games-time waste is being thoroughly thought through” “…we have seen little evidence of (waste facilities to support LOCOG) happening…” “…the opportunity to do this in time for the Games has been lost…” “It is not yet completely clear how City Operations will deal with waste” “…de-manning after the Games could have a detrimental effect leading to greater use of landfill…”

26. Biodiversity… This work (to create 45 Hectares of new habitat and 102 Hectares of open space) is on schedule and well managed. “2010 will see substantially more work from LOCOG” “We suggest that the OPLC takes (food growing opportunities) into consideration in the development of the LMF” “Royal Parks Agency indicate that LOCOG has planned its work with great respect to the biodiversity” “LOCOG has committed to perform ecological walkovers for each venue and full surveys “if necessary”

27. Inclusion… “price of public transport for people travelling from destinations to London could be a significant issue” “there are currently no plans for permanent children’s play areas…we hope that children are made to feel welcome both during the Games and in legacy” “Compete For has been a success” “The performance in all areas is significantly better than the averages for the construction industry but the ambitious benchmarks set for women and disabled people have not been achieved” “One key element of an accessible Games will be ticket pricing. We will follow up this issue in 2010” “The ODA and LOCOG have given a significant profile to diversity in the workplace, in the planning for the games and among the supply chain. This is exemplary practice and should be considered as the standard other major projects aspire to”

28. Healthy living… We have raised issues of environmental health such as air quality in our previous reports, and the shortage or Environmental Health Officers in the Host Boroughs was raised in our food review “…encouraging better standards of catering in the construction industry and should be replicated by other major projects” “LOCOG’s Food Vision has the potential to set new standards…” “The healthy living theme is the least co-ordinated” “We welcome LOCOG’s standards for vehicles but there is also a significant impact to air quality from temporary generation” “There are many myths associated with the Olympic Route Network…” “cycling is currently the fastest growing sport but 10 other sports are suffering from falling numbers”

29. Executive summary “We are optimistic that the Games and venues will deliver against the sustainability promises..” “..we have been pleased to see Key Stakeholders rising to our challenge to deal with the controversial issues related to PVC and HFC.” “Broad promises (for a sustainable legacy) have been made in official documents…. With the exception of a few worthy initiatives, there is no comprehensive plan to make this happen.” “..we are concerned that the ambition to use the Games to inspire more sustainable behaviour will not be fully realised.”

30. And finally… • By the time the keys to the Olympic Park are handed over to OPLC in 2013, we expect that: • The sustainability objectives delivered by the ODA will be common practice in the construction industry and mandatory for all major public sector construction • The UK construction industry will have adopted targets for reducing embodied carbon impacts and will have clear guidance on how to do this • A clear definition of “blueprint for sustainable living” will be developed for the Olympic Park, in terms of the standards expected of developers, the way in which people will live differently and how they will be encouraged to do so • Plans will be in place for the Olympic Park to become a zero carbon development area by 2016 • Plans will be in place for substantial development of organic waste facilities in East London to supply renewable fuel for the Olympic Park and other developments • There will be a step change in the major events industry that enables measurable and assured improvements in sustainability • Athletes, officials, spectators and TV viewers will recall London 2012 as being distinctive for its sustainability

31. www.cslondon.org Shaun McCarthy shaun.mccarthy@cslondon.org 020 7593 8664 Thank you