As the Olympic Games get under way in Rio de Janeiro, a wide range of industries from hospitality to manufacturing and real estate face heightened environmental exposures.
Rio de Janeiro is renowned for its natural beauty, but in the run-up to the 2016 Olympics the global focus has shifted to the environmental problems bedeviling Brazil's second-largest city. Those concerns were amplified by the usual frantic pre-Games construction rush to make sure all the transit facilities, venues and accommodations were ready on time.
More than 10,000 athletes were expected to participate in the August games, and Brazilian officials have estimated that up to a half-million additional tourists will visit during the Summer Olympics.
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