Sustainable Event Management - Meegan Lesley Jones

Sustainable Event Management

A Practical Guide
Buch | Softcover
416 Seiten
2009
Earthscan Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84407-739-7 (ISBN)
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Public parties always have and always will be a part of the human story. Yet those who stage events have a social and environmental responsibility to reduce their impacts. This guide leads readers through the key aspects of how to understand and manage the impacts of events of various types and scales.
It could be said the most environmentally friendly event is none at all. But that's no fun. Public parties always have and always will be a part of the human story. Yet those who stage events have a social and environmental responsibility to reduce their impacts.

Written by a leader in the field, this practical, step-by-step guide leads readers through the key aspects of how to understand and manage the impacts of events of any type and scale. The product of tried-and-tested methods used across the event industry, coverage includes an overview of sustainable event management and detailed discussion of energy, transport, water, waste supply chains, and communications . Readers are provided with checklists for action and tools for measuring performance. Numerous examples and case studies from across the world are integrated throughout . Festivals profiled include:

'Burning Man, Rothbury & Bonnaroo Festivals, USA
'Glastonbury and Reading Festivals, UK
'Boom Festival, Portugal
'Roskilde Festival, Denmark
'Meredith, Peats Ridge, Southbound and Big Day Out Festivals in Australia

This is the indispensable one-stop guide for event producers and event management students who want to adjust their thinking and planning decisions towards sustainability, and who need a powerful, easy to use collection of tools to deliver events sustainably.

Meegan Jones is an events professional focusing her work on developing sustainable management solutions for live events. Apart from producing practical solutions to sustainability challenges, working with industry peers she has researched and developed benchmarking and systems for assessing the impact of events. She uses her experience in marketing and event management across the retail, music and media industries to create scenarios which engage and activate the audience, performers, crew and the supply chain. She worked for the past three years in the UK as Sustainability Co-ordinator for Festival Republic (Reading, Leeds, Latitude & Glastonbury Festivals), developed sustainability solutions at Peats Ridge Festival in Australia, and has worked on sustainability issues for Live Earth India and the London Marathon. She is currently sitting on the working group for Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) events industry sector supplement, is global greening consultant for the next round of Live Earth events, and is the events and festivals consultant for UK-based music industry climate impact organization Julie's Bicycle.

1. Sustainability and Events
Areas of Impact
The Power of Change
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Sustainability
Sell - In
The Industry, Suppliers and Contractors
Leaving a Legacy
Sustainability Policy
The Carbon Issue
Measuring Sustainability
Certification and Best Practice

2. Communications and Marketing
Green Positioning
Stakeholder Communication
Audience Communications
Communication Tools

3. Energy and Emissions
Indoor Events
Powering Outdoor Events
Sustainable Biofuels
Zero Emissions Energy
Lighting
VOCs and Waste Emissions
Carbon Offsetting
Measuring Performance

4. Transport
Freight
Crew and Participant Transport
Audience Transport
Measuring Performance

5. Water
Water Scarcity
Water Use and Conservation
Water Messaging and Promotion
Waste Water Management
Toilets
Showers
Measuring Performance

6. Purchasing and Resource Use
Impact of Consumption
Purchasing Policy
Life Cycle Impact and Ecological Footprinting
Product Re-Design
Environmentally Responsible Purchasing
Eco Labelling
Climate Impact of Purchasing
Ethically and Socially Responsible Purchasing
Product Guide
Re-Use and Re-Purposing

7. Waste
Waste Management in your Community
What Waste at your Event?
Production Waste
Audience Waste
Waste Prevention
Waste Management Techniques
Biodegradable Waste
Recycle
Salvage
Measuring Performance
Waste and Climate Change

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.12.2009
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 189 x 246 mm
Gewicht 862 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 1-84407-739-X / 184407739X
ISBN-13 978-1-84407-739-7 / 9781844077397
Zustand Neuware
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