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Confex 2012: Fiona Pelham, ISO 20121

Fiona Pelham, Chair of the ISO 20121 Committee, presented at the 2012: A Year of Sustainability in the Event Industry session on 7th March 2012. She spoke about the development of new industry standards and reporting for sustainability, including the sustainable event management standard, ISO 20121, and the sustainability reporting framework, GRI EOSS. Her presentation also covered the new sustainability initiatives that are currently being developed for the event industry in the form of roadmaps for waste and resources, and food.

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EIBTM 2011: Event Sustainability Standards Introduction

Positive Impact’s Rebecca Saunders presented  a session on event sustainability standard BS 8901 (future ISO 20121). This session gave a step by step guide on how to implement and achieve, the future International Standard for Event Sustainability Management (ISO 20121) and the business case for doing it.          

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Green Events Europe, Bonn

Rebecca Saunders presented at the Green Events Europe conference in Bonn in November 2011. She introduced the future international standard for sustainable event management, ISO 20121, and facilitated a workshop on measurement and reporting for the event industry.

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Understanding ISO 20121

Chair of the ISO 20121 committee, Fiona Pelham, provides some background about the creation of an international standard for sustainable event management. Understanding ISO 20121 As chair of ISO/PC 250, international committee responsible for the development of ISO 20121, I thought it might be useful to share some of the background to the creation of the standard. Over the next few months I’m sure you are likely to hear more and more about the standard so I’m going to use the Positive Impact website and

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ISO 20121

Discusses what the international standard entails, highlights key areas of focus and the benefits of ISO 20121.

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