Sustainability Disclosure and Legacy of Sports Mega-Events: The Case of Paris 2024 Olympic Games

This paper investigates the management of mega-projects, using the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as a case study, and focuses on the evaluation of accountability, stakeholder engagement and legacy of this event. Employing a qualitative research approach, it analyses interim sustainability and legacy reports through document analysis, triangulating data from sustainability reports, official websites, and social media channels. The study adopts a framework classifying the tools and initiatives according to the dimension of stakeholder recognition, stakeholder support, and stakeholder dialogue to assess stakeholder engagement and project performance. While focusing on the pre-event, organizational, and event-start phases, it contributes to the literature on mega-project management by highlighting the challenges of a multi-dimensional disclosure, seek of legitimization and transparency, and limited stakeholder engagement, particularly the exclusion of dissenting voices from local communities. Our findings show the complexity of managing large-scale events and the need for integrated approaches to accountability of impacts, offering a preliminary evaluation of sustainability practices in a significant case-study within the context of temporary mega-sport-events. The study emphasizes the need for comprehensive post-event evaluations and provide a call for a clear understanding of the Games’ long-term sustainability and legacy.