July 2021 - Our commitment to sustainable development

Our commitment to sustainable development

Our responsibility towards players, staff, visitors and partners, but also towards our environment has always been a matter of great concern for us. Whenever possible we have taken action to reduce the impact of the Geneva Indoors on the environment.

Beginning of 2020 we formalised this commitment and have now a dedicated team in charge of the sustainable development at the Geneva Indoors, headed by Léna Voisin. In order to assist us in our work in this area, we have followed the recommendations provided on the website “Manifestation verte”, which collaborates with Swiss Olympic and the Swiss confederation. It allows event organisers to list and improve in a structured manner all aspects related to the environmental impact of their event. In this way we have thoroughly analysed the 9 following aspects of the Geneva Indoors and the Nations Cup: waste, promotion, social aspects, noise, food, nature, energy, transport and general aspects.

Our ambition is however to do much better in the future and to become exemplary in this field. We therefore are going to aim for the following objectives for 2025:

• A result of 95% in the event profile of “Mannifestation verte”
• Organise a carbon neutral event

In order to achieve these long-term objectives, we have formulated, as first step, the 6 following commitments:

1. Create a sustainable development concept, which will regularly be updated
2. Communicate and create awareness about our sustainable values
3. Reduce the impact of transports
4. Catering respecting the environment and ethical values
5. Reduction and recycling of waste
6. Compensation of unavoidable CO₂ emissions

You'll find more information and our 2020-2021 environment report on our website.

All information for your participation is available here: get ready now!

We are slowly moving out of very uncertain times, where so many activities were cancelled. Even if everything is by far not solved the situation is moving towards the better. In order to fully take advantage of this recovery, we invite you to start planning your venue with your teams now. It will lift their spirit to project themselves to the playing fields in Geneva in December! And when you start talking about the Geneva Indoors, please let us also know that you are planning to come. This will bring a smile to our faces and help us a lot in preparing for your venue.

You'll find detailed information on our 2021 registration page. And if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erika Mesmer - she is looking forward to assist you.

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