– "How would you define sustainability in the context of events?"

–"Doing the best we can with the resources that we have within our budget."

In this episode, we talk to Romina Kwong, a Canada-based events sustainability consultant and founder of Eco-Friendly Events with lots of experience in the field.

Learn about:

- What it means for an event to be sustainable.

- The choices that event organizers need to make.

- How sustainability drives down the costs of organizing events.

- And much more!

As more and more event organizers get started with making their events sustainable, sustainability professionals like Romina are there to not only make their journey possible but also effective and focused on impacts.

impactALL is the sustainability suite that empowers both consultants and organizations to implement data-driven sustainability at events.

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Robert Rubinstein (Chairman & Founding Partner of TBLI) wanted to make a positive impact in the world and promote environmental restorative action. And he figured that the best way to do so was to influence funds to include environmental and sustainability insights and criteria in the process of granting of funding to organizations.

In other words, Robert was in ESG way before this acronym (not to mention the buzz) was coined; which is the reason why listening to his journey and experience is nothing but a delight.

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Listen to the episode and discover the power and potential of ESG, as well as why the main market players are not doing their bit, and what is Robert's organization is doing about it. Learn about the Better World Prize and its mission to surface and promote more impactful frameworks, less focused on risk and more on measurable outcomes.

Links to references in the episode:

- TBLI Better World Prize. Register now! bit.ly/3UhzmTb

- Walk the Walk: shorturl.at/mpEFX

- France bans short-haul flights news: shorturl.at/oxIK9

"It's such a waste if people find out that something works -or it doesn't- and others cannot learn from it" - a beautiful statement, and one that gave birth to Green Events, an organization for sustainable events of which Lyke Poortvliet, or guest in this episode, is co-director.

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A core element of how sustainability is slowly infiltrating all industries is sharing. Listen to Lyke Poortvliet and Eduardo Lebre as they dig into the role of funding in the development and testing of sustainable models at events, greenwashing, and events as prototypes of society.

"A truly sustainable event is still very hard for most organizers" - well, that's precisely what we're here to change!

And at the end of the episode, you'll find a bonus: top tips to reduce the impact of food and beverage at events - stay tuned!

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Tips from Lyke to avoid greenwashing...

1. Use a data-driven solution (such as impactALL) to get the right insights.

2. Understand the impacts of your event.

3. Act on the low-hanging fruit and focus on what you can make an impact on.