Sustainable Biz #5 - Magazine - Page 18
The Coca-Cola company
launches 100% recycled plastic
bottles* across Canada
“This means that no
virgin PET plastic
will be used for our
sparkling 500mL
bottles under normal
circumstances going
forward in Canada.”
A
lpine resorts covered with barren
slopes in the peak winter season.
Glaciers continuing to melt away.
Rising temperatures making skiing and
other snow sports virtually impossible.
This scenario is already playing out in parts
of the world as climate change threatens
the winter sports landscape and poses
daunting challenges for the future of the
Olympic Winter Games.
Kurt Ritter, Vice
President & General
Manager, Sustainability,
Coca-Cola North
America.
As
the International Olympic
Committee
(IOC)
100th anniversary
celebrates
the
of
the
Olympic Winter Games,
which
began
in Chamonix
1924,
in
concerns
are
mounting
long-term
that
over
the
impact
global
warming
have
on the
world’s
will
greatest
snow and ice
sports
festival.
With
greenhouse gas
emissions
causing a
steady
rise
in world
temperatures,
studies
indicate
that the
warming
will
weather
sharply
curtail
the number
of sites capable
of
hosting
future Olympic
Winter and
Paralympic Games.
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“We
need to address very
quickly
this
dramatic
impact
of climate
on
change
winter
sport,’’ I
¡
¢
OC
President
Thomas Bach said at the
141st
IOC Session
in Mumbai,
India,
in October.
mid-century,
will
“By
there
remain
practically
just
10-12 NOCs
£¤
(National
Olympic
Committees) who could
host
these
snow events.”
With
no time
to
waste,
the IOC
is
working
identify climate-reliable
and
to
infrastructure
Games locations
ready
to ensure
that the world’s
top skiers,
snowboarders,
sliders can
biathletes
and
compete
optimal
in the
in
conditions
decades
to come.
The¤
IOC is also
considering
other
measures
to protect
Olympic
Winter
Games:
the
a dual
allocation
of the
2034
2030
and
editions,
rotation of the Games
among
a
permanent
of hosts, and
the creation
pool
of a
decentralised hosting
modelto
reduce
the
costs of the Games.
¤
“There
is no doubt
that
we are
great
facing
challenges,
and¥
our goal is to ensure that
we
can continue
to host successful
¦
¡ Olympic
Winter
Games in
the future,’’
said Karl
Stoss, Chair
of the IOC’s Future
Host
Commission
for the
Olympic
Winter
“Each
¤
Games.
challenge means
risks and
opportunities.”
§
Finding
Olympic Winter
Games locations
the
with
right¥£
combination of geography,
venues,
financial backing
and§
climate
was
already
tough
conditions
enough.
Now,¡
with the
list of
potential hosts
expected to dwindle to a select few, the task
becomes
more pressing.
even
S USTAI N AB L E B I Z MAGAZINE
MAY 2024
