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Sustainable Social
and Human Development
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
Introduction
International Impact
National Impact
Cup™ embraces these principles and football as an instrument to promote social change. and help support the World Cup CSR initiatives.
poverty and social disenfranchisement and time-tested strategies rather than Thanks to football, a wide on HIV/AIDS prevention) ● Geographic reach: Various
in our inner cities and rural areas. simply building our own. And we will range of Americans already ● Geographic reach: New York City ● Geographic reach:
Just as education can bring issues use proven best practices to execute impact various aspects South Africa, Zambia, ● U.S. Ties: United States
like poverty to light, the surest path and measure our results. of people’s every day Zimbabwe, and eight Based in NYC, this ● U.S. Ties:
out of poverty is education. The 1959 Taken together, we are confident lives, from education to other countries organization was USC is primarily
United Nations Declaration of the that these efforts will make a FIFA health. We have seen that ● U.S. Ties: co-founded by two sponsored by the U.S.
Rights of the Child long ago recognized World Cup™ in the U.S. the most most of their efforts and American co-founders Americans, Chris Noble Soccer Foundation and
every child’s right to recreation and comprehensive educational initiative programs are isolated and Tommy Clark, Ethan and Spencer Dormitzer serves as an umbrella
play, proper nutrition and health care, ever undertaken in sports. independent. Our goal is Zohn, and Kirk Friedrich association that in turn
and education “rights” facilitated by A dedicated arm of the LOC to instill the One on One, have been instrumental Project Goal supports other football
sports such as football. management team will be solely One by One philosophy in developing ● Field of influence: organizations in the
In that regard, football is perhaps focused on the Sustainable Social to enhance, unify, and the organization Youth Education United States
more promising than other sports, and Human Development legacy maximize their efforts with ● G eographic reach:
since it is simultaneously “macro” and that a World Cup in the United a U.S.-hosted World Cup. Kick for Nick Foundation USA- Rhode Island and Soccer in the Streets
“micro:” macro because it is played in States will allow us to develop prior Here are some examples ● Field of Influence: Southern New England ● Field of influence:
more countries than any other sport, to, during, and after the event itself. of these American efforts Equipment gathering ● U.S. Ties: Youth Life Enhancement
and micro because it is intensely This management team will rely already in place around and distribution Project Goal’s regional ● G eographical reach:
personal. That combination makes on a steering committee that will the world: ● Geographic focus is in Southern New U.S. urban communities
football a unique and formidable be created through the integration reach: Iraq England in the U.S. ● U.S. Ties:
tool to affect children on both an of representatives from all of the ● U.S. Ties: Based in Atlanta,
individual level and on a broader, different entities involved, ranging Founder Ken Darley of the organization
more sweeping scale. The U.S. will from FIFA, the LOC, the LOC’s Wilton, Connecticut targets underserved
maximize that opportunity if selected Chief Sustainability Officer, the U.S. was inspired to start communities and has
to host the FIFA World Cup™. Soccer Federation, the U.S. Soccer the Foundation by the engaged children in
Foundation, Major League Soccer, story of Nick Madaras, more than 75 U.S. cities
and representatives of our proposed an American soldier and
Host Cities. The steering committee’s passionate football fan
main purpose will be to ensure who distributed footballs
alignment of our efforts. to Iraqi children as a
hobby but died in battle
The U.S. will Encourage People Overall, the need for continued The Millennium
to Address the Millennium
public campaigning for the
Development
MDGs remains high. The recent
Development Goals
economic crisis has made it even
Goals:
The Millennium Development Goals more imperative to persist with the 1) Eradicate extreme
adopted in 2001 are the province of poverty and hunger
awareness campaign and maintain aid
2) Achieve universal
the entire world, rich and poor alike. volume commitments. primary education
From urban to rural dwellers, from the These challenges may appear 3) Promote gender equality
educated to the uneducated, we will all insurmountable at times. This is and empower women
benefit when the MDGs are met. The where a FIFA World Cup™ in the U.S. 4) Reduce child mortality
challenge is how to bring home to the offers the promise of the possible. 5) Improve maternal health
developed world the crises the MDGs 6) Combat HIV/AIDS,
To confront these challenges, we
malaria, and other
are intended to address. We feel that propose three flagship projects that, diseases
our One on One, One by One philosophy paired with our One on One, One by One 7) Ensure environmental
will help communicate and empower philosophy and the unifying force of sustainability
individuals to make a small difference. football, will make an impact. Each of 8) Develop a global Bono and Al Gore are among the public figures already supporting the MDGs.
