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Description

Sustainable Events: Designing, Sourcing and Measuring Impact

Deliver a professional event that is consistent with your organisation's environmental commitments

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

A seminar or exhibition generates travel, catering, printing and single-use materials. Organisers are now expected to justify these choices, yet they often lack practical benchmarks for balancing attendee comfort, budget control and impact reduction.

One day to review every component of an event and decide what can be removed, reduced, shared or replaced. Participants build a criteria grid for selecting suppliers and a tracking table to report results once the event is over.

Learning objectives

  • Identify the main impact areas of a professional event
  • Weigh up options for venue, catering and transport
  • Draft environmental criteria that can be used in a supplier consultation
  • Organise the second life of materials and unused supplies
  • Report results to stakeholders

What makes this programme different

Each participant works on an event they genuinely have to organise
A supplier consultation grid is drafted and taken away at the end of the day
Trade-offs are discussed with the AED budget in hand rather than in principle

Programme

1Mapping the impacts

Knowing where the real stakes lie

  • Review each component of an event, from travel to giveaways
  • Rank components according to their actual weight
  • Distinguish visible actions from effective ones
  • Set achievable targets for the next event

2Designing and sourcing

Turning intentions into supplier choices

  • Select a venue based on accessibility and facilities
  • Frame catering arrangements and limit food waste
  • Draft environmental requirements within the consultation documents
  • Compare offers without focusing on price alone

3Engaging people and reporting

Bringing participants on board, then measuring

  • Inform participants before, during and after the event
  • Organise sorting, recovery and donation of materials
  • Collect relevant data from suppliers
  • Write a report that senior management can read easily

Who is it for

Event coordinators, executive assistants, communication managers and anyone responsible for organising seminars or exhibitions.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge required

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.