terms, the easy wins. The five things that would bag you the highest results as a company with the lowest cost. Our top five scorers on ROI were as follows: 1. Produce less waste 2. Influence supply chain 3. Reduce foodwaste 4. Recruit locally 5. Collaborate with venues The webinar With our top ideas in place, we then spoke to Anna Abdelnoor and Ben Quarrell of isla , the independent industry body supporting the events sector transition to a more sustainable future. Using the ideas generated by the associations in the workshop, isla curated a webinar featuring: Juliane Caillouette Noble, MD of the Sustainable Restaurant Association; Chantal Kerr-Sheppard and Carina Jandt, founders of EventCycle; Toby Lewis, CEO of Live Group; Elena Salazar, policy and knowledge manager at Eating Better; and Jo Austin, sales director at Lime Venue Portfolio. Through laser-focused interviews, presentations and discussions, the panellists explored the ideas, creating new directions and channels of conversation. The idea-packed session is available on-demand. Watch now
Going forward What’s so exciting about Sustainability Now! is that this is just the beginning. The appetite in the events sector to talk about sustainability and to make real, tangible change has never been stronger. At the heart of the campaign is a desire to drive the agenda across the sector – and create actionable, achievable goals. We know we do not have all the answers. No one does. It is our aim to facilitate that conversation in any way that we can, because it is by talking to each other that we can foster the collaboration that will be so vital to the sector’s sustainable future. If you want to help us drive the conversation, we want to hear from you. Let’s get together and tackle sustainability. Now. It is our aim to faciliate the conversation in any way that we can, because it is by talking to each other that we can foster the collaboration that will be so vital to the sector’s sustainable future.
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