Sustainable Events News

In an effort to minimize its environmental impact, the Women In Green Forum event planning process is guided by Three Squares Inc's sustainable event policy which is compliant with the international standard, ISO20121.

We are so proud to announce the release of the Reusables at Events Hygiene - Global Best Practice Guidelines

Convened by Sustainable Event Alliance, leaders from throughout the events and sports sector came together to develop the guidelines including Green Events, A Greener Festival and 

Hi, I am Kai Landwehr and I am Head of Marketing at myclimate, a Swiss-based NGO focusing on climate protection and sustainability measures. We are experts in all things carbon offsetting. Before tapping into climate protection, I worked for ten years in the sporting goods industry as a communications and brand manager for Nike. I was born and raised in Germany and I am a football aficionado, a passionate hiker and in winter times a snowboarder with “great attitude and very limite

The Council of Fashion Designers of America has issued “Sustainability by Design: Rethinking New York Fashion Week,” a report that looks at guidelines and recommendations for ways the industry can reduce both waste and the carbon footprint of fashion shows, events and activities.

The energy team at Uswitch (a UK-based energy price comparison service) have analysed 27 of the world’s most visited tourist attractions and scored their commitment to sustainability, based on low emissions, water reduction, recycling schemes, re-wilding efforts, renewable energy and sustainable transport, with the Sydney Opera House ranked in second place receiving a score of 50 out of the possible 60.

The average partier at Splore wastes less in three days than they would in one day at home. This is how.

Leadership and Resiliency in Sustainable Events Roundtable Discussion 

Bristol Live had a chat with Lak Mitchell about the future of the event, which is organised in Bristol

The SEA is excited to announce Gobelet as a new member.  "Gobelet believes we can end single-use packaging in our lifetime, together. Gobelet builds technology-enabled systems that allow large scale events to end their reliance on single-use products by deploying reusables. The Globelet platform enables our clients to attach either monetary or non-monetary incentives to the return of our products so we can wash and reuse them, at scale. Some people call it the circular economy; we call it Globelet."

Welcome to our newest member of the Sustainable Event Alliance, innovision  an award-winning agency who has been pioneering purposeful events and ideas since 1997.

 

Check them out here: https://weareinnovision.com/

We found that targeted environmental sustainability campaigns can educate sport spectators and participants to increase the use of mass transit, increase waste recovery and purchase carbon offsets to mitigate personal impacts when attending a sporting event.

Welcome New Member: Wessel Graafmans: "I am an MS Event Management student at New York University (originally from the Netherlands). Sustainability is a long-term passion that I'm planning to incorporate in my future career, organizing a live sustainable music festival, but also on a personal level (lowering my carbon footprint). I always like to say that if you want the world to change, start with yourself. #BeTheChange #SustainableEvents #SustainableFestivals #Eco

In the UK and across Europe flexibility key as organisers put safety precautions in place. We are looking forward to the ingenuity our industry has in spades, to allow us to gather safely. Let’s now see the brilliant ideas around safe resource recovery. We can imagine some brilliant solutions will soon blossom!

Bluewater Group's hydration trailer saved more than 100,000 plastic water bottles from being used during production of the new HBO Max series.

Welcome New Member @PhoenixCreativ5 (AUS) Phoenix works to deliver memorable moments that engage on a deeper level. Their commitment to sustainability and social responsibly is part of their motivation to join SEA.  #event #bethechange

The newly formed Environmentally Responsible Carnival Network have invited Powerful Thinking to advise their search for alternative solutions to diesel generators.

 

Tim Benson, Chair of the Powerful Thinking working group joined the New Carnival Company organised networking meeting in August 2020 to discuss the process of introducing energy monitoring and exploring the feasibility of battery solutions, whilst also looking at low emissions alternatives to diesel.

You’re invited to a workshop and review of draft hygiene guidelines for Reusables at Events being developed by the Sustainable Event Alliance's working group.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an industry-wide discussion of how to ensure the safety of reusable cups and serviceware at sports, music festivals and events and not reverting to single-use plastic.

 

The guidelines are an ongoing project to #buildbackbetter as we emerge from the global crisis.

 

This meeting will be an opportunity to share challenges, best practices, and feedback.

 

There are two sessions available to accommodate time zones.

Session 1: Thursday 24th September
10am Sydney / 8pm New York (23rd) / 5pm Los Angeles (23rd)
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/119209315271

 

Session 2: Thursday 24th September
7.30pm Sydney / 2.30pm Mumbai / 11am Madrid / 10am London
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/119211463697

 

This project is made possible through support by The Ocean Race, 11th Hour Racing, and the fantastic contributions of our industry working group.

 

More about the project and working group members: https://thrive.sustainable-event-alliance.org/global-reusables-at-events-hygiene-standard

We Love Green festival adopts new initiatives with each edition, regularly publishes reports on its carbon footprint in the interest of full accountability, and has pledged to achieve a fully circular model by 2025.

Event badges are one of the biggest sources of waste that an event organizer can directly control and one which could be easily managed.