According to the United Nations them addresses the MDGs. partnership for
Millennium Campaign, the MDGs development
These projects are
have become the cornerstone of highlighted below: 2) We propose to expand FIFA’s 3) We will use the powerful “One on
development planning, performance “20 Centres for 2010” concept to One, One by One” concept to create
assessment, and public engagement in 1) We propose to create a “World Cup all of FIFA’s Confederations by Football X-Change, a network that
the global fight against poverty. From of Life” campaign, encouraging supporting and incorporating the will help individuals, cities, teams,
the Pope and the Catholic Church people to “fill the World’s Cup” by spirit of football into the most athletes, and countries find “their
to imams in Indonesia and Nigeria, buying “water for life” for people in important multi-disciplinary perfect match,” whether it be
from superstars like Ronaldo, Bono, the developing world. This program approach to the MDGs, the identifying programs to support,
and Angelina Jolie to street musicians will specifically focus on the issue of Millennium Villages Project. or sharing best practices or even
in Cape Town, the call of the MDGs water, targeting what we consider to Accordingly, we plan to work with micro-financing a specific initiative
has blossomed into a massive global be at the root of all the MDGs. THE GAME IS IN ME the prestigious economist and in their own community or the
movement striving to achieve a just — Binto Special UN Advisor, Dr. Jeffrey D. developing world.
world without poverty. Sachs, the director of the Earth
While it is important to celebrate Institute at Columbia University, to Following are details behind
the successes of the first 10 years, there include an innovative and exciting these concepts.
is no denying that progress has been football program in the design
uneven across geographies and goals. of MDG-centered interventions
undertaken in the villages.
More than 1.1 billion people of the world’s population are without clean drinking water.
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education and reducing dropout rates. coach. Through football, girls can
By ensuring that only students can also expand their social networks,
participate in the football activities, gain freedom of expression and — Marsha Capoluongo
the program aims to compel children movement, and build a sense of
to attend school. The school-based entitlement and ownership of their
meals and nutritional curricula will bodies. The program will also focus
also operate at the school level and boys’ attention on healthier choices.
offer students an additional incentive While enjoying their passion
to ensure they remain engaged. for football, boys will learn the
Finally, coaches and assistant coaches capabilities and contributions of
will help tutor children before and girls and women, which in turn can
after training sessions to ensure they help reshape male perceptions of
remain in good academic standing. appropriate female roles.
but that they are “matched” by just as History shows us time and time
many people who want to help them. again that simple actions – One
Passback has developed a national on One, One by One – can make a
network of volunteers (mostly lasting impact, particularly on youth.
high school and middle school Numerous models already exist that
students), who collect equipment for demonstrate the effectiveness of
redistribution to the less fortunate. matchmaking across borders as a
Hosting the World Cup could provide means of achieving larger social goals.
the springboard to expand and adapt This is as true on the football pitch as
this concept to engage young adults to it is in the larger world.
“pass back” their time and knowledge The flagship programs proposed
to create a flow of ideas from city to by the U.S.A. will for the first time
city and continent to continent. This empower people – One on One, One by
“twinning” concept lends itself to One – to take responsibility and play Sustainability
many different iterations: a part in helping to make the world in Action
a better place through the common The city of Seattle has
force of football. Football X-Change will serve as a social network to match
undertaken an aggressive
causes, programs and individuals around the world.
recycling campaign, and has
recently added a composting
element to it. Qwest Field
is committed to meeting
a 60 percent recycling/
composting goal by the time
of a FIFA World Cup™.
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enrichment in addition to football. crime/violence, and education. The
U.S. Soccer Foundation has already
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Leveraging Volunteers. The program demonstrated success in this area,
capitalizes on existing teachers most visibly with America Scores, a
— Rio supported by local university reading and literacy program that the
students, high school leaders, Foundation nurtured and supported
and community volunteers. The from a fledging Washington, D.C.,
program partners with corporate initiative to a widely-recognized
Sustainability sponsors and invites their national program today.
in Action employees to sign up as homework
Sustainability is an helpers, volunteer coaches/mentors,
academic subject and guest speakers (topics to
introduced to Baltimore
include healthy lifestyles, goal-
elementary school students,
and it will become a high setting, staying in school, etc.).
school subject, too, in 2011.
