The events industry is renowned for being highly unsustainable. Historically, it is known for transporting large quantities of equipment across the planet and for using vast amounts of single use materials.
In 2023 we decided to start monitoring our impact on the environment. We set up a sustainability working group compromising of people throughout the business, several of who completed the Oxford University Future of Sustainability Course.
Our working group looked across all areas of the business and concluded our largest impact areas are; CO2 emissions and the amount of waste we produce.
Moving forward, we must actively consider every possible course of action to minimise our impact in both the day to day running of the business and the planning of events. We believe it is the responsibility of organisations like ours to play a key part in ensuring a sustainable future and we aim to reach Net Zero as soon as possible.
Assessing our impact
To assess our future impact, we are committed to reporting annually on the following:
- Our CO2 Impact – comparing our impact on 3 scope levels against our baseline years
- Case Studies – evaluating the impact of 3 typical events and assessing how we can improve their impact moving forwards
- Reviewing our current policies and creating new policies based on the outcomes of our study
- Creating new ESG initiatives to improve our company’s impact
- Working on areas where we feel we are weakest – e.g. supporting local charities and the community
