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Case Studies in Sustainable Purchasing > 2010 Olympic Games: A case study in sustainable purchasing (2010) posted on 3:19 PM, January 12, 2011
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The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games adopted a sustainability purchasing program to ensure its sustainability and Aboriginal participation commitments were taken into account during the acquisition and licensing of goods and services. The scope of the program extended to all of VANOC's procurement and sourcing activities for planning, hosting and staging the 2010 Winter Games. This 2010 case study reviews the history, successes and challenges of the VANOC purchasing program. |
