Green Events and Green Tourism 2018
DOI: 10.4324/9780429445125-15
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Formula E’s ‘green’ challenge to motorsport events, spaces and technologies

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“…Especially since the 1984 Olympics, events have evolved into hubs of leisure, business and marvel, where the role of public authorities has shifted from facilitator to direct service provider (Tomlinson & Young, 2006). An example that precedes our case of the Zürich E Prix is Sturm's (2019) research on the 2015 London E Prix. Shaped as a case study of the issues of staging a race in London's Battersea Park, it resembles the dilemma of hosting motorsport events as part of a strategy to rejuvenate a city in a green direction.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 87%
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“…Especially since the 1984 Olympics, events have evolved into hubs of leisure, business and marvel, where the role of public authorities has shifted from facilitator to direct service provider (Tomlinson & Young, 2006). An example that precedes our case of the Zürich E Prix is Sturm's (2019) research on the 2015 London E Prix. Shaped as a case study of the issues of staging a race in London's Battersea Park, it resembles the dilemma of hosting motorsport events as part of a strategy to rejuvenate a city in a green direction.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…Shaped as a case study of the issues of staging a race in London's Battersea Park, it resembles the dilemma of hosting motorsport events as part of a strategy to rejuvenate a city in a green direction. Whereas the idea was to stage the race as a platform for innovative technology by lowering the barriers for spectators, the reality was this: hosting a race in a historical parkland without sufficiently consulting with those with an interest in it, made the event troublesome from the beginning (Sturm, 2019). Overlooking the fact that infrastructural issues were as important to acknowledge as the race content itself, indicates that the combination of motorsport and green image require a different approach than with a classic race.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to the UK branch of SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance), the Swiss-based accreditation company that helped the Rio (2014) Olympics to achieve ISO20121 status and later would do the same with Formula E, the race was: preceded by a lengthy protest by an action group that claimed motorsport would harm the environment and deprive local people of their tranquility, in spite of the inherently-low emissions and noise levels of the cars participating 6 . SGS however overlook other reasons to the protests, as the building of race facilities in a historical parkland created restrictions on public use, damaged the greenery, and disturbed local wildlife (including the local zoo, whose animals needed to be moved to make space for construction work) (Smith, 2019, Sturm, 2019). Yet, according to SGS, which describes itself as "the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company" dating back to 1878 7 , this awakening "was pivotal in Formula E's resolution to build on its established environmental management system by seeking official certification of its credentials with the voluntary global standard ISO 20121 8 " Aiming for ISO certification of the management system, by contrast, would in SGS's view "demonstrate that the organization had a complete identification and understanding of its impacts on the environment and local communities 9 " More specifically, SGS sets out to examine the Formula E's "holistic approach to sustainable event management."…”
Section: The Case Of Formula Ementioning
confidence: 99%
“…SGS however overlook other reasons to the protests, as the building of race facilities in a historical parkland created restrictions on public use, damaged the greenery, and disturbed local wildlife (including the local zoo, whose animals needed to be moved to make space for construction work) (Smith, 2019 , Sturm, 2019 ). Yet, according to SGS, which describes itself as “the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company” dating back to 1878 7 , this awakening “was pivotal in Formula E's resolution to build on its established environmental management system by seeking official certification of its credentials with the voluntary global standard ISO 20121 8 ” Aiming for ISO certification of the management system, by contrast, would in SGS's view “demonstrate that the organization had a complete identification and understanding of its impacts on the environment and local communities 9 ” More specifically, SGS sets out to examine the Formula E's “holistic approach to sustainable event management.” This included, SGS writes, the implementation of a waste management system and community engagement projects to ensure social inclusivity.…”
Section: The Case Of Formula Ementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Of late, the number of research outputs investigating Formula E has therefore rapidly increased. These roughly divide into media explorations (Robeers, 2019;Robeers & Van den Bulck, 2018), human-digital interactions (Finn, 2020;Jarvenpaa & Standaert, 2017), event studies (Sturm, 2019) and studies of Formula E's commercial ramifications (Naess, 2020). However, its innovation history is unexplored territory.…”
Section: The Entry Of Formula E Into the World Of Motorsportsmentioning
confidence: 99%