Environmental Impacts of Events: Measures and Solutions
Explore the environmental impacts of events, including CO2 emissions, waste production, energy usage, and natural capital erosion. Learn why it's essential to measure these impacts, consider the costs for future generations and local well-being, and discover sustainable event management practices like ISO 20121. Discover how events contribute to CO2 emissions, waste generation, energy consumption, and ecosystem degradation, and find out ways to mitigate these impacts for a greener future.
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Environmental impacts of events Liljana and Nicole
Why to measure? Cost of the event for future generations Cost of the well-being of the locals Cost of the advantages for the enterprise and artists ISO 20121, the International Standard on Sustainable Event Management Key questions for the wellbeing of both guests and performers (Event Impacts, 2021)
CO2 Emissions Typical conference attendees produce 400 pounds of CO2 emissions a day From air travel, there is a carbon footprint for every person being flied in Travelling accounts to 70% -90% of the carbon emissions worldwide There are also carbon emissions created from the waste, typically a minimum of 1.89 kg of waste per day Food production also has carbon emissions, from the greenhouse effect to the delivery of the product (agricultural practices also have a big impact) (Duplin, 2021)
Waste production Events are responsible for a lot of the waste -and their proper recycling is not always taken into account -despite there being a lot of recycling bins, unless they are taken somewhere, there is no true recycling happening Laws nowadays are becoming more and more preoccupied with this matter, as well as trying to encourage the take what you bring motto (CVENT, 2021)
Energy usage It is used all the times, from the construction of the site to the actual event, and afterwards their deconstruction Renewable energy is a trend happening nowadays, and it can even become an interesting part of the event (IAOEH, 2020)
Natural Capital Erosion of the site, destruction or replacement of endemic animals and vegetation Impact on healthy ecosystems and destruction of the local environment Environmental cost -environmental economy (Raj and Moongrave, 2022)
References CVENT (2021) 10 Green Ideas that can make a Huge difference. CVENT. Available from: https://www.cvent.com/uk/blog/events/10-green-event-ideas-can-make-huge-difference[Accessed 13 February 2022]. Duplin, S. (2021) How to overcome the environmental impacts of the event industry. Beacon Live. Available from: https://www.beaconlive.com/blog/how-to-overcome-the-environmental-impact-of-the-events-industry[Accessed 13 February 2022]. EventImpacts (2021) Why measure environmental impact?.EventImpacts. Available from: https://www.eventimpacts.com/impact-types/environmental[Accessed 13 February 2022]. IAOEH (2020) Environmental impacts. International Association of Event Hosts. Available from: https://www.eventhosts.org/resources/event-impact-standards/environmental-impacts-2/ [Accessed 13 February 2022]. Raj, R. and Mongrave, J. (2022) Event management and sustainability. CABI. Available from: https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/ebook/20093278819 [Accessed 13 February 2022].
