The SportAccord International Convention has signed an agreement with the leading global engineering consultancy and programme management company, CH2M HILL, to create and deliver a sustainable event management programme for the Convention over the next two years.
As the Official Sustainability & Legacy Partner, CH2M HILL will work with the SportAccord Convention stakeholders to set performance based standards and means to measure performance over the next two years, introducing a sustainability session on the programme, and event management measures in 2010 in Dubai to be built on for when the event visits London in 2011.
“Our first experience of the SportAccord Convention in 2009 was extremely positive in our home town of Denver. The continued relationship is a fantastic opportunity to work with the most influential international sports industry convention around, to help the industry understand what sustainability means and how to incorporate and deliver it in major event planning using a real time example in the convention. CH2M HILL is very active in both Dubai and London and each has their own different sustainability issues and programmes, which we are very much a part of. Therefore with the SportAccord International Convention visiting these two great cities in the next two years it provides a great opportunity for CH2M HILL to showcase its work and cement its position in the major sports events market.” Jacqueline Rast, President-Major Programmes, CH2M HILL
“Agreeing this partnership with CH2M HILL is a great win for us. We met them in Denver in 2009 and were immediately impressed by the work they are doing around the world. As an International Convention representing world sport we felt that we wanted to help share knowledge and understanding of what sustainability in sport means and whether sport can act as a catalyst for the introduction of sustainability programmes in cities and regions around the world. It is also very important for us as a Convention to start our own sustainability journey and make sure we are doing all we can over the coming years to demonstrate sustainable event management best practice and to bring cutting edge sustainability and legacy expertise to the programme. We do not have the expertise in house therefore CH2M HILL’s knowledge and guidance will be invaluable to us over the next few years and we look forward to the relationship building as we move from Dubai in 2010 to London in 2011.” Anna Hellman, Executive Director, SportAccord International Convention
