Transparency and accountability
Objective: Maintain an effective sustainability management system for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ in line with the requirements of ISO 20121.
The transparency and accountability material topic aligns with the following UN SDGs:
Context
The organisation of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ was an extremely complex operation, involving close collaboration between multiple bodies for successful delivery. Effective and transparent governance and management practices were critical for ensuring the accountability of key stakeholders for actions and decisions taken and for maximising the sustainability of the tournament.
A sustainability management system (SMS) provides a framework for the establishment and achievement of sustainability objectives, while ensuring integrity, stakeholder inclusiveness and continuous improvement is maintained throughout the process. The event industry is the first sector to have its own international SMS standard – ISO 20121 (Event sustainability management systems). The standard sets out all the elements that an event organiser must have in place to maximise the sustainability of an event.
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 LLC (Q22) - a joint venture between FIFA and the Host Country focused on delivering tournament operations - committed to implementing the ISO 20121 standard for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and achieved certification in June 2022. The FIFA World Cup 2022™ Sustainability Policy and Sustainability Strategy form the basis of the ISO 20121 SMS; other elements include effective governance structures, an action plan, continuous stakeholder engagement and performance tracking and reporting.
Initiatives
The transparency and accountability objective was addressed through the following initiatives: