South Africa 2010 report

Despite some difficulties in compiling enough data to fully evaluate the green performance of the FIFA World Cup, this report highlights many specific examples of success, energy-efficient intelligent lighting in Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, streetlights with low-energy bulbs and traffic lights with LEDs in Cape Town, and a 94-kilometre Bus Rapid Transport network in Johannesburg being a few of them. Based on its findings, this report drew key conclusions for South Africa that could help ensure a long-lasting environmental legacy from the World Cup, such as implementing renewable energy demonstration projects, improved transport system, energy efficiency, implementing proper waste segregation programmes, and water conservation. It also made a raft of recommendations for improving the greening of future large sporting events, such as the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.