Resources
You can browse our sustainable event resources below or use the search option if you’re looking for something specific.
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Sustainability strategy setting for events
This course will provide you with an overview of how sustainability standards, initiatives and best practice could shape your event strategy. Multiple dates are available across the year.
How to advance the Paris Agreement through your events
Get access to practical resources covering the following topics: commit, measure, business strategy, reduce own emissions, reduce value chain emissions, contribute to climate action in society. The resources for each section include animations, reading materials and more.
Event Planning: How to plan a sustainable event
Understand how to engage with your CEO or Head of Sustainability and deliver a sustainable event. This course provides practical resources to take action. It has been created for those with an understanding of what a sustainable event is and a job role where they are responsible for the delivery of events.
Educate: 12 hours of education on the SDGs
Educate is a product relevant for anyone who would like to be empowered to progress the Sustainable Development Goals. For a one-time payment of £100 you will get access to 12 hours of content from global thought leaders which you can consume in your own time.
What does the UN Summit mean for the future of human engagement?
Explore The Pavilion for People during UN Summit for the Future and New York Climate Week (September 20th - 29th 2024).
ISO 20121 Event Sustainability Implementation
ISO 20121 is the global standard for a sustainable event and is suitable for the global event supply chain including SMEs. The aim of this course is to provide the knowledge required to understand how to implement the management system in accordance with ISO 20121.
ISO 20121:2024 Event Sustainability from Understanding to Implementation: a training product from BSI and Positive Impact Events
ISO 20121:2024 was released in April 2024 following a revision. Positive Impact and BSI have come together to produce this twopart education course. This starts with BSI’s education course on the learning requirements of ISO 20121:2024 which provides the user with an understanding of the standard, followed by an implementation course for ISO 20121:2024 provided by Positive Impact Events.
The ISO 20121:2024 Event Sustainability Management Course from Understanding to Implementation: a bundle product from BSI and Positive Impact Events will provide you with all the understanding and practical support you need to be able to demonstrate evidence of implementation of ISO 20121:2024
Learn how to contribute to ISO 20121 and advance human rights considerations in events
A free 90 minute webinar for event professionals to learn more about the ISO 20121 revision progress and the role of human and child rights and safeguarding.
Share a Positive Impact Toolkit
Share a Positive Impact is an online campaign designed to advance sustainability commitments and the United Nations Sustainable Developments Goals through events. Anyone attending or working within the events sector can share inspirational examples of sustainability on social media using #shareapositiveimpact.
What is ISO 20121:2024?
Understand the event sustainability management system suitable for ensuring events leave a positive legacy and how you can get involved in its upcoming systematic review.
What does COP27 mean for event professionals?
COP27 has provided some clear signs which forward-thinking event professionals will not have missed.
UN Sustainable Development Goals Acceleration Action Report 2021-22
In 2019, the United Nations asked for commitments to action to accelerate progress towards the sustainable development goals. This was an opportunity to demonstrate the role of events in accelerating action to achieving the SDGs and not for profit Positive Impact continues to take action on this.
The Road to COP27
Positive Impact are UNFCCC Race to Zero Accelerators for the event sector SME supply chain and on the Road to COP28 are enabling action and leadership with the vision of supporting the global event supply chain to make a net zero commitment
What the new Race to Zero Criteria will mean for the future of company engagement strategies
The Race to Zero launched updated criteria which will shape the future of human engagement. This blog will explore the 3 criteria changes which will impact human engagement (events) and which is relevant for all Corporate Heads of Sustainability who are implementing their strategy to meet Race to Zero commitments.
ISO 20121 Review Process: How this will impact the future of the event sector
These resources will help event professionals understand the upcoming ISO 20121 review (the only global standard for sustainable events) and how they can play a role in developing the standard.
#BreaktheBias toolkit
To empower you to use your voice and #breakthebias around gender in the event sector we have created a basic toolkit.
Addressing the role of plastic in the event industry
Positive Impact are following a design thinking approach to address what the role of plastic in the event industry might be.
Human and Child Rights and Safeguarding Toolkit
Use this toolkit to deliver a one-day training programme to implement the guidance for considering human and child rights and safeguarding created by Unicef UK and Positive Impact