positive impact events
Manchester
As of November 2022 Positive Impact has a community of over 1,600 global event
professionals, over 40 corporate Head of Events, over 40 Corporate Head of
Sustainability, over 160 SMEs with a Race to Zero commitment, over 5 memorandums
of understanding with United Nations bodies. We are the only event sector body
to be a Race to Zero Accelerator, UN SDG Action mobiliser and to have education
certified by the world’s largest and leading CPD accreditation working across
all sectors, so our education is accessed by heads of marketing, HR and
sustainability. For over 15 years not for profit Positive Impact Events have
been providing engagement, collaboration and education to create a sustainable
event industry. You could describe Positive Impact Events as the ‘critical
friend’ of the global event sector. Our funding comes from everywhere and
nowhere and every penny, cent, yen etc is used to advance the event sector so
every time an event happens the UN Sustainable Development Goals are advanced
and events are recognised as ensuring 'participation and inclusion in decision
making’ (UN SDG16). This is a timeline of Positive Impact Events' journey and
the creation of a sustainable event industry. It reflects initiatives from: The
United Nations Positive Impact CEO Fiona Pelham Key developments in the creation
of a sustainable event industry.
