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Sustainability Strategy 1 Sustainability Strategy 1 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM Sustainability strategy 2 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Strategy 3 Contents Foreword by the FIFA Secretary General 4 Foreword by the Chairman of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC and Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy 6 Introduction 8 The strategy at a glance 18 Human pillar 24 Social pillar 40 Economic pillar 56 Environmental pillar 64 Governance pillar 78 Alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals 88 Annexe 1: Glossary 94 Annexe 2: Material topic definitions and boundaries 98 Annexe 3: Salient human rights issues covered by the strategy 103 Annexe 4: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Policy 106 4 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Strategy 5 Foreword © Getty Images by the FIFA Secretary General Sport, and football in particular, has a unique capacity The implementation of the FIFA World Cup Qatar We are also committed to delivering an inclusive As a former long-serving UN official, I firmly believe to inspire and spark the passion of millions of fans 2022™ Sustainability Strategy will be a central FIFA World Cup 2022™ tournament experience that in the power of sport, and of football in particular, around the globe. As the governing body of element of our work to realise these commitments is welcoming, safe and accessible to all participants, to serve as an enabler for the SDGs, and I am football, we at FIFA have both a responsibility and over the course of the next three years as we attendees and communities in Qatar and around personally committed to seeing FIFA take a leading a unique opportunity to harness the power of the prepare to proudly host the FIFA World Cup™ in the world. This means taking a firm stance against role in demonstrating our alignment with and game, protect its integrity and make it accessible the Middle East for the first time. discrimination of any kind, ensuring that safety and contribution to these global goals moving forward. to all. In particular, the FIFA World Cup™ and the security practices at FIFA World Cup 2022™ sites and I also know that delivery of the goals by 2030 is global attention it draws offers an unprecedented This strategy is a landmark in the history of the FIFA events are aligned with international human rights highly ambitious, and no organisation, institution, opportunity to drive positive change. We recognise World Cup™ as the first sustainability strategy to be standards and respecting and helping to protect the government or business can achieve it alone. We that, by doing so, we will help to pass on not only a developed and delivered jointly by the three primary rights of media representatives and human rights need to find new ways of working together to drive better world to future generations, but also stronger delivery partners for the tournament: FIFA, Q22 advocates in relation to the FIFA World Cup 2022™. the systemic change needed to achieve this vision. institutions, ultimately allowing us to deliver on our and the SC. Through this unique collaboration, the vision to promote and develop the game of football. strategy builds on both the sustainability experience Also central to our joint strategy is a commitment I want to take this opportunity to thank the and standards of FIFA and Local Organising to demonstrate accountability in managing individuals across all three organisations, and the Our focus is now set on Qatar, where FIFA, Committees in previous FIFA World Cups™ and sustainability impacts beyond our direct operations. many generous partners and stakeholders in Qatar the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC (Q22) and the the SC’s significant achievements and ongoing We will do this by using procurement and licensing and internationally, who have contributed to the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), legacy programmes. Furthermore, the issues and practices as a tool to promote sustainability strategy development process for their exemplary the lead government entity responsible for the initiatives that will be the focus of our work under outcomes in our direct and indirect supply chains. teamwork: this kind of cooperation is essential coordination and delivery of the host country’s the framework of the strategy were identified with to growing our impact and driving forward the infrastructure, services and legacy programmes, the help of a thorough and continuous consultation Through this strategy, we seek to align our efforts sustainable development agenda in the world of are already laying the groundwork for setting a new process with local and international stakeholders to advance sustainable development with the UN’s sport. As we move forward with implementation of benchmark for sustainable mega-sporting events. and thematic experts. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim to the strategy, I call on all stakeholders to join with us protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy and work together to use the power of football, and I am delighted to present the FIFA World Cup Qatar Reinforcing FIFA’s commitments, we pledge to peace and prosperity by 2030. The SDGs were a key the FIFA World Cup 2022™, to build a more resilient, 2022™ Sustainability Strategy, which sets out the safeguard the rights and welfare of workers engaged input for the strategy’s development and were used to more sustainable world. ambitious plans to maximise the tournament’s on FIFA World Cup 2022™ sites and to promote their define the initial list of potential material sustainability contribution to people’s well-being, economic rights in projects and supply chains directly linked topics to be addressed as well as inspire the Fatma Samoura development and environmental protection in the to the FIFA World Cup™, leaving a legacy of world- development of our objectives, initiatives and targets. FIFA Secretary General short and long term. class standards and practices for workers in Qatar and internationally. To achieve this, we will continue In line with FIFA 2.01, our strategic roadmap to deliver to build on the excellent work of the SC and its on our vision, we have embedded commitments to Workers’ Welfare Department to protect workers champion human rights, maximise our community engaged on FIFA World Cup 2022™ sites and use our impact and implement a series of landmark leverage with our sponsors, licensees and suppliers governance reforms. to seek to prevent and mitigate adverse human rights impacts for their workers. 1 “FIFA 2.0: The Vision for the Future”, 13 October 2016, FIFA, http://resources.fifa.com/ mm/document/affederation/ generic/02/84/35/01/fifa_2.0_vi- sion_e_neutral.pdf. 6 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Sustainability Strategy 7 © SC Foreword by the Chairman of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC and Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy When Qatar bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2022™, A key objective for the FIFA World Cup 2022™ is to dialogue and openness toward other cultures. For I am looking forward to the next three years as our it did so with a vision to use the tournament as a serve as a catalyst for the achievement of Qatar’s our part, we at the SC will ensure that everyone will ambitious vision continues to challenge the SC, catalyst for sustainable, long-term change. From development goals as laid out in the Qatar National be welcome to come to Qatar during the tournament our partners, and our suppliers to raise the bar on the start, we believed in the power of football Vision (QNV) 20302 and the National Development and take the necessary steps to deliver an inclusive matters pertaining to sustainability. By working and the FIFA World Cup™ to inspire innovation, to Strategy (NDS) 2018-2022,3 which define the long- FIFA World Cup 2022™ tournament experience for together, I am confident that we will continue to build bridges between cultures and peoples, and term outcomes for the country under four main all participants, attendees and communities in Qatar deliver on our vision to use the power of football to to accelerate positive social transformation. Our pillars: human development, social development, and around the world. open the door to a world of amazing experiences measure of success is the legacy this tournament environmental development and economic and a genuine legacy of sustainable development. leaves behind for Qatar, the region, and the world. development. The framework of this strategy is To support Qatar’s commitment to contribute to aligned with these pillars and aims to generate the global fight against climate change, we are also H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi The work that has been undertaken since we were significant long-term contributions to Qatar’s vision committed to delivering a fully carbon-neutral FIFA FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC Chairman / awarded the hosting rights in 2010 shows how this of sustainability. World Cup™. We will achieve this by measuring, SC Secretary General event is already transforming Qatar and providing mitigating and offsetting all greenhouse gas (GHG) a model for inspiring positive social, economic and Under the pillar of human development, labour rights emissions associated with the tournament, including environmental change that other host countries for all workers associated with the tournament will those associated with FIFA, Q22, and SC operations can learn from and build on. The SC’s Workers’ continue to be a key priority for us in this new strategy. as well as linked to the FIFA World Cup™, such as Welfare Standards are setting best practice that We pledge to safeguard the rights and welfare of emissions from fan travel, accommodation and food is helping to drive improvement in the living and workers engaged on FIFA World Cup 2022™ sites and and beverage operations.
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