Investing in the planet on Earth Day through a sustainable event strategy

Positive Impact Events
Written By Positive Impact

This Earth Day, Positive Impact ran a 24 hour global initiative exploring how to invest in the planet and advance corporate sustainability goals through a sustainable event strategy.

This Earth Day event was designed to meet the needs of corporate event planners or corporate heads of sustainability. In this event, they were able to:

  • Participate in workshops led by UN bodies, corporate peers and sustainability experts

  • Learn how to implement global best practice frameworks (ISO 20121) and make recognised carbon commitments (UNFCCC Race to Zero)

  • Gain knowledge on how to deliver a sustainable event strategy which aligns with your corporate sustainability goals

Who attended?

19 Global Corporate Heads of Sustainability or Events registered for Earth Day 2022; these corporates included:

  • Deloitte

  • Bloomberg

  • Amex

  • HP

  • Bodyshop

  • T-Mobile

  • Reckitt

  • Clarivate

  • RSPB

  • Interface

  • SAP UK

  • Pure storage

  • Foresight Group LLP

  • Shell

What was delivered?

Throughout the Earth Day event; attendees were given the opportunity to attend live panels, networking session and explorations into the future of human connection as well as given access the wider range of pre-recorded workshops and short clips that cover a wider range of sustainability topics which align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Positive Impact delivered the following 5 live panels throughout the Earth Day event to support corporate event planners and heads of sustainability to advance their sustainability goals:

  • Investing in a net zero carbon event future: update from Japan - with the Japan Climate Initiative and Cerespo, an event company who is leading in event sustainability in Japan.

  • The Future of Events: Investing in a Net Zero Carbon Strategy for Your Event - With Climate Action for Associations, The Race to Zero Accelerator Programme, session facilitated by James Latham founder The Iceburg.

  • The Future of Events: How Event Grads are Making a Commitment to Shape the Future of the Event Sector -with Event Grads, session facilitated by Martin Fullard Editorial Director at Mash Media

  • The future of events: How you can use event strategy to advance corporate sustainability commitments and the UN SDGs - with UN Global Compact Network UK, Interface and RX.

  • The Future of Measurement and Events- with Positive Impact’s Team

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We exist to create a sustainable event industry. 

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