Actualizing environmental sustainability at Vancouver 2010 venues

摘要: Purpose – Philosophical espousal of the sustainability rubric is becoming widespread in event industry. A business systems‐oriented literature has emerged that helps organizers plan for and measure success more environmentally responsible or sustainable events. While top‐down approaches to are increasingly well established, practical application these programs unique planning management context less understood. This paper aims build understanding operations‐level opportunities constraints may be faced by environmental practitioners organizations.Design/methodology/approach Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with members Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee's (VANOC) Environmental Management Team (EMT), a group professionals embedded VANOC's venue infrastructure unit.Findings Several organizational strategies described but intra‐organizational relationships found t...