Every project claims impact. Few measure it, and fewer publish what they measure. The Dome Sweden's position is simple: we do not ask anyone to believe the arena creates impact. We propose to measure it, and to report it every year.
This post sets out what that means in practice.
Why measurement, not belief
An investor with an impact mandate, a municipality that gives land, a sponsor whose sustainability report needs real numbers: all three need to say what their involvement contributed to. A claim nobody can check is worth nothing to them. A fixed indicator set, reported publicly and audited annually, is worth a great deal.
The Dome Sweden is social infrastructure with measurable health, social and economic impact.
What gets measured
The indicator set is agreed with partners before opening. The framework covers four areas.
- Social. Visitors per year and the share who are children and young people. School and club programmes run, and participants from socio-economically disadvantaged areas. The share of girls and women among active participants. Free and subsidised activity hours delivered. Integration programmes and their participants.
- Health. The increase in physical activity among participants and other health indicators, measured with research partners rather than asserted by us.
- Economic. Jobs created in construction and operation, apprenticeships, events hosted, visitors to the region.
- Environmental and governance. Energy use, renewable share, water and material recycling, published openly. Board reporting, anti-corruption, procurement standards and an annual impact audit.
All of it is reported against the UN Sustainable Development Goals the project contributes to.
What it gives each partner
An investor can tie the investment to named goals and reported outcomes. A municipality can show how a private partnership delivers on its public-health, integration and safety responsibilities. A sponsor who funds grassroots programmes receives data on how many children and young people were put in motion through their support, in a form that drops into a sustainability report.
The honest caveat
Measurement starts when the building opens. Until then, the project's projections stay in the investor material where they belong, and this site cites only public figures from public authorities. That restraint is part of the same principle: say what can be checked.
