The Legacy and Sustainability plan for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — 112 Paris 2024 has chosen to place particular emphasis on five priority issues: 1. Circular economy initiatives before and after 5. Value creation in local areas the Games 2. Carbon neutrality and environmental Indicators related to each of these five issues protection initiatives are currently being developed to encourage 3. Social innovation initiatives Paris 2024 to be efficient in rolling out the 4. The inclusion of groups, workers and users responsible purchasing strategy and go beyond living with disabilities good intentions to achieve practical results. A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ISO 20121 STANDARD A sustainable management system is a set the assessment of challenges, dialogue with of processes to systematically integrate stakeholders in the Games ecosystem, environmental and social challenges into regulatory monitoring, skills management, the activity of an organisation. operations management, data collection The Paris 2024 sustainable management system, for reporting, etc.; which is in compliance with the ISO 20121 • operational tools to help Paris 2024 teams standard, is therefore a tool that helps ensure integrate social and environmental challenges ambition is turned into action. It aims into their activities, including priority matrices, to facilitate the delivery of Paris 2024’s Legacy checklists of sustainability best practices, and Sustainability strategy by providing a set standards, engagement charters and guides. of processes designed to support teams and These components are broken down into enabling stakeholders in the Games ecosystem strategic planning, operational planning, to align with Paris 2024’s ambitions. support, delivery and performance monitoring. Paris 2024’s sustainable management system The fundamental aspects of the sustainable includes the following components: management system are being implemented • the policy of the sustainable management in 2020 and 2021 with a view to receiving the first system and the action plans of the relevant ISO 20121 certification – for the planning phase departments; – in the first half of 2022. Paris 2024 is also • processes, formalised through procedures exploring options to develop the standard when necessary, that describe how to go about to better take into account legacy challenges.