5.2
5.3
5.4
Introduction
Engagement Plan
5.1
Introduction
The U.S. will make the FIFA World Environmental Challenges
Cup™ a self-sustaining energy event as
well as a “living showcase” that connects The world faces a series of
people to novel technologies and new environmental challenges that all
behaviors that benefit our planet. The of us – business, government, and
gravitational pull of the World Cup will civil society – must face together.
draw people in and change them from The core issues include climate
passive observers to eager activists change, energy, water, deforestation,
working toward a goal that all of us – in biodiversity loss, chemicals and
every country – can share. A FIFA World toxics, air and water pollution, waste
Cup™ in the U.S. will be a call to action. management, ozone layer depletion,
It will represent bold thinking and big and the rapid decline of our oceans.
n the United States World A sustainable goals that reflect the optimism and In an article that was published by
Cup bid, Chapters 4 and 5 are FIFA World Cup™ energy so characteristic of both FIFA the Los Angeles Times on November
is not window and our country. 30, 2009, U.S. media personality Jeff
designed to work in tandem dressing or A sustainable FIFA World Cup™ Corwin described the world’s current
to ensure that a FIFA World something that
is not window dressing or something situation: “Somewhere on Earth, every
that would be “nice to have.” To the 20 minutes, one animal species dies
Cup™ in the U.S. would be the would be “nice U.S., a sustainable World Cup is the out. At this rate, we will lose 50 percent
largest and most successful to have.” To the only option. of all species by the end of the century.
U.S., a sustainable Time is running out to turn the tide.”
sustainability-themed World Cup is the In some areas, such as the ozone
movement in the world. What only option. How FIFA’s vision and layer and certain air regions, we are
seeing improvement. But most natural
we outlined in the previous past American environmental
systems are in serious decline. Putting
initiatives have inspired
chapter is in many ways linked aside some controversies and political
the U.S. World Cup proposal
to this chapter, for we feel wrangling, the science on climate
The world is at a tipping point. So say change is overwhelming. The world
that sustainable social and human development scientists and business and political is warming and humans are behind
along with environmental responsibility require an leaders around the world, in a rare it. Our choices in energy sources tie
consensus. The task of our generation directly to climate and to local air
extraordinary level of coordination to ensure that is to address these significant quality and health.
our commitments are fully realized. environmental issues. The manner in Water issues are easily identified
which we do so – in a way that protects – when regions face droughts and
If the U.S. is selected to host the 2018 or 2022 the needs of both current and future millions of people die of water-borne
FIFA World Cup™, we will go beyond the expected. generations – will be our legacy. illness, there is no debate on the
We will use the best part of ourselves on behalf Understanding the challenges we face science. Land use and deforestation
is the very first step. are not only creating roughly 20
of the world community created by football. By dedicating the FIFA World Cup™ percent of the greenhouse gas
We will propose universal ideas that are put to sustainability in all its forms, the problem, but are also contributing
U.S. acknowledges that the future mightily to what is being considered
into practice community by community. We will is upon us and that we will take “the sixth extinction event” in the
mobilize the football world and empower one responsibility for it. five-billion-year history of the planet.
The consensus among biologists is
person at a time, One on One, One by One. Each that the earth is faced with a mounting
and every fan who witnesses the matches in loss of species that threatens to rival
the stadium or on television in more than 200 the five great mass extinctions of the
geological past.
countries around the world has a stake in the
future and will be encouraged to play a role and
make a change.
● A 50 percent improvement
in recycling and waste diversion
by 2015
National parks in the U.S. provide
more than 340,000 square kilometers of protected land.
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In the end, the U.S. sustainability
2) We will set new standards in green platform will provide FIFA with
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operations and set tactical goals for something very different. Our Bid
the event such as: campaign's tagline is “The Game is
— Marc and in US.” But it is not about us. We are
Huges Porret ● Water neutrality merely the means to a very important
● Zero waste to landfill end. In partnership with FIFA and the
● Zero fossil fuels in FIFA World Cup™ our legacy will aim
energy generation to touch the world as a whole.
