Organizing the Winter Games in 2030 in the heart of the French Alps means banking on fragile mountain areas, exposed to litter and critical eyes. Edgar Grospiron, president of COJOP, recalled: “The mountain is not a setting, it is a living, fragile territory. » This charter commits to reducing waste at source and making sites free from post-Games pollution, with concrete measures: sorting on sites, mobilization of volunteers, ban on smoking at competitions, and focus on the reuse of equipment.
The initiative is not new. Launched in 2023 by Mountain Riders, the charter has already brought together stakeholders such as ANEM and Alpine territories. Alpes 2030 is aligned with a collective movement, consistent with its impactful purchasing strategy unveiled on March 25 – prioritizing rental, CSR criteria and the end of single-use plastics.
Predictable, but not trivial
In the landscape of contemporary Olympic candidacies, this approach is almost a necessary step. Paris 2024 had its carbon commitments, Milan-Cortina 2026 its energy sobriety: the Olympics must now combine spectacle and exemplarity. Alpes 2030 ticks the boxes without surprising, in a well-established green story where each announcement reinforces the legitimacy of the project with the territories, sponsors and the IOC.
However, this signature is not wind. It structures an operational approach: prevention, awareness-raising, legacy collection. The environmental roadmap, expected soon with the State, will specify the numerical indicators and market levers – 2.4 billion euros of purchases with high potential impact. The real challenge? Moving from the charter to measurable results, in a context where Mountain Riders already displays -7.6% litter between 2023 and 2025 on its pilot sites.
Towards exemplary execution?
Alpes 2030 does not reinvent the environmental wheel. But by being part of a collective dynamic, COJOP gains credibility and monitoring tools. It remains to be proven that these commitments will hold up to the snow: public markets, non-smoking sites and post-Games operations will be the real markers of a preserved mountain. For now, it is an expected – and welcome – signal from a project which knows that sporting performance also requires responsibility.
A.J.
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