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A Green event the ‘ECO-Buy way’

A Green event the ‘ECO-Buy way’. Who is ECO-Buy? What do we consider to be green purchasing? What are green products? Why buy a green event? Greening your event: key considerations How to hold a green event - getting started - baseline and prioritisation - implementation

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A Green event the ‘ECO-Buy way’

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  1. A Green event the ‘ECO-Buy way’

  2. Who is ECO-Buy? • What do we consider to be green purchasing? • What are green products? • Why buy a green event? • Greening your event: key considerations • How to hold a green event • - getting started • - baseline and prioritisation • - implementation • - priorities and lessons learnt What is ECO-Buy?

  3. Who is ECO-Buy? What is ECO-Buy? • Independent, not-for-profit company, operating as a • Centre of Excellence for Environmental Purchasing • Programs - large businesses, Victorian local and • state government • ECO-Find green products directory • Research • Advocacy • Facilitation

  4. Who is ECO-Buy? What is ECO-Buy? Victorian Local Government ECO-Buy members - green product expenditure

  5. What do we consider to be green purchasing? What is ECO-Buy? • Environmental (green) purchasing is based • on the simple premise that every purchase • impacts on the environment • It is about choosing to buy products and • services that are less damaging to the • environment and human health than those • you are currently buying

  6. What are green products? What is ECO-Buy? • Primary attributes of green products on ECO-Find: • Recycled content • Water saving • Energy saving • Low-toxicity • Other significant environmental attribute

  7. Why buy green? What is ECO-Buy? • Environmental purchasing is a fundamental • component of any action to reduce an • organisation’s environmental impacts • Customer/ratepayer/employee expectations • Rising costs of carbon intensive goods • Introduction of emissions trading in 2010

  8. Why buy green? What is ECO-Buy? Increased costs from Emissions Trading Scheme • Half of the carbon consumption by Victorian households comes • from the carbon embodied in the goods and services they buy Source: Brotherhood of St Lawrence / National Institute of Economic and Industry Research

  9. Greening your event spend: key considerations What is ECO-Buy? • Internal • Targets and aims • Key spend areas – environmental impact, ability to influence, scope and risk • Staff education/engagement • Measuring/benchmarking • External • Green wash • Eco-labelling • Embodied carbon / emissions trading

  10. How to buy a green event What is ECO-Buy? • Getting started • Start early! Get executive level commitment to developing a green event • Create/utilise a working group with key purchasing • and cross-organisational staff involved • Develop a target, aim or scope e.g. a waste free event, organic food and wine, carbon neutral event

  11. How to buy green What is ECO-Buy? • Baseline and prioritisation - then action • Review your purchasing, sustainability and • operational processes and goals • Prioritise your green purchasing opportunities - • influence, scope and risk • Develop a green purchasing action plan that aligns • with your goals and timeframes – be ambitious but • realistic

  12. How to buy green What is ECO-Buy? • Prioritise • What do you need to buy for your event? • What has the biggest environmental impact? • What can you actually change? • What are the green alternatives? • What is the remaining impact? • Is there any further scope for reductions? • What is the remaining environmental footprint? • Consider offsetting the final impact.

  13. Greening your event spend: key considerations What is ECO-Buy? • Calculate your carbon & Ecological Footprint • The EPA’s carbon & ecological footprint events calculator helps organisers plan a low footprint event by: • highlighting the main environmental impacts of an event • helping to identify actions to avoid & reduce impacts • helping organisers plan & achieve a carbon neutral event • See www.epa.vic.gov.au/ecologicalfootprint

  14. How to buy a green event What is ECO-Buy? • Implementation • Staff/attendee awareness and education around event • Quick wins - opportunities for early successes – speaker gifts to charity • Focus on a number of purchased products as an education tool • Think about sponsorship opportunities with green suppliers e.g. recycled content furniture

  15. Quick Wins What is ECO-Buy? • Implementation • Staff/attendee awareness and education around event • Quick wins - opportunities for early successes • Focus on a number of purchased products as an education tool

  16. Priorities What is ECO-Buy? • Focusing on biggest impacts • Venue - location, public transport, environmental commitment, catering choice • Energy – focus on accredited Green Power purchase • Event material use and waste produced • Also look at other impacts and when you have done all you can, consider offsets

  17. Other tools - specifications What is ECO-Buy?

  18. Other tools - specifications What is ECO-Buy?

  19. Lessons learnt What is ECO-Buy? • Review Actual impacts • Assess how it went • Feedback from those attending • What would you do differently? • Do it again and again and again…..

  20. What is ECO-Buy? Thank you and any questions? www.ecobuy.org.au You’re not green if you’re not buying green

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