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World Championships achieves ‘Gold Standard’ sustainability

Event Industry News

The 2022 World Rowing Coastal Championships (WRCC), this year hosted by the UK for the first time, has achieved ISO 20121 sustainability accreditation for the entire event – the first rowing event of its type globally to have achieved ISO 20121 accreditation. We would contract them again without a moment’s hesitation.”

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Somerset House announces sustainable, inclusive and diverse supplier search

Event Industry News

The venue hosts hundreds of events each year for a range of clients and is keen to ensure its suppliers and their services are equally inclusive and sustainable in practice. It receives no regular funding from the Government. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2025.

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Encore events: Sustainability as standard.

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Sustainability is increasingly a consideration for both event planners and venues when choosing a production company. As Meetings Net describes it, the roadmap caused “perhaps its biggest public splash on the issue of making events sustainable.” Find out how Encore sets the green standard. Next year we’re going for gold!

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Swiss Sustainability Forum to lead a sustainability agenda in Bern

The MICE

Bern’s positioning as a leader in the energy and environmental sector, and its easy accessibility within Switzerland and from neighbouring countries, make it the most suitable city to host the Swiss Sustainability Forum. Circular Economy Entrepreneurs 2021. Photo credit: NZZ Connect. About the organiser. Circular Economy Entrepreneurs 2021.

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Actavo Events puts Sustainability centre stage

Event Industry News

In the UK, contracts include London Olympic Stadium and the Commonwealth Games. One of Actavo’s core values is to ‘operate sustainably’. Membership enhances Actavo’s focus on structured measurement of emissions as it meets its sustainability goals. Actavo is aware that globally, we are facing our greatest challenge.

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SOMERSET HOUSE OPENS SEARCH FOR SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE SUPPLIERS

Prestige Events Magazine

The venue hosts hundreds of events each year for a range of clients and is keen to ensure its suppliers and their services are equally inclusive and sustainable in practice. It receives no regular funding from the Government. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2025.

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SOMERSET HOUSE ANNOUNCES NEW ACCREDITED SUPPLIER LIST WITH A FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND INCLUSIVITY

Prestige Events Magazine

Freestone continued “in addition to providing excellence, creativity and flexibility, a commitment to diversity, inclusion, sustainability, and responsible event management were a crucial consideration throughout the process. Contracts will run from March 2023 – March 2026. It receives no regular funding from the Government.