Event organizers will benefit from observation and critique of
their certification applications by team of sustainability professionals.
In a joint release today, Waste Management (NYSE:WM) and the Council for
Responsible Sport announced a significant enhancement to the Council’s
event certification program. Waste Management’s Sustainability Services
team will become the primary on-the-ground evaluators for events
applying for Council certification in 2016.
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“Having worked closely with Council staff on certification of the 2013
and 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournaments, we know how
valuable third-party observation of an event can be for an event
organizer,” said Tom Carpenter, Waste Management’s Sustainability
Services director. “We look forward to adding value to the Council for
Responsible Sport’s innovative program of sustainable event
certification in the coming year.”
Ethan Nelson, Council Board Chair, added: “We are pleased to welcome the
Waste Management Sustainability Services team onboard as our primary
evaluators for events for 2016. Waste Management Sustainability Services
is a nationwide network of environmental professionals with vast project
management experience. This team is well versed in other industry
sustainability processes including those provided by the International
Standards Organization, Global Reporting Initiative, and the Carbon
Disclosure Project.”
Nelson went on to say: “While on-site evaluation has always been a basic
tenet of the Council’s certification process, and the best way to assure
compliance with our certification standards, the addition of the Waste
Management team will have a tremendously positive impact on our
certification program going forward. Event organizers will benefit
greatly from having an experienced, objective, professional observer
offer suggestions for improving efforts and implementing additional
sustainability initiatives at future events.”
In their role as primary evaluators, the Waste Management team will
confirm on-the-ground implementation of an event applicant’s
sustainability plans and policies, document what they observe, and
create a list of observations and recommendations for improvement. Waste
Management will only evaluate events where there are no conflicts.
The calendar of events applying for Council certification in 2016 is
still being finalized, but it is anticipated that the Waste Management
team will evaluate the following events: IAAF World Indoor Track & Field
Championships in Portland, Oregon; TD Five Boro Bike Tour in New York
City; U.S. Olympic Trials – Track & Field in Eugene, Oregon; Bank of
America Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago; Bank of America Chicago Marathon;
Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington, Virginia; Eversource Hartford
Marathon in Hartford, Connecticut; and TD Beach to Beacon 10 K in Cape
Elizabeth, Maine. Other events will be added to the evaluation schedule
throughout the year.
ABOUT THE COUNCIL FOR RESPONSIBLE SPORT
The Council’s vision is a world where responsibly produced sports events
are the norm and its mission is to provide objective, independent
verification of the socially and environmentally responsible work event
organizers are doing to make a difference in their communities. The
current version of the Council’s Certification standards (v.4.2) was
developed by an outside working group of both sustainability and sport
industry experts, reviewed by a wide range of stakeholders throughout
2013 and implemented in January 2014. www.CouncilforResponsibleSport.org.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of
comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its
subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and
resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading
developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in
the United States. The company’s customers include residential,
commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North
America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com
or www.thinkgreen.com.
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