Eco-Responsabilitility

For several years, the Medoc Marathon has been carrying out numerous actions to make this race an eco-responsible event.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of our actions:

 

• COMMITMENT #1: 50% MINIMUM RESPONSIBLE EATING

  • A healthy and diversified diet offer
    • Pre-race meals are mainly composed of pasta with vegetables and protein (meat or fish depending on the year)

 

 

• • We favour a local, regional supply, then expanded to the nearby territories
    • Procurement related to the INTERMARCHE brand with a regional base in the South-West region
    • Biscuit LU: Factory located in Cestas near Bordeaux
    • MIRA Beer: Brewer located on the Bassin d’Arcachon
    • Oysters from Bassin d’Arcachon

 

 

• COMMITMENT #2: ENCOURAGING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND CAR-SHARING

  • Incentive to use the buses of the Nouvelle Aquitaine Region and the SNCF trains from Bordeaux on our various communication media (website, newsletter)

• • Incentive to give preference to accommodation on the Medoc area to limit transport:
    • • Partnership with Pauillac tourism office and Omystay.
      • Partnership with Medoc tourism offices.
      • Partnership for rental of Van adapted to sleep on site
      • Setting up of official shuttles for the Medoc Marathon from Bordeaux, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday

 

 

• COMMITMENT #3: PURCHASES BASED ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA “CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY”

  • Priority to European suppliers for our purchases.
  • Long-term relationships of trust have been established with our partners for years. Willingness to build long-term partnerships with our suppliers so that the relationship is a win-win.

 

• COMMITMENT #4: WASTE REDUCTION AND RECOVERY AND/OR RECYCLING OF WASTE

  • WILL TO REDUCE OUR WASTE
    • Communication :
      • 100% of our newsletters are sent electronically
      • We favour social networks and emails to communicate with our audience
    • Single use tableware :
      • Removal of disposable plastic cups along the way replaced by recyclable bottles with snapclick cap (cap attached to the bottle) and biodegradable cups
      • Plastic bottles from “Cristaline”, partner of the Medoc Marathon, which has been committed for several years to an eco-responsible approach, notably using a minimum of 20% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) from old recycled bottles.
      • Removal of plastic cups at snack bars and final refreshment replaced by reusable cups

 

 

• • • • Use of compostable dishes on snack bars and refreshments

 

• • DESIRE TO SORT OUR WASTE ON THE ROUTE AND ON THE VARIOUS SITES OF THE EVENT
    • Implementation of a specific report for waste sorting on all the waste bins of the event

 

 

• RACE ROUTE :
  • Recycling of water bottles used on the route via waste nets

 

 

• Each supply team has the mission of sorting 100% of the waste in its refreshment zone

 

• STARTING & FINISH LINE AREA, SNACK BARS + VARIOUS MEALS
  • Presence of a Green Brigade on all the venues of the event to raise awareness and brief the teams of volunteers on waste sorting
  • Effective collaboration with volunteer teams and caterers to optimize waste sorting at event meals
  • Cleaning of the Pauillac docks throughout the day by a specific team

• • Already some encouraging results :
    • 50% of our waste is reused, recycled or recovered
    • Recovery of food scraps and compostable waste: +52% between 2018 and 2019
    • Sharp decrease in residual waste over the past 3 years: -22% in 2018 and – 52% in 2019.

 

• COMMITMENT #5: RESPECT FOR NATURAL SITES

  • RACE ROUTE : Thanks to our teams of volunteers, 100% of the course is cleaned a few hours after the last runner has passed
  • STARTING & FINISH ZONE : All our facilities (100% temporary) are dismantled at D+3.

 

• COMMITMENT #6: OPTIMIZATION OF ENERGY EXPENDITURE

  • Lighting only during the day and evening, all lighting is switched off at night
  • Widespread use of Leds for lighting
  • COSEC space to retrieve race bibs is equipped with WIFI

 

• COMMITMENT #7: ACCESS TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

  • All our sites are accessible to people with disabilities
  • Our event is open to handi cart allowing people with disabilities to participate as a team at the Medoc Marathon.

 

 

• Collaboration with a Work Assistance Centre for the preparation of bottles (bedding) and posters offered to runners
• Provision of disabled access in our various car parks

 

• COMMITMENT #8: PROMOTING ACCESS TO DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE

  • We favour the recruitment of local temporary workers for the setting up and dismantling of the event with a local interim agency

 

• COMMITMENT #9: NEW IDEAS TESTED EVERY YEAR

  • Thinking is underway to further reduce our waste
  • Willingness to give preference to allocations for runners coming from France and made with responsible materials
  • Desire to reduce the impressions related to the event each year by focusing on digital documents

 

• COMMITMENT #10: PROMOTION OF ALL VOLUNTEERS

  • Friendly moments are organized throughout the year to thank and join our teams of volunteers
  • Highlighting the invaluable and indispensable help of our 3,000 volunteers in all our communications

 

 

• COMMITMENT #11: COMMITMENT TO A CAUSE OF SOLIDARITY

  • 2 charities are selected by the organizers each year
    • Donation of € 8,000 to associations per year (€ 1 donated per runners) or € 4,000 per association
    • Provision of a stand on the marathon village the day before the event so that associations can present themselves and make animations/ awareness among spectators and runners.

 

 

• Opportunities for local associations to take advantage of the event to organize festive meals around the event
  • The local Rugby, football teams  organize festive meals on the quays of Pauillac to finance their actions
  • Local associations organize «the rural market» during the Sunday Walk. The profits are distributed by the municipality housing the gourmet village to the various associations.

 

• COMMITMENT #12: PROMOTING GENDER PARITY

  • Runners: 32% of the participants in the Medoc Marathon are women, making the Medoc Marathon the most feminized marathon in France.

 

 

• COMMITMENT #13: 1 REFERENCE “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” in the organization

  • 1 person member of the Board of Directors of the “Association du Marathon des Châteaux du Médoc” is in charge of “sustainable development” issues.

 

 

• ENGAGEMENT #14: AWARENESS ACTIONS

  • Highlighting our actions on waste sorting on our communication media
  • Creation of a web page on our website dedicated to our responsible commitments.