Qatar Olympic Committee receives International Event Sustainable Management Certification – The Peninsula

Qatar Olympic Committee receives International Event Sustainable Management Certification – The Peninsula

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has been awarded with Event Sustainable Management Certification (ISO20121:2012 ESMS) during a certification ceremony held at the QOC Headquarters yesterday and attended by the QOC Secretary General and directors of departments.

ESMS award ceremony was also attended by Hussam Refaai, the CEO of Bureau Veritas (the granting company) and QOC’s employees.

This ESMS will help all organisations and individuals to make their sport events and related- activities more sustainable.

It also supports Qatar’s sustainable development objectives and meets the standards of Qatar’s 2030 National vision. In addition to reducing environmental, social, and economic negative impacts that result from organising the events while developing QOC’s relations with key stakeholders.

ESMS will create a work frame that will help achieving sustainable development standards in conformity with UN Sustainable Development Objectives and IOC’s standards that are backed by sustainable development principles such as: Inclusivity, Management, Integrity and Legacy.

Additionally, this system will enhance all event management operations in sequence, starting from concept, planning, implementation and auditing stages and post- events activities. It also reduces environment impact, boosts economic growth, and build up real sustainable communities.

Most notably, sustainability concept shave turned into practice during the second edition of 2022 QOC Beach Games held at