Overview and sales materials for the BSI Sales Team on: ISO 20121:2024 Event Sustainability from Understanding to Implementation: a training product from BSI and Positive Impact Events.
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The ISO 20121:2024 Event Sustainability Management Course from Understanding to Implementation: a training product from BSI and Positive Impact Events, will provide the user with all the understanding and practical support they need to be able to demonstrate evidence of implementation of ISO 20121:2024
ISO 20121:2024 Event Sustainability Management System is the global standard for event sustainability and it is suitable for the global event supply chain, including small to medium enterprises.
This training product begins with the learning requirements course from BSI , this provides the user with an understanding of the standard, and forms a good foundation for transitioning to more sustainable business practices.
Following this, the user will continue with ISO20121:2024 Implementation training materials, provided by Positive Impact Events. This online portal provides the user’s organisation with a practical set of materials to support them to implement the global standard.
You can watch this interview between Positive Impact Events and BSI about the context of the creation of this training.
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This course is suitable for (but not limited to) those operating in the following roles:
Sustainability
Events
Marketing
Operations
Procurement
Sales
If you are an external consultant or internal sustainability champion, these resources will also support you to deliver your roles.
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If your sales contact's organisation is looking to implement an ISO standard for its internal and external activities and/or they are part of the Race to Zero, this course will provide their team with the necessary capacity building training and materials to implement ISO 20121:2024 without the need for external consultants or auditors.
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If your client's organisation is in The Race to Zero or would like to report on its internal and external activities, their events team could implement the global and internationally recognised standard for event sustainability, ISO 20121:2024 .This course will provide their team with the necessary capacity building training and materials to implement ISO 20121:2024 and if their organisation already implements environmental standard ISO 14001, the ISO 20121:2024 management system can be easier to implement.
In addition they can watch this Q&A session which is taken from a webinar hosted by Positive Impact for the Race to Zero community with speakers Positive Impact's CEO, Head of Sustainability for ISO and the Engagement and Acceleration Manager for The Race to Zero. Questions covered include how to get started, the danger of greenwash and certification.
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Your client may be a freelance event planner or have been tasked with researching into how to make their events in their organisation sustainable.
These two courses will equip them with the knowledge and the materials they need to be able to learn about ISO 20121:2024 and the materials needed to implement this standard.
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The course is based on the guidance standard ISO 20121 – Event Sustainability Management Systems – Requirements with guidance for use and forms a good foundation for transitioning to more sustainable business practices.
This on-demand eLearning course aims to give an understanding of how to manage event sustainability to take account of social, environmental, and ethical considerations.
BSI's on-demand eLearning delivers the same high-quality content you’d expect from BSI, using a combination of video, online course materials and embedded assessment, enabling users to study at their own pace, in their own time.
Self-paced, online, available 24/7
Available 24/7, this eLearning course can help to embed skills and nurture talent within the organization.
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Positive Impact Events implementation course, provides users with an online resource portal to access materials which are regularly updated to reflect current legislation, international best practice and emerging sustainability requirements.
The resource portal includes:
Four workshop agendas (which can be shared with workshop participants)
Four PowerPoints with facilitator notes (which will lead workshop participants through the implementation of ISO 20121:2024)
Four facilitator scripts making it possible for an in house sustainability champion with limited ISO 20121:2024 experience to successfully facilitate the implementation of the standard
Extra helpful resources section to help them and their team build capacity and knowledge (for example there is an interview with the Head of Sustainability at ISO explaining the process of creating an ISO and areas covered in the recent revision)
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For the BSI requirements course users will be awarded an internationally recognized BSI Training Academy certificate of attendance, upgraded to a certificate of competence upon successful completion of the end of course assessment.
For the Positive Impact implementation course; if users decided to fill in the self evaluation form, you will receive 3 CPD hours. This is for one person only.
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The BSI ISO 20121:2012 Event Sustainability Management Requirements course takes approximately 4 hours to complete.
Positive Impact would advise around 1 year to fully implement The Positive Impact Implementation materials for ISO 20121:2024 - however this is subject to varying factors such as the size of the organisation, time and resources available to implement.
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Both courses are available for 1 year from the point of purchase. The implementation course will be continually updated with relevant information and resources so a renewal is available after the first year.
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For both courses the total is £1,238
Resources you can also read and share with your sales leads
About Positive Impact - Animation
The benefits of the courses for the individual and for the organisation - PDF
Overview of Course information including materials that the user will receive - PDF
Executive Briefing from BSI on ISO 20121:2024 - PDF
Q&A Interview with Positive Impact Events CEO Fiona Pelham, Head of Sustainability of ISO Noelia Garcia Nebra and Engagement and Acceleration Manager for The Race to Zero Jane Eisenhardt - Questions covered include how to get started, the danger of greenwash and certification. - YouTubevideo
BSI and Positive Impact interview on the creation of the education course - Youtubevideo
Positive Impact contact details
If you or a potential client would like any further clarification, please email: charlie@positive-impact-events.com