ISO 20121
A Management System Specification standard for Sustainability in event management was released in June 2012. UFI was involved in the development of this standard, with the “liaison status”.
These specifications can be used by the entire supply chain of an event, including the venue and service providers.
Documents available:
- Introduction to ISO 21012:
Questions & Answers
- Sustainable events with ISO 20121”:
ISO brochure
- The ISO website, to get the standart:
http://www.iso.org
GRI Event Organizer Sector Supplement and UFI template for sustainability reporting
GRI (
http://www.globalreporting.org) a non-profit organization based in Amsterdam pioneered the development of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting Framework. It has developed a specific report for the event industry, with UFI as a Member of the “advisory group” for this project.
The first set of guidelines available here (
https://www.globalreporting.org/resourcelibrary/EOSS-G3.1-Complete.pdf) were launched in January 2012 and are applicable to the entire event industry.
In June 2013 UFI released a simplified version of the GRI sustainability reporting guidelines dedicated to the exhibition industry. This adaptation was developed by a working group of UFI’s Sustainable Development Committee - ADNEC (UAE), AUMA (Germany), BPA Worldwide (USA), Direct Energy Centre (Canada), Reed Exhibitions (UK) and UBM (Netherlands) - with the assistance of UFI education partner Positive Impact (UK).
The template is available here.
In order to provide additional guidance in this area, UFI is referencing such reports table (see table below). Please contact
chris@ufi.org for questions on this section.
| Company |
Country |
Date of issue & Language |
Framework |
Report |
| La Rural, Predio Ferial de Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
2010 – Spanish |
GRI |
Click Here |
| Cape Town International Convention Centre |
South Africa |
2013 – English |
GRI |
Click Here |