Summary of the main measures:
Guidelines particularly relevant to large events are indicated with a ♫.
Make sustainability a key feature of your event
- Set sustainability as one of your event’s primary goals.
- Discuss sustainability-related issues with your organizing committee, raising awareness of important topics.
- Appoint someone on your committee to be in charge of sustainability. ♫
- Estimate your event’s carbon footprint so you can take steps to target the main emissions sources. ♫
Use sustainability-oriented criteria when picking suppliers, service providers and sponsors
- Ask whether the company has a sustainability policy or strategy in place for its facilities and processes (e.g., in the areas of greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, transportation, shipping, waste management and procurement).
- Ask whether the company has a sustainability or CSR certification. ♫
- Ask whether the company has an employee training, engagement and development policy. ♫