Certifications legitimize your organization’s sustainability efforts. One notable and popular program, the Event Industry Council’s (EIC) Sustainable Event Standards has grown in popularity for Events, venues, general service contractors, and vendors/suppliers. Here’s a step-by-step process that Honeycomb Strategies recommends for pursuing certification.

When events adopt sustainability goals such as reducing water and energy, they’re then tasked with finding host venues that have the systems in place to support such goals. We’ve compiled this guide for event planners on what to look for and which questions to ask when reviewing spaces for sustainability.

Learn why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is an important component of sustainability for the event industry – for planners, venues, event hosts. To achieve goals, serve our stakeholders, and target meaningful outcomes, we must consider the extraordinary range of difference in the human experience.

Test what you already know about carbon emissions, then read about our answers to see how you did. Learn how intersecting event choices inform a comprehensive strategy for sustainable event management.

With nearly 70,000 people expected to walk through the doors of the Anaheim Convention Center for the 2023 Natural Products Expo, event organizers partnered with r.world to implement reusable cup service to avert single-use cup waste.

It’s easy to hand out stress balls, keychains and other cheap-to-produce swag to start a conversation. But - at what cost to the environment? And does that fidget spinner really provide the memorable impact you want it to? Let’s explore what it takes to make a disposable tchotchke and discuss the values of an alternative.

When it comes to sustainable innovations, one thing that sets apart Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is its sophisticated exhibitor engagement programs. In 2023, Greenbuild and show partner U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched a new education module to advance exhibitor engagement further.

Honeycomb Strategies compiled this guide to help you talk with your leadership team to gain support for sustainability programs at your event. We give you talking points, data-backed research, and a range of approaches from the Triple Bottom Line to targeting a next-generation audience to achieve buy-in.

Honeycomb Strategies’ data-based approach to sustainability says you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Quantitative metrics aid in setting realistic goals, tracking progress towards their achievement, and transparent reporting. We’ve compiled a list of five data points that are vital to tracking sustainable progress for green events to lower their environmental impact.

Myth: sustainability is more expensive that business as usual.

Truth: events and venues see cost savings from sustainable improvements in the short and long term.

In this blog, we break down some ways sustainability saves you money.