● Zero fossil fuels in FIFA-
provided transportation
● 100 percent compliance
by suppliers and vendors to
sustainability standards
● 100 percent organic food
sourced locally
● Less than 20 percent of attendees
arriving by combustion engine
vehicles to the matches
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5.2
Since all data required for a full ● 11 million kilowatt hours of
assessment are not yet available and electricity to power stadia for
the final venues to host games have yet 64 matches
to be selected, an estimate was derived
using averages obtained from cities ● 4 million kilowatt hours of
and stadia across the U.S.A. For each electricity to power the IBC for
Environmental Action Plan for of the 30-plus venues initially under eight months
consideration by the Bid Committee,
the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™ we collected core environmental ● 352 million kilometers of fan travel
metrics for sold-out matches. Each to the stadiums on day-of-game
stadium provided us with data on
energy use (day and night matches), ● 311,000 kilometers of team, FIFA
The Greening Strategy The LOC will take a holistic and What gets water use, and waste produced. This Family, and LOC travel during the
systematic approach to make a positive
measured gets data gave us a starting point for entire tournament
Without a doubt, professional sporting impact on global environmental, estimating what the 64-match FIFA
events require enormous resources. energy, water, waste, and climate
managed, and World Cup™ impact would entail, ● 114 million liters of water used at
In advance of the event, many change issues. But before establishing we will make using today’s stadia and technologies. stadiums for 64 matches
thousands of fans and workers travel strategies and tactics for reducing our a commitment This is an important point: The
to the region and commute to the impact as far as possible, we have to to metrics a core resulting estimates give us a baseline ● 6,000 tons of waste from stadia and
different venues, and FIFA executives start with data. What gets measured principle of our “as is,” if we do nothing else to reduce media centers
and officials, along with players and gets managed, and we will make a environmental impacts. As we will show, our aggressive
team management, travel to the commitment to metrics a core principle
action plan. goals will aim to dramatically reduce Please note that the estimates above
matches. As the matches get underway, of our environmental action plan. these footprint elements. do not yet include merchandise and
the venues themselves require Let us start now with an estimate Still, the potential “as is” footprint supply chains or national/international
extensive grid power and generators of the direct footprint of staging the of a U.S.-hosted World Cup reveals fan travel on non-match days.
for lighting, heating and cooling, and 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™. some sobering statistics and identifies At current energy use (and using
all other operations. The attendees areas where more quantifiable data current data on the electric grids the
use thousands of liters of water in will be required. Based on preliminary stadia draw from), and at current travel
bathrooms, and the stadia use more The Footprint of a FIFA World analysis and calculations in areas profiles for fans on match day (mix of
water in food preparation and cleaning. considered under the direct control of cars and buses), and including all the
Cup™ in the U.S.
Excited fans often leave many tons of FIFA and the LOC (these areas will be travel done by participating players,
trash, frequently not recycled. The first step in achieving explained in detail in the upcoming the FIFA Family and the LOC, and the
We consider these to be just some environmental sustainability goals is pages), the staging of the FIFA World International Broadcast Center (IBC),
of the direct impacts of running an to quantify the current environmental Cup™ would generate the following the direct climate impact would be
event. In our proposal, we also look footprint or baseline. This establishes environmental impacts: on the order of 30,650 metric tons of
at larger impacts that lie elsewhere. a starting point and forms the basis carbon dioxide.
Every piece of merchandise, food, to identify and implement actions to CO 2 Emissions from a U.S. – The LOC has already accounted for
paper, and packaging sold or used at mitigate or eliminate environmental hosted FIFA World Cup™, a line item in its budget to offset the
the match comes from somewhere… impacts. As shown on the pie chart estimated using today’s stadium footprint of these estimations as a last
and those “upstream” impacts in on the next page, the U.S. has and city data. resort after having implemented all of
the procurement chain are far larger preliminarily quantified the core (figures represent metric tons) our proposed deterrent plans.
than the event itself. Thus, in close operational environmental impact of a
cooperation with FIFA, we will address FIFA World Cup™ held in the U.S.
them as critical elements of our Stadia 3,359
greening strategy.
IBC 2,457
FIFA Travel
3,007
Fan Transportation
21,825
* S ource: Domani
(U.S.-based environmental consulting firm).
The World Cup will seek to leave the smallest possible impact on the environment.
Public transportation plays a major role in the U.S. plans to reduce the event's carbon footprint.
