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London Olympics

Athletes' footprints make the hunt for green medals a daunting challenge
Athletes' footprints make the hunt for green medals a daunting challenge

Study assessing how sporting federations can lower the huge ecological impacts of elite athletes has pertinent lessons for businesses

  • Management
  • 18 February 2014
Dow promises to offset travel for Sochi Winter Olympics
Dow promises to offset travel for Sochi Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics seeks to make travel to and from Games 'carbon neutral' through investment in a portfolio of emission reduction projects

  • Offsets
  • 01 November 2013
Brazilian Olympic squad gets tips from Carbon Trust

Delegation set to travel to London to find out how UK prepared for huge surges in power demand

  • Management
  • 01 August 2013
Olympic Delivery Authority shows how green teamwork is key to success
Olympic Delivery Authority shows how green teamwork is key to success

The BusinessGreen Leaders Awards Sustainability Team of the Year reveals how embedding sustainability targets into contracts helped deliver green Olympic success

  • Infrastructure
  • 15 July 2013
London 2012 says farewell with final green report
London 2012 says farewell with final green report

Evaluation shows Olympic Games avoided 400 kilotons of CO2 and achieved zero waste to landfill

  • Management
  • 12 December 2012
Interview: The Olympics will always lead the race to be greener

As London 2012's sustainability team issues its final report, David Stubbs talks to BusinessGreen about the green successes from this year's Games

  • Management
  • 12 December 2012
London Olympics celebrates carbon savings record

New report says London 2012 was greenest ever, but highlights key failings

  • Management
  • 15 November 2012
In the Green Room with Coca Cola's Katherine Symonds
In the Green Room with Coca Cola's Katherine Symonds

The woman in charge of cutting Coke's environmental impact during the Olympic Games explains her passion for solar-powered jet packs and Radio 4 presenters

  • Management
  • 08 October 2012
Coca-Cola urges government to deliver national standard for recycling bins

Drinks giant's Olympics' experience reveals clearer communications and standardised collection points can help boost recycling rates

  • Recycling
  • 04 October 2012
UK throwing out £25m a year by sending clothes to landfill

New WRAP research calls for drastic increase in textile recycling, as UNITE donates 7,000 Olympic wares to charity

  • Recycling
  • 13 September 2012
EDF claims delayed Olympic biofuel could still leave a lasting legacy
EDF claims delayed Olympic biofuel could still leave a lasting legacy

Utility hopes Rio 2016 Olympic Games will use its new elephant grass biofuel for torch and cauldron, despite missing 2012 deadline

  • Biofuel
  • 15 August 2012
Nike and Adidas race to develop greener sportswear technology

Kenyan marathon runner Abel Kirui won silver dressed in recycled plastic bottles, as Adidas unveils DryDye partnership

  • Technology
  • 14 August 2012
London 2012 - False start or head start for green business?
London 2012 - False start or head start for green business?

Shaun McCarthy looks back over a fortnight of sporting glory to evaluate how sustainable the Olympic Games really was

  • Management
  • 13 August 2012
Some green thoughts on the Olympics

The venues’ green credentials have been impressive, but the real environmental legacy of London 2012 is found in the unerring commitment the Games require

  • Politics
  • 10 August 2012
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2012: Balfour Beatty puts building blocks in place for greener construction

Sustainability team of the year reveals plans to build on green Olympics success by becoming a major player in delivering the Green Deal

  • Buildings
  • 07 August 2012
Closed Loop Recycling's Olympic legacy leads green job creation push
Closed Loop Recycling's Olympic legacy leads green job creation push

Dagenham-based plastic recycling plant heads flurry of green investment announcements as Air Products starts work on 50MW green gas facility in Tees Valley

  • Investment
  • 06 August 2012
What Twenty Twelve can teach sustainability professionals

Ask yourself what would Kay Hope do, and then do the precise opposite

  • Management
  • 01 August 2012
Green watchdog hails low-carbon Olympic cauldron

Organisers failed to use biogas to fuel Olympic flame, but efficient design meant giant steel cauldron weighed just 16 tonnes

  • Management
  • 31 July 2012
Olympic Park erects wind turbines after all

Seven Quiet Revolution vertical axis wind turbines deployed to provide renewable energy to Olympic Park’s lighting infrastructure

  • Wind
  • 31 July 2012
Top 10 green Olympic facts

As London prepares to fire the starting gun on the 2012 Olympic Games, BusinessGreen runs down the event's top sustainable achievements

  • Facilities
  • 27 July 2012
Games Lanes become hydrogen highways with new fuel cell taxis

VIPs to be treated to five new hydrogen-powered, zero-emission black cabs

  • Automotive
  • 23 July 2012
WWF awards London 2012 bronze medal for sustainability efforts

New report from WWF and BioRegional hails greenest Games yet, but warns of failures in major areas

  • Management
  • 20 July 2012
EDF fires starting pistol on smart metered Olympics

Real-time monitoring technology to track and publicly report on energy use at Olympic venues

  • Efficiency
  • 19 July 2012
Recyclebank launches green travel summer giveaway
Recyclebank launches green travel summer giveaway

Pledge to change your travel plans during the Olympics and you could receive free reward points

  • Marketing
  • 13 July 2012
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