He Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) V is recognizedolta in the Valencian Community-Gran Premi Banc Sabadell (VCV) with the Sustainable Sports Event Seal.
This difference proves that The Valencian cycling event is aligned with the rules of social sustainability and respect for the environment promoted by the COE following the publication of the 2020 Agenda by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
VCV returned to the UCI international calendar in 2016 with the help of former Valencian cyclist Ángel Casero and, since its first edition, has been a pioneer in sustainabilitywhich includes the use of hybrid vehicles for the organization’s staff or being the first cycling test to measure its carbon footprint in 2023.
The awarding of this Sustainable Sports Event Seal by COE to VCV indicates that, from now on, The organization of the Valencian cycling race will work closely with the sustainability consultancy GO2from Global Omnium to achieve the desired challenge that culminates in Bureau Veritas certification.
In this way, all parties develop a strategy for doing what’s next VCV 2025to dispute the February 5 to 9a more sustainable event from a social and environmental perspective.
Among the actions for sustainability and environmental protection carried out by VCV since 2016, the ruse of advertising banners for each edition. They become new products thanks to “A La Lona de Valencia”, an association dedicated to the social and labor integration of people with mental health problems, turning them into bags, backpacks, wallets and other everyday things.
Besides, From 2022, VCV has eliminated the use of plastic for drinking water consumption. Thanks to this initiative, led by Tuawa, It has saved more than 75,000 plastic bottles and avoided almost 20 tons of CO2 in the atmosphere in the last 3 years.
“ANDCycling is the sport of sustainability. Our ‘playing field’ is the natural environment and as such, we have a responsibility to preserve it and raise social awareness of its importance,” he said. Ángel Casero, general director of Volta.
“In 2016, we regained the Volta with the mentality of making the event as sustainable as possible, and This COE concession is confirmation that we have worked on the right path since then and is an impetus to continue adopting measures to make the event more sustainable every year,” he added.
He president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blancostressed the importance of this recognition. by saying”From the Spanish Olympic Committee, we would like to highlight the commitment of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in this edition to social and environmental sustainabilitywhich can be seen in obtaining the COE sustainable sporting event seal”.
“This initiative becomes more important after the recent DANA that affected this region. Through this seal, and in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals, Volta promotes environmental initiatives that contribute to the preservation of our planetin addition to promoting unity as a very important value in society,” Blanco concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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