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The Great Run Company
2024 Environmental Report
Giveaways ‘Giveaways’ refers to all items offered to participants as part of the event, including finisher medals, trophies, finisher bags and the contents within (a range of snacks and sponsor- provided items), runner bibs with timing chips, swim hats, and foil blankets.
Giveaway Items Emissions by %
73%
22% 5%
Finishers’ T-shirts
Finisher Medals & Trophies
Participant tems
Giveaways footprint per participant Kg CO2e per participant
The chart below shows the carbon intensity due to Giveaways on a per participant basis for each event. Finisher bags were not provided at the ultra-distance events, hence the lower values.
Total Footprint 282t CO2e
2.63
2.20
1.86
Intensity Metric 1.86kg CO2e
1.60
1.04 1.02 1.13
0.35 0.46 0.38
0.20
N/A
Event examples: We changed the material of our medal lanyards this year from polyester (PET) in 2023 to recycled polyester (rPET), which saved 1473 kgCO2e . At the Great North Swim and Great Birmingham Run, we presented all giveaways in a ‘buffet-style’ on tables at the finish line. Removing the 14,738 finisher bags saved 550 kg CO2e .
‘Finisher bags’ included the following items: Squashies, Nature Valley Bars, Fruitella Jellies, 2 x Mitchum Deodorants, Solgar Vitamin Sachet .
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