A major tournament such as UEFA EURO 2012 touches on many economic, social and environmental aspects which are related to sustainability. Many of them, such as transport, procurement, workforce training, volunteerism, customer satisfaction, customer privacy, health and safety, and doping, are part of the core business of the organisation of the tournament.
In 2008, UEFA cooperated with the governments of Switzerland and Austria in their efforts to prepare a social responsibility report on UEFA EURO 2008. The report was inspired by the guidelines issued by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI; www.globalreporting.org) – the leading global network for sustainability reporting. Since then, UEFA has supported efforts to develop a specific sector supplement for event organisers (EOSS) and participated in the advisory board.
This social responsibility report is an important step, demonstrating UEFA’s clear commitment to football’s social responsibility. The report covers all aspects that were relevant to the tournament and under UEFA’s control or influence. It is a credit to those involved in UEFA EURO 2012 that social aspects of sustainability were improved on relative to UEFA EURO 2008, given the challenging political, economic and social circumstances.
Structure of the report
To distinguish between the different elements of UEFA EURO 2012, it was decided to divide this social responsibility report into three sections:
- The Stage
- The Tournament
- Behind the Scenes
These sections cover economic, social and environmental aspects relating to the following topics: access, animal welfare, charity, diversity, energy, fan culture, good governance, health, inclusion, infrastructure, procurement, safety, transport, waste, water and workforce.
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