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The team also worked on the 2021 Presidents Cup Final toward the end of this year : “ We will create very detailed briefs to go out to all the supply groups such as audio , lighting , staging , costume and sets , and anyone is able to apply to take on one of those elements and provide a bid for it . We will then go through a procurement process and select the suppliers .
“ Selection will not be on the basis of distance from the venue or cost , specifically , but those factors will be taken into account . Also , sustainability is a huge driving force within the Commonwealth Games organisation , so that is another aspect that will be assessed as part of the procurement process . All the opportunities will be posted on the BirminghamCeremonies . com website .”
The Commonwealth Games Federation has pledged to deliver the first ever carbon-neutral
Commonwealth Games and , in order to achieve that landmark , plans include creating 72 new urban forests in the West Midlands and a further 2,022 acres of woodland .
With sustainability being at the heart of the event , suppliers already selected are making the environment a key consideration . Among them is Aggreko , which has been appointed
Simon Pizey Zoë Snow supplier of temporary power generation equipment and will provide renewable power solutions .
Beestone says : “ Having that environmental objective from the get go is very different to trying to mop it all up afterwards with some kind of sustainability audit . Every procurement goes through rigorous sustainability scoring , and if someone
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