Standards

BS 8901

This standard provides requirements for planning and managing sustainable events of all sizes and types. It aims to provide a balanced approach to help organisations to deliver sustainability actions.

What is BS 8901?

This recently revised standard provides requirements for planning and managing sustainable events of all sizes and types. Updated from 2007, it aims to provide a balanced approach to help organisations to deliver sustainability actions.

Who can use BS 8901?

The standard covers all events ranging from small festivals and shows right up to international sporting and social events. It is relevant to all clients responsible for commissioning an event, venues, event companies, organisers, licensees, commercial partners, media and suppliers, regardless of size or type.

Why choose BS 8901?

The BS 8901 standard gives easy to follow guidance to assist organisations in implementing the requirements and to manage their sustainability risks and opportunities (environmental, financial and social).

A sustainable event management system, certificated to BS 8901, can demonstrate to its stakeholders in irrefutable fashion that it actively considers the social, environmental and economic impacts of events.

Benefits of BS 8901

Helps you to improve sustainable performance within available budgets.
Assists in reducing carbon emissions and waste, improving the resource efficiency of the entire event supply chain.
Presents you with opportunities for more efficient planning and encourage the re-use of equipment and infrastructure.
Directly reduces environmental impacts such as carbon usage, waste management and effects on biodiversity.
Improves your social impacts, such as community involvement and fair employment.
Establishes economic impacts, such as local investment and long-term viability.