Worlds Better, a specialist event sustainability consultancy, has partnered with the Event Academy to launch a new ‘Delivering Sustainable Events’ training course.

Registration opens today (24 July) for the course, which is designed to give experienced event managers the knowledge and skills to deliver holistically sustainable events.

Drawing on her 20 years’ experience delivering events, Worlds Better founder Chrissie Beck has developed the course as part of her quest to drive industry wide positive change, teaming up with the Event Academy, which has built a reputation in developing comprehensive training courses for students to gain the skills to thrive in the events industry.

The 12-week course aims to cover all the critical information that event managers need including:

*An introduction to sustainability
*Climate change and carbon literacy
*Social & economic sustainability and governance
*Environmental sustainable event practices
*Measuring the impact of events
*How to build a sustainable supply chain and resilience for the future
*Navigating inevitable challenges; building a business case for sustainability and problem solving
*Influencing stakeholders and influencing behaviour change
*Storytelling and avoiding greenwashing
*Sustainability certifications/accreditations
*Assuring due diligence; writing sustainability objectives and a sustainability management plan
*How to conduct a sustainability audit of an event (and conducting an event audit with the group)
*And using key sustainability performance learnings to inform continual improvement

Beck said: “I love the events industry, but I can see that we are not transitioning towards a sustainable future fast enough. I’ve found that most event managers in the industry care deeply about their work, its legacy and want to produce sustainable events but are quickly blocked by not knowing what to do, whilst also under considerable time and brief constraints.

“I’m thrilled to have combined my passion for education with my experience and knowledge into this course, with the overall goal to provide event professionals everything they need to deliver sustainable events even in the most challenging of circumstances, making the world better one event at a time.”

Claire Derrick, co-founder and principal of the Event Academy, added: “We are delighted to be partnering with Chrissie and the team at Worlds Better to deliver this course. It will not only teach the academics of sustainable event delivery but also facilitate students to actively create their own sustainability strategies whilst on the course. This is a practical, no-nonsense, and highly effective way of up-skilling taught by experts who are the best in the industry.”

Delivering Sustainable Events is a comprehensive suite of 12 learning modules. Learners will need to commit approximately 3 hours each Thursday for 9 weeks to the course with a mix of on-demand and virtual learning.

In week 10 learners will need to attend three consecutive days face to face in London for practical learning application. Finally, learners will need to pass an assessment and write a dissertation in weeks 11 and 12 to apply their learnings to their role and/or industry.

You can find out more about Delivering Sustainable Events and register your interest here