Water Resource Certificates® issued by Bonneville Environmental Foundation are an innovative solution to balancing water impact from event activities. Developed in partnership with Heather Schrock, Environmental Partnerships Director at BEF, this blog guides you through the basics of WRCs and their important place in a sustainable, balanced environmental portfolio.

Brochures, construction materials, coffee cups, food scraps, tote bags… event waste can be diverse and extensive. We use the Zero Waste Hierarchy as one tool to reduce and dispose of event wase - find out how it works!

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.