Providing free sustainable event management education for the UN Global Week Unite to #ACT4SDGS

Positive Impact is a mobiliser for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Action campaign and was happy to provide this free event as an opportunity for engagement in sustainable event management education.

This was a 48 hour online event between 18th and 20th September 2023, where attendees were able to access aspects of our education, which is accredited by CPD (the world's leading and largest independent Continuing Professional Development accreditation body).

The event provided an insight into the CPD courses that Positive Impact provides, which will help organisations to explore sustainable event strategies and education and further the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Content included speakers from UNICEF UK, The Race to Zero, ISO, Paris24 and the International Olympic Committee

This event was available to anyone responsible for:

• Implementation of sustainable event strategy in their organisation

• Fulfilling CPD training courses to further their organisation’s event sustainability education

Unite to Act ISO 20121 Liaison and National Standard Bodies Sessions

As part of Positive Impact’s wider campaign to help the event industry to advance the SDGs, we created an opportunity for liaisons to ISO 20121 and National Standard Bodies to present their own sessions during the event.

Input from the liaisons to ISO 20121 and National Standard Bodies shaped this part of the event, and speakers were invited to add their own sessions to the Positive Impact website.

Positive Impact facilitated the opportunity by:

• Providing technology for the delivery of a session

• Providing materials to support the promotion of the event

The sessions included:

• How to design events that inspire climate action
  Francesca Harris, CEO/Founder, 4GOOD

• Small Company, Mighty Impact: Delivering Sustainability, One Drop at a Time
  Laura Notarbartolo, CEO, Italian Special Occasions

• Zero waste events - Why and how
  Rishita Sharma, Founder, Green Utsav

• Storytelling your sustainability success
  Ulrika Mårtensson, Owner, IMPROVEMENT

• Sustainability measures taken in our convention centre
  Paula Blomster, Congress Manager, Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre

• Eco-production: Exploring the Environmental Impact of events + An Assessment of Sustainable Event Practices
  Hatem Ben Haj Hassine, Eco-Producer Event Sustainability Manager, suun sustainability

• Sustain Your Sustainability Momentum - Small Steps, Keep Learning
  Jacqueline Beaulieu, Director, Strategic Marketing & Client Engagement, Poretta & Orr | Exhibits & Events