"All told, the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are estimated to cause the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and 34 million metric tons of glacial ice. Without the emissions caused by the event's three main sponsors, those numbers would be much lower: 2.3 square kilometers of snowpack and about 14 million metric tons of glacial ice."
"Promoting those corporations at the Games, the report's authors argue, is estimated to bump up emissions "due to increased sales of high carbon goods and services" that those sponsors offer. The report claims that Eni is responsible for more than half of total emissions brought about by the top three sponsors, followed by Stellantis and ITA. While acknowledging the difficulties involved in getting solid estimates on the companies' carbon emissions and the size of the Olympic sponsorship deals, the report claims that the additional business those companies stood to gain from their involvement in the Games could cause 1.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. That's 40 percent more than the Olympics' direct footprint, which is estimated to be about 930,000 metric tons."
Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are estimated to cause the loss of 5.5 square kilometers of snowpack and 34 million metric tons of glacial ice. Excluding emissions tied to three main sponsors—Eni, Stellantis, and ITA Airways—the losses shrink to 2.3 square kilometers of snowpack and about 14 million metric tons of glacial ice. Sponsor-related additional business could generate roughly 1.3 million metric tons CO2e, about 40% more than the Games' direct footprint of approximately 930,000 metric tons. That extra emissions correspond to roughly 3.2 square kilometers of snowpack and over 20 million metric tons of glacial ice lost.
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