The first sustainable soccer occasion in Italy. This is how the ultimate match of the 2023/2024 Frecciarossa Italian Cup between Atalanta and Juventus was outlined, scheduled for this Wednesday 15 May on the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
On the event of the match, actually, Lega Serie A, Sport e Salute, Roma Capitale and Roma Servizi per la Mobilità carried out numerous initiatives, giving life to the “Road to Zero” venture and making the ultimate the primary soccer occasion in Italy that , because of the collaboration with UEFA, will concentrate on Sustainability in all its organizational facets, so as to get hold of a big discount within the relative Environmental affect and optimistic results in Social and Governance phrases (ESG Principles).
The venture was offered this Tuesday at a press convention, within the presence of President of the Serie A League, Lorenzo Casiniof the UEFA Social & Environmental Sustainability Director, Michele Uvaof the President of Sport and Health, Marco Mezzaromaof the President and CEO of Roma Mobilità, Anna Donatidell’Councilor for Mobility of Rome Capital, Eugenio Patanè e di Cristiana Pace, Strategic Advisor, Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) in Sport.
The venture is consistent with the UEFA Sustainability Strategy 2030 “Strenght Through Unity” and matches inside the Strategy 2030 “CSR – Calcio Social Responsibility” of the Serie A Leaguechosen by UEFA to launch a pilot venture and undertake an bold path, aimed toward pursuing and realizing the sustainability aims set by 2030, monitoring and measuring the outcomes via particular efficiency indicators.
“We will use this remaining as greatest observe at European stage – stated Michele Uva, UEFA Director of Social & Environmental Sustainability –. This is a path to use sustainability to soccer, which started in UEFA 4 years in the past, however the Lega Serie A is the primary nationwide league to check the protocol in an occasion that isn’t ours. It is essential to ship clear messages – he stated – additionally as a result of we contain 60/70,000 individuals but additionally hundreds of thousands of individuals watching the match. It’s a duty and we’re comfortable to have utilized it in a stadium just like the Olimpico. This is the primary occasion of its type and let it’s the primary of many as a result of these metrics may be utilized to all occasions”. Uva then remarked how “these actions, broadcast all through Serie A, can have a really essential affect. We attempt to encourage. But zero doesn’t exist, there’s a path to get there. It is a path we should take. The goal is to get there round 1,200 tonnes. The European might be round 400,000 tonnes, Qatar (within the final world championship) consumed 7 million tonnes”.
“The Lega Serie A desires to be a information and a connecting software for all of the groups, additionally to provide visibility to the initiatives they implement – defined the top of the League, Lorenzo Casini through the convention –. For the primary time we could have not solely a sport constructed to scale back CO2 emissions, however we may also have the results of how a lot these actions enable us to scale back. We wish to work on concrete knowledge”, added CASINI. “It is a sort of initiative that the League couldn’t perform alone. And it managed to take action because of the steerage of UEFA and due to the collaboration with Sport and Health and the Municipality of Rome for the transport half which represents the principle supply of air pollution of a serious occasion. They made essential sources and actions obtainable.”
The President of Sport and Health, Marco Mezzaroma underlined the corporate’s dedication to sustainability. “Like Sport and Health – he stated – we’re centered on making certain that the problem of environmental safety is all the time on the agenda. We are happy to have signed this protocol with the League and the Municipality of Rome. Obviously the administration of huge occasions generally and sporting occasions specifically implies collaboration in any respect ranges between all the topics concerned. We are the house owners of the Olympic Stadium and the actions we’re implementing are additionally legitimate for your complete season of the Foro Italico, from the tennis internationals in progress as much as the 4 phases of Coldplay. As a society we now have diminished all consumption and we’re additionally fascinated with bettering vitality effectivity – explains Mezzaroma -. Specifically for this occasion, in comparison with 2018, we diminished water consumption by 44%, and on vitality consumption we use 100% vitality from renewable sources. On the subject of waste, we now have created an ecological island that’s already lively for the Internationals. We have additionally reserved a portion of parking areas for many who use bike sharing, automotive sharing and automotive pool providers. We are additionally very proud to have created a quiet room, that’s, a room devoted to autistic and disabled individuals which might be obtainable to the general public. While in meals & beverage we solely supplied paper cups”.
In phrases of mobility, Roma Capitale and Roma Mobility Services have deliberate the strengthening of public transport traces, from devoted shuttles for individuals with disabilities, to the extension of the metro timetable till 1.30 am. “Sustainability shouldn’t be a whim however “an goal” – stated the Councilor for Mobility, Eugenio Patanè – as a result of it has concrete and terribly incisive results on well being and subsequently on our lives. The administration’s dedication relies not solely on the discount of climate-altering pollution, corresponding to carbon dioxide – he added – but additionally within the discount of nitrogen oxide which negatively impacts individuals’s well being. What the National Health Service tells us is evident: the direct causal hyperlink between air pollution and cardiovascular ailments and deaths. We subsequently have an obligation to scale back emissions to safeguard the well being of residents.”
As a part of the “Road to Zero” venture, Sport and Health will particularly implement these actions:
Water consumption
– already immediately, because of the interventions, the Olimpico has diminished water consumption by 44% in comparison with 2018.
– faucets geared up with water saving methods have been put in
– indicators and consciousness elevating on financial savings at water factors
– water consumption might be measured particularly for the Final
Energy consumption
– since 2018 the Olympic Stadium and your complete Foro Italico park have been utilizing 100% licensed vitality from renewable sources
– the brand new LED lighting system led to a 33% discount in vitality consumption
– the substitute of lights with low consumption LEDs is underway within the hospitality areas
– vitality consumption might be measured particularly for the ultimate
Waste
– the separate waste assortment system has been strengthened (for Foro Italico and Stadio Olimpico) with devoted and skilled personnel to advise spectators on the proper disposal of waste
– data indicators at assortment factors
– ecological island with waste compactors, differentiated by kind, for “upstream” differentiation
– detailed stories by way of amount and forms of waste produced through the Final
Mobility
– Parking areas devoted to Bike Sharing
– Parking areas devoted to Car Sharing
– Parking areas devoted to the Car Pool (with a minimum of 4 individuals on board)
Social
– “QUIET ROOM”
the Olympic Stadium has geared up itself with a Quiet Room, devoted to autistic individuals and youngsters with disabilities within the Monte Mario Tribuna.
The intervention concerned soundproofing the room, the preparation of a dimmable lighting system and an inner structure appropriate and consistent with the necessities.
– Parking areas devoted to individuals with disabilities
– Accessible bathrooms
– for spectators with disabilities, a transport service is supplied from the Stadio dei Marmi to the Tribuna Tevere, with 3 electrical golf carts, from three hours earlier than to at least one hour after the tip of the match.
Food and drinks:
– Only paper cups for all sorts of drinks supplied
. Vegan, vegetarian meals and merchandise produced with 0km uncooked supplies might be launched into the product providing on the menus, with data on meals and allergens
– additional growth of digital fee
– the meals surpluses produced within the hospitality areas might be recovered, in collaboration with devoted associations
At the tip of the 2023/2024 Frecciarossa Italian Cup Final, an in depth reporting section might be ready on the initiatives carried out. The outcomes will present a virtuous reference mannequin for planning future occasions, thus contributing to selling the continuity and effectiveness of the sustainable actions carried out to this point.