The first step toward implementing sustainable event management practices in your organization is to create a comprehensive 'sustainability policy'. SES has developed an easy to use wizard which will guide you step by step through the process of creating a bespoke, comprehensive and credible policy document that may be used internally, within tenders and bids or as a communications piece to your stakeholders. The policy wizard has been developed in line with ISO 20121: Events Sustainability Management Systems (2012).

How can a policy help your organisation

Without a policy there is no formalized way of communicating your organizational or event’s commitment to sustainable development. A comprehensive policy:
  • communicates your sustainability objectives
  • crystallizes your intentions
  • guides your decision-making
  • demonstrates commitment to your stakeholders.

Who will benefit from the Wizard

Any organization that runs events and wants to implement sustainable management processes will benefit from using the wizard. The wizard has been developed for people who are new to sustainable event management. However, it is sophisticated enough that even seasoned practitioners will benefit from using the wizard.

Those organizations or events with few sustainability initiatives in place need only to answer questions that apply to their activities. At its most basic your policy may be a simple statement of intent or a comprehensive document. Either way you will produce an Events Sustainability Policy reflective of your current position as it relates to sustainable development.



How does it work?

The SEMS Policy Wizard guides you step-by-step through the process of identifying and documenting the level of your organization’s commitment to both the principles of sustainable development and the practical requirements of implementing sustainable procedures. The Wizard does this by asking you a series of questions. Many are multiple choice, but there is always the option of including your own tailored responses. Once you complete the questionaire the wizard then generates a tailored policy based on your answers which is provided to you as a PDF.