About Us
As of February 2024, Positive Impact has a community of almost 2,000 global event professionals, over 40 corporate Head of Events, over 40 Corporate Head of Sustainability, over 160 SMEs with a Race to Zero commitment, over 5 memorandums of understanding with United Nations bodies.
We are the only event sector body to be a Race to Zero Accelerator, UN SDG Action mobiliser and to have education certified by the world’s largest and leading CPD accreditation working across all sectors, so our education is accessed by heads of marketing, HR and sustainability.
For over 15 years not for profit Positive Impact have been providing engagement, collaboration and education to create a sustainable event industry. You could describe Positive Impact as the ‘critical friend’ of the global event sector.
Our funding comes from everywhere and nowhere, and every penny, cent or yen is used to advance the event sector so every time an event happens the UN Sustainable Development Goals are advanced and events are recognised as ensuring 'participation and inclusion in decision making’ (UN SDG16).
This is a timeline of Positive Impact's journey and the creation of a sustainable event industry. It reflects initiatives from:
The United Nations
Positive Impact
CEO Fiona Pelham
Key developments in the creation of a sustainable event industry.
MPI magazine highlights sustainability
In the March 2006 issue of their magazine, industry association Meeting Professionals International featured sustainability as the cover story with an article about “Going Green” including practical steps that event planners could take.
In the March 2006 issue of their magazine, industry association Meeting Professionals International featured sustainability as the cover story with an article about “Going Green” including practical steps that event planners could take.
A key development in the creation of a sustainable event sector
In 2004, Organise This launched as an event management company with a focus on planning events in a sustainable way. This was the first business launched by Positive Impact CEO Fiona Pelham.
In 2004, Organise This launched as an event management company with a focus on planning events in a sustainable way. This was the first business launched by Positive Impact CEO Fiona Pelham.
