Advanced Certificate Sustainable Meetings & Strategic Partnerships

• Sustainable Meeting Planning: This unit covers the process of planning and executing sustainable meetings, including site selection, transportation, accommodations, food and beverage, and waste management.
• Carbon Footprint Reduction: This unit focuses on strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of meetings and events, including energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon offsets.
• Strategic Partnerships: This unit explores the importance of building strategic partnerships to advance sustainability goals, including identifying potential partners, developing partnership agreements, and measuring partnership impact.
• Sustainable Procurement: This unit covers best practices for sustainable procurement in the context of meetings and events, including vendor selection, contract negotiation, and monitoring compliance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: This unit discusses the importance of engaging stakeholders in the sustainable meeting planning process, including attendees, sponsors, vendors, and the local community.
• Sustainability Reporting: This unit covers the principles of sustainability reporting, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, and how to communicate sustainability performance to stakeholders.
• Legal and Regulatory Compliance: This unit covers the legal and regulatory requirements related to sustainability in the meetings and events industry, including labor laws, environmental regulations, and accessibility standards.
• Sustainable Event Design: This unit explores the principles of sustainable event design, including zero-waste events, circular economy, and biophilic design.
• Sustainability Metrics and Measurement: This unit covers the key performance indicators (KPIs) used to measure sustainability performance in the meetings and events industry, including energy usage, water consumption, and waste diversion rates.