Sustainable Event Essentials
Build the confidence to plan more sustainable events without adding unnecessary complexity.
Sustainable Event Essentials is a live, introductory workshop designed for event professionals who want to understand how sustainability fits into the event planning process. Whether you’re new to sustainable event management or looking for a stronger foundation, this session provides practical knowledge you can apply to events of any size.
Through real-world examples and interactive discussion, you’ll explore strategies to reduce waste, understand event carbon impacts, make more informed sourcing decisions, collaborate effectively with suppliers, and identify meaningful opportunities to improve your events.
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of event sustainability, practical ideas you can implement right away, and the confidence to start making measurable progress—one event at a time.
- Live, instructor-led online workshop
- Beginner-friendly for event professionals at any experience level
- Practical strategies you can apply to your very next event
Led by MeetGreen’s sustainability experts, drawing on more than 30 years of experience helping organizations plan more sustainable events.
What You Will Learn
During this interactive workshop, you’ll gain practical knowledge and actionable ideas that can help you plan more sustainable events with confidence.
- Make more sustainable food, beverage, material, and sourcing decisions
- Understand the key elements of sustainable event planning
- Recognize the biggest sources of an event’s environmental impact.
- Collaborate more effectively with venues and suppliers.
- Identify practical improvements you can implement at your next event
- Leave with a framework for integrating sustainability into future events.
FAQ
Have questions? Here are answers to some of the most common questions about the workshop.
Sustainable Event Essentials is designed for event planners, meeting professionals, marketers, event producers, venue teams, and anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of sustainable event planning. No prior sustainability experience is required.
Yes. This workshop is designed as an introduction to sustainable event management and is ideal for beginners as well as professionals looking to build a stronger foundation.
Through real-world examples and interactive discussion, you’ll explore strategies to reduce waste, understand event carbon impacts, make more informed sourcing decisions, collaborate effectively with suppliers, and identify meaningful opportunities to improve your events.
We are providing this training at no cost to everyone who registers for the workshop.
Registered participants will receive a Zoom link and any workshop materials before the session.
Yes, bring your questions to the workshop.
Yes, you will receive presentation materials, the Event Sustainability Policy Template, and links to other resources on our website.
Yes, all registrants that attend the full training will receive a certificate.