● The New York World Cup Stadium ● New York World Cup Stadium ● New York World Cup Stadium
uses only compostable serving initiatives: initiatives:
Sustainability in Action items in the concessions, including
plates, cups, cup holders/carriers, Has a parking-by-permit-only Energy Star office equipment
During the years leading up to a U.S.- boats, etc. All compostable items system, with one permit issued (cordless telephones, computers,
hosted FIFA World Cup™, the LOC will are sent to local farms for mulch or for every four general admission monitors, printers, faxes, copiers,
continue to work in close relationship other uses or go directly to a state- tickets, thereby encouraging scanners, water coolers).
with our proposed stadia, which certified compost facility nearby. car pooling. Compact fluorescent bulbs
in many cases are already working During the stadium design and or high-efficiency tube
diligently to be at the forefront of the ● Seattle’s Husky Stadium is working construction phases, a new fluorescents for all fixtures
sustainability movement in their daily with the city to increase recycling to $200 million, on-site, mass throughout the stadium.
operations. Following are just some 60 percent by 2012 transit rail system was built to Alternative-fuel vehicles for
examples of these ongoing efforts: encourage guests to take public onsite use (gators, carts, etc).
Energy rail transportation. Use of 30 percent post-consumer
Water On-site shuttle buses and support recycled paper in office and for
● The New York World Cup Stadium services vehicles use alternative all stadium publications; 100
● Philadelphia's World Cup Stadium employs a range of energy-saving fuel or hybrid technology. percent recycled material in soft-
cut water use 53 percent with technologies, reducing per square Transit checks – a benefits tissue products.
diaphragms in toilets and cutting meter energy use by more than 30 program that allows users to pay Use of green products for
back to 0.5 gallons per flush percent. Specific actions include: for their commute using pre-tax cleaning purposes (floor wax,
dollars – are offered to employees carpet shampoo, window
● The Rose Bowl has installed 250 Use of energy efficient and to reduce automobile trips and cleaning, etc.). Any new company
waterless urinals, saving millions of USEPA Energy-Star compliant promote use of mass transit. recruited for cleaning services
gallons of water equipment (e.g., concession at the new stadium requires the
equipment) and lighting. ● Seattle has installed a light-rail use of environmentally-friendly
● The Phoenix World Cup Stadium Use of Direct Digital Control and line from the airport to downtown cleaning products (Green Seal
purchased hydro-scrubbing Heating, Ventilating, and Air Seattle, where Qwest Field is Standards GS-37).
machines that use 75 percent less Conditioning (HVAC) controls to located, and a local street-car line Development of green
water than traditional scrubbers manage energy use. will be running by 2013. The city procurement standard
Concession Equipment: All also has a robust bike system, and specifications for maintenance-
● At the New York World Cup refrigerators, freezers, deep fryers, plans are in place for 2,500 electric related RFPs.
Stadium, four measures alone will dishwashers, hot-food cabinets, car-charging stations.
generate 8.9 million gallons per ice machines, and steam cookers
year in savings: (1) synthetic turf; are Energy Star compliant. ● Dallas area transit buses are
(2) waterless urinals; (3) drought changing to natural gas and project
resistant, low irrigation native ● The Philadelphia Eagles that light rail and buses will handle
plantings; and (4) granite-dust have reduced energy use 42 50 percent of stadium attendees.
parking medians. The stadium percent thanks to conservation, THE GAME IS IN ME
also uses an on-site lagoon system building-management systems — Amari McTavish ● Miami utilizes people-powered
(bio-retention systems) for storm (centralized heating control), pedicabs to transport people to and
sewer and rainwater collection to and lighting retrofits. from parking lots at their stadia.
control runoff rates and to serve as
a sedimentation basin to settle out
solids. No additional storm water
retention systems are needed as a
result of the use of the lagoons.
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in formal brainstorm sessions, helped DOMANI Consulting
craft the U.S. vision, and contributed to
the U.S. Bid Book. ● Lou Vasta, President, — David Bairdow
The panel was led by Special Vasta & Associates
Sustainability Advisor Andrew
Winston, author and globally ● Freya Williams, Senior Partner and
recognized expert on green business, Planning Director, OgilvyEarth
and included:
take a different approach if granted around the globe and that is aimed
the honor of hosting the FIFA World to lower the carbon footprint of
Cup™. To mark our journey, we will all participants. The FIFA Sustainability Expo We will engage the media to spread
create “annual stepping stones” the word by arranging tours for them
and implement tools along with ● We will also create the FIFA Give The U.S. proposes to create a FIFA to view, participate in, and write about
campaigns, some of them intended and Go social online network, Sustainability Expo in the Host Cities, these centers. We will create school
to start soon after the LOC is fully which will allow fans around the Fan Fests and stadia to demonstrate science-fair competitions related to
established. Key dates for these world to express and exchange the newest technologies and freshest environmental sustainability and
campaigns include the annual Earth ideas on sustainability. ideas for building a sustainable showcase the best ideas at these
Day, the Millennium Development world. We will transform specific events. We will enlist national team
Goals announcement in 2015, the U.S. ● And finally, we will propose to areas around the World Cup stadia players to champion the program. We
National Parks Centennial celebration FIFA the inclusion of a new visual and other official venues to engaging will encourage sponsors to promote
in 2016, and the 2017/2021 FIFA element to the existing FIFA Fair places where people can learn and the Expo through their respective
Confederations Cup, among others. share best practices on sustainable activation programs.
