Presented by Tzila Katzel IUCN SA

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• Presented by Tzila Katzel (IUCN SA)
• ICLEA International Symposium on Greening Events,
  2004, Barcelona

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Partners and Donors
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Contents

• Principles of GWSSD
• Objectives
• Project components
• Interventions
• Lessons learned successes and challenges
• Legacy
• Greening Campaign
• Greening Events Handbook
• JCL

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The GWSSD Mission

• To ensure the organisation and management of WSSD
  was planned and executed in a manner that
  demonstrated best environmental practice
• Made significant contributions to enabling
  Sustainable development in SA
• Led to global benefit

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Objectives/Indicators

• To create a model for hosting green events
• Minimise the negative environmental impact of
  WSSD
• To build national capacity to host green events
• To raise awareness of environmental best practice
• To improve environmental performance by improving
  infrastructure.

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Project Components

• Component 1 Policy Development to encourage best
  practice
• Component 2 Implementation and demonstration of
  environmental best practice
• Component 3 Public Awareness and education

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Interventions

• Procurement
• Transport
• Water management
• Waste
• Responsible Tourism/hospitality
• BKB provincial campaign
• Consumption Barometer
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Jowsco office greening

• Showcasing Best Practice
• JCL carbon mitigation
• Exhibition guidelines
• EIAs for landuse changes
• Green Energy
• Training
• Project Data Base
• Gauteng Provincial Government Initiatives
• Public Awareness

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Procurement

• Sustainable procurement/green procurement
• Green procurement policy
• Tender integration
• Tender evaluation
• Challenges MOU
• Challenges Monitoring compliance

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Waste

• NO MORE WASTE
• Separation bins
• Waste stream management
• Education is vital
• Relevant partnerships
• Reduce, recycle, reuse

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Statistics

• Waste 330 tonnes (17 August 4 Sep)
• Recycling approximately 27 of solid waste
• Energy 2408 MWh used
• Green energy 26.7 of energy consumed
• Water - 11 466kl
• Carbon emissions 120 000 tonnes
• Carbon offset 40 through JCL

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Analysis of indicators

• Leaving a Greening Legacy Guidelines for event
  greening (www.iucn.org/publications/greening)
• Baseline data
• Voluntary participation
• Time constraints

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Key Lessons Learned

• Timing is everything.
• Full integration with the events management
  company
• Buy-in from all stakeholders
• Political champions
• Focus on influencing behaviour
• Activity based partnerships with business and
  government
• Post event component

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Legacy

• Leaving a Greening Legacy Guidelines fro event
  greening
• Johannesburg Climate Legacy
• National Environmental Awareness Campaign
• Sustainable Procurement

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Conclusion

• Not yet 100 green
• Sustainable development in action
• Leaving legacy
• Framework for Event Greening
• Catalyst for environmental best practice in South
  Africa

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The Challenge now is to build on this precedent
and maintain the momentum for event greening into
the future.

• Reference Bailie, A. GWSSD Lessons Learned
  Report, 2003. www.iucn.org/publications/gwssdll