Delivering Sustainable Events Course

Course Overview

​Delivering Sustainable Events is an online, self-paced course that gives event professionals the knowledge, skills and confidence to embed sustainability into every stage of planning and delivery.

You’ll get one year’s access to five on-demand chapters (≈8 hours), monthly virtual workshops with our course leaders, a curated reading & watching list, and membership of an active peer community. You’ll also hear from leading voices including Anna Abdelnoor, Gabby Austen-Browne, Lee Cooper and Jennie Mossman.

Why enrol in this course?

Sustainability is now a business imperative in events—clients and stakeholders expect credible action and evidence. This course equips you with practical, immediately applicable tools, expert guidance and community support so you can deliver lower-impact events, meet reporting requests, and lead change with confidence.

What you will learn

Our engaging modules cover:​

• Application of core sustainability frameworks to real event scenarios.

• Explain climate science and carbon literacy concepts (Scopes 1–3, Net Zero, offsetting) and why they matter in events.

• Measure & report on environmental, social and economic impacts, using a step-by-step approach to data gathering, verification and event emissions.

• Design environmentally responsible, circular events (including considerations around energy reduction, material use, catering, waste strategy, biodiversity considerations).

• Integrate governance and deliver positive social value (DE&I, accessibility, ethical supply chains, wellbeing, legacy).

Course duration and structure

• Format: Self-paced, on-demand learning hosted in our online hub.

• Access: 12 months to revisit materials anytime.

• Content: 5 chapters (≈8 hours) covering frameworks, climate & carbon literacy, environmental sustainability, social/economic sustainability & governance, and impact measurement.

• Live touchpoints: Monthly virtual workshops for Q&A and deep dives.

• Extras: Curated resources, interviews with industry experts, and a supportive online community.​

Who is the course for?

Corporate, agency and venue teams, suppliers and freelancers who want to future-proof their events, answer client demands confidently, and move from ad-hoc initiatives to structured, measurable sustainability.

Skills you will gain

• Translate sustainability frameworks into practical event decisions.

• Scope, measure and report event impacts with confidence.

• Identify emissions hotspots (e.g., audience travel, production, food, transport) and target reductions.

• Build circular design and robust waste strategies into briefs and builds.

• Embed DE&I, accessibility and ethical supply chains; design for positive legacy.

• Communicate outcomes in powerful impact reports.

Meet your instructors.

Learn from our course leader Chrissie Beck, a sustainability leader with 20+ years in live events and founder of Worlds Better, a B Corp consultancy helping agencies, brands and suppliers turn ambition into action. She has led sustainability for event industry businesses and large scale international events. She is a qualified Carbon Literacy Trainer, and has been a Sustainability Lecturer with The Event Academy for over 4 years.  

Interested in partnering or sponsoring?

If you're interested in becoming a course partner or sponsor, please reach out to us at      hello@worlds-better.co.uk for partnership opportunities.