Play program that will serve as
A FIFA World lifestyles – all under the theme of the
To achieve the ambitious goals we a worldwide salute to shared The FIFA Sustainability Expo will be
have established, the U.S. proposes to responsibility for our planet and
Cup™ in the World Cup. The FIFA Sustainability designed to engage U.S. communities
launch the following initiatives: our future. U.S. will be Expo will be a “living showcase” in recycling, the first step in any
a resounding call connecting people to new technologies environmental sustainability
to action. It will that advance FIFA’s core topics of initiative. While some American cities
have bold goals water, waste, energy, transportation, already have recycling programs,
and thinking, procurement, and climate change. others do not. The FIFA Sustainability
Expo concept will not only transform
reflecting the
World Cup stadia into learning centers
optimism and but transform communities into
energy that are recycling centers, leaving a physical
characteristic of legacy for the future.
the United States.
Sample of the FIFA World Cup™ Carbon Challenge Flight Footprint Calculator
Source: www.carbonfund.org/jetblue
FIFA Fair Play has become a universal While our proposed programs and
symbol. Football fans the world over campaigns will reach every ticket
recognize the yellow flag and blue Fair holder at the stadia as well as every
Play symbols as a reminder and an attendee at a FIFA Fan FestTM, World
inspiration to “the ten golden rules” Cup viewers in the billions will also be
that “reinforce the sense of fraternity a key audience for our sustainability
and cooperation among the members messaging before and during the
of the worldwide football family.” broadcast of the 2018/2022 FIFA
The tenth golden rule of Fair Play World Cup™. During the event, we
is to “Use football to make a better will encourage viewers at home to
world.” As FIFA states, “Football has take simple actions, such as changing
an incredible power, which can be their cable boxes to “conserve energy”
used to make this world a better place mode, or turning the lights off in
in which everyone can live. Use this other rooms in the house. These are
powerful platform to promote peace, relatively simple tasks that have broad
equality, health, and education for reach and even broader implications.
everyone. Make the game better, As part of its World Cup broadcast
take it to the world, and you will be package, FIFA regularly negotiates
fostering a better world.” the right to air public service
FIFA’s Fair Play initiative has announcements (PSAs). It is our
inspired the U.S. to propose the next understanding that many of these
generation of “Fair Play” for the PSAs have gone unused in past World
2018/2022 FIFA World Cup™. This Cup events. The U.S. proposes to work
concept will be an extension of the with FIFA to identify opportunities to
Fair Play movement, enhanced in maximize the PSA platform to express Our goal is to inspire all fans to take action.
● Climate Change at the operational level universities, staff the new face of
Physical Changes
for the LOC. and volunteers sustainability worldwide
● Activating even
Rather than bricks and mortar,
Some of the tangible
changes that a U.S.-hosted
● Savings from
FIFA and LOC
Legacy Organization
In response to FIFA’s call to
greater volunteerism
through football
a U.S.-hosted FIFA World Cup™ will
World Cup will leave as
part of its environmental
procurement policies
● Savings from participant
utilize the power of football
to address sustainability, Realizing these legacies
be built on human capital. Rather
sustainability legacy are: recycling and other
sustainability efforts
we envision delivering
a legacy that will serve
will serve notice to
everyone that the FIFA
than goods and people traveling,
● Permanent changes to
the venues in the years Strength in Partnership
as a guide for the global
football community to
World Cup™ – more than
any event in the world –
it will be our ideas that move.
leading up to and during
the event
The creation of expanded
partnerships working
further incorporate the
importance of a healthy
is serious and prepared
to deliver measurable
And rather than expending energy,
● Host City initiatives that