Making Events More Sustainable: A Guide to BS 8901

Pelham, Fiona

ISBN 10: 0580675130 / ISBN 13: 9780580675133

Published by BSI British Standards Institution, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Events More Sustainable: A Guide to BS 8901
• Publisher: BSI British Standards Institution
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0580675130
• ISBN 13: 9780580675133
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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About the Author

Fiona Pelham is the managing director of Sustainable Events Ltd, a company which provides expertise on the implementation, measurement and monitoring of sustainability within the event industry. In 2004 Fiona launched Organise This (www.organisethis.co.uk), a Manchester-based event management company. Organise This was the first event management company to be 3rd party certified compliant to BS 8901 in September 2008. The Organise This team and client base continues to grow and all events are delivered in a way which is BS 8901 compliant and where sustainability is a key focus. In 2005 Fiona was part of a group which set up the not-for-profit education project Positive Impact (www.positiveimpactevents.co.uk) which now delivers education on sustainability to the event industry across the world through in-house, online and open education workshops. As the growth of sustainability within the event industry continued Fiona and her team launched Sustainable Events Ltd to provide unique support for the implementation of sustainability within the event industry (www.sustainableeventsltd.com). The Sustainable Events Ltd team have worked on the implementation and measurement of sustainability within large-scale international events and strategies including Google EMEA Conference, England 2018 World Cup bid and Global Reporting Initiative for the Event Organizers Sector Supplement. Phil Cumming is the Corporate Sustainability Manager for the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the privately funded body responsible for preparing and staging the 2012 Games. He is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of the sustainability management system for the Games and programme managing all sustainability-specific and cross-functional sustainability work streams. His programme responsibilities have also included managing the development and planning for two major Games operational areas: Cleaning & Waste Management and Catering & Food Services. Prior to joining LOCOG in June 2006, Phil spent nearly 10 years working in the environmental consultancy sector. A Chartered Environmentalist, a Chartered Waste Manager and an IEMA Registered Environmental Auditor, as a consultant he provided the complete delivery of a range of environmental projects, including management systems, across a diverse number of industrial sectors for major private and public sector organizations, at home and overseas.