EVT61704 Chapter 2: Sustainable Event Management

<p>Formulating budgets for sustainability plans</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Serving as a liaison to communicate sustainability plans</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Finding new, innovative, and economically reductive ways to stay green</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Greenhouse gas emissions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Asia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Depletion of groundwater resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>3.7 million</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Soil contamination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>90% of the world's population breathes unsafe air.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bin stewards</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recycling and composting coordination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Setup water refill infrastructure</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recycling and composting coordination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Confirming main water supply safety</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identifying sustainable food options</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To clarify priority intentions and prevent last-minute green event programs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By formalizing expectations and providing clear priorities</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To protect against reputational risks and negative public relations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identifying and protecting against various risks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By giving clear priorities and orientation on resource allocation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By formalizing expectations and clarifying priority intentions</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Triple Bottom Line</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To gauge the effect of the sustainability management program</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Various stakeholders including environmental, cultural, and socio-economic groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The best accepted practice within the event industry or geographic region</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By considering intangibles and enduring legacies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Business community, cultural influences, purpose</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Internal facilities, greenfield sites, event precincts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scale of impact and size of the event</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Staff members</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reduce risks for events</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Water quality and conservation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By formalizing expectations and giving clear priorities to follow from the very beginning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identifying and protecting against reputational risks, ethical issues, irresponsible sourcing decisions, and other social and environmental issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To orient staff and vendors in how to spend time and resources, as they often don't pay enough attention to sustainability issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By clarifying priority intentions and desired returns so that clear objectives can be achieved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To indicate commitment to sustainable development and focus efforts on sustainability management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By providing orientation on how to allocate time and resources from the very beginning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stakeholders such as investors, regulators, and the public are interested.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The report should include sustainability issues, best accepted practices, forecasted goals and outcomes, and measurement of indirect effects and intangibles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purpose is to gauge the effectiveness of the sustainability management program.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Triple Bottom Line approach is recommended.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indirect effects and outcomes should be measured by considering legacy and enduring impacts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Clarify the Scope 2. Identify Issues 3. Communicate Priorities 4. Organize Resources 5. Focus Intentions</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identifying issues helps make the policy relevant by addressing specific problems and concerns.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Public - ticket buyers, Public - free access, Exclusive - Invite only, Exclusive - Members, Staff, Academics, Customers / clients, Supply chain (vendors, distributors)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Level of aptitude - existing interest or empathy for sustainability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To establish available resources (time, money, people) to achieve objectives with necessary budget allocation and specified systems to monitor and measure impacts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The hardest to control</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recycling and composting coordination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To promote the use of refillable drink containers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resource recovery accounting</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To cover sustainability issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allocate staff for water refill stations</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To identify ways to recover urine for fertilizer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Air pollution, particulates, airborne litter, dust management, chemical releases, toxic residue, waterborne litter, waste and wastewater, water flow or diversion management, riparian zone protection, turbidity, underwater noise, surface protection, avoidance or management of erosion and sediments, protection of local environment and fauna, snow and ice management, light and sound pollution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>3.7 million premature deaths per year.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>90% of the world's population breathing unsafe air are located in Asia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The focus is on identifying environmental issues and implementing policies to mitigate them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Asia has the highest concentration of the most polluted countries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Waterborne litter, waste and wastewater management, turbidity, underwater noise.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identifying Issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Surface protection, erosion and sediments, snow and ice management, light and sound pollution</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Confirm adequate planning time, 2. Discuss issues at project meetings, 3. Review previous sustainability reports, 4. Communicate with stakeholders, 5. Review external requirements, 6. Review existing questions</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protection of local environment from event impacts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By clarifying priority intentions and reducing risks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Protection of local fauna from event impacts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To focus efforts on sustainability management and indicate commitment to sustainable development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By clarifying priority intentions and preventing last-minute green event programs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It helps clarify priority intentions, reduce risks, and orient staff and vendors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It identifies and protects against reputational risks and negative public relations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To prevent last-minute green event programs and ensure clear objectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By giving clear priorities to follow from the beginning and reducing risks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Differentiate from competitors and attract new attendees who buy into green lifestyle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through reduce and re-use practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By saving time and travel distance or providing ease of access through local destinations and virtual events.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To reduce plastic waste and encourage sustainability practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Help in clarifying priority intentions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reducing waste and promoting sustainable water practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recycling and composting coordination, Bin stewards (staff), Mobile compost stewards, Vendor liaison staff, Reclamation team and waste sorters, Bin audit and resource recovery accounting</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Coordinator for compost, vacuum or low-flush toilets &amp; waterless urinals, Education program for compost toilets, Identify ways to recover urine for fertilizer, Convert handwash to hand sanitiser, Outreach for potential eco-cleaning or personal products brands</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Identify sustainable food options, Work with vendors to create and manage menus, Outreach to potential product placement brands or sponsors, Identify and initiate use of appropriate serviceware, Liaison with caterer/vendor for management of food waste</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Disengage drinking water sales from profit, Confirm main water supply is safe to drink, Setup water refill infrastructure, Promotion to attendees on bringing refillable drink containers, Sell branded re-usable drink containers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Source: Event Sustainability Management (Jones, 2018)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sell branded re-usable drink containers, Arrange on-site directional signages to water stations, Allocate staff for water refill stations and re-usable containers sales counters</p> Signup and view all the answers