Water is essential to events, but conserving it requires thoughtful strategies. From drinking water alternatives single-use plastic bottles to sourcing local produce and leveraging Water Restoration Certificates®, there are several ways to manage and reduce your event’s water footprint. Discover four key areas where you can make a meaningful impact on water management for your next event.

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.

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.

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.