Environmental

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

The FIS Nordic Ski WM Val di Fiemme 2003 are the first eco-certified event at world level.
The Val di Fiemme is a point of reference for cross-country skiing.

Generally speaking, important events have a great environmental impact that alters, temporarily or permanently, the balance of the place that hosts them. This will not be case of the Nordic Ski World Championships of Val di Fiemme, thanks to a system of environmental

management that will help the organising committee to prevent, manage and improve the environmental impact of the sporting event of 2003. For the implementation of this project the organising committee can count on the collaboration of the Neotron Qualità S.r.l. a specialised counselling board, which will help it to implement a system of environmental management in compliance with the international UNI EN ISO 14001 regulation. More specifically, the project involves the assessment of the most important impacts caused by the world championships and the study of preventive and corrective measures to be taken.

In this sense, the separate collection of rubbish will be enhanced during the event and the level of electromagnetic pollution caused by antennas and radio links will be constantly monitored. Great attention will be attached to the reduction of atmospheric emissions caused by transportation

means employed for the hospitality and to the use and optimisation of resources, raw materials and energy in the management of offices. For this reason, only recyclable materials will be employed for all the activities concerning the promotion of the event. Negative impacts on the local flora and fauna of the areas where the events are going to be held will be reduced,

and the resources and raw materials employed for the realisation of temporary infrastructures will be carefully selected, with a view to guarantee the best environmental management. The infrastructures will actually enhance the natural resources of the valley and the impact of mobile and semi-fixed structures will be kept to the minimum.

The organising committee will then endeavour to disseminate an environmentally friendly attitude among the inhabitants and to favour a balanced management of the event by the people involved, in order to foster an environmental culture that will be part of the heritage of the valley also after the world championships.
The project of environmental management is undoubtedly an innovative factor and this is the first time that an organising committee of sporting events achieves such an important goal, as the environmental certification. A step that confirms, once again, the intention of the organising committee to turn the world championships into a growth and development factor for the Val di Fiemme, whilst respecting and enhancing its natural characteristics.