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Download Sustainable Events Summit material here

Posted by andrew on Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Did you miss the Sustainable Events Summit on May 22nd? Or are you interested in any of the topics discussed? Follow these links for quick access to the information you need…
Sustainable Events Summit documents;
Our BS8901 report from the Summit;
Our new Sustainable Events Guide.

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Sustainable Events Summit

Posted by andrew on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

The Sustainable Events Summit 2009 has now launched.
The Summit takes place on Friday 22 May at One Wimpole Street, London. With sustainability currently a huge issue in the events industry, and organisers eager to learn best practice and implement sustainable measures, this is a timely moment for the summit to take place. The [...]

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Observer Food Monthly Awards

Posted by andrew on Friday, March 20th, 2009

Last night we were delighted to be involved in the Observer Food Monthly Awards which took place at One Marylebone Road. The evening was a tremendous celebration of all things foodie, with celebrity chefs including Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nigel Slater all putting in an appearance. We had some very worthy winners which you’ll [...]

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BS8901 Register

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

It can be difficult to find sustainable suppliers and partners. We’re aiming to help, by sponsoring a new directory site – BS8901 Register. The Register allows sustainable businesses to list their products and services, and we hope it will develop into a one stop shop for organisers looking for sustainable partners in their area. Coming [...]

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Observer Ethical Awards 2009

Posted by andrew on Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

We’re delighted that this year’s Observer Ethical Awards in association with Ecover have now launched. You can vote or nominate for all of your favourite ethical people and products here. We hope the 2009 awards are going to be the best yet, but that relies on you voting.
The winners of the awards will be [...]

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Christmas Cheer and an eventful New Year

Posted by andrew on Friday, December 19th, 2008

Everyone at Seventeen Events wishes all of you a very happy Christmas and a great New Year. We look forward to working with some of you in 2009 – get in touch if there’s anything we can help with!
As you might expect we don’t send out Christmas cards, and to be honest we don’t really [...]

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eventberry!

Posted by andrew on Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Seventeen Events launch eventberry – an online system to achieve BS8901 compliance.
Seventeen Events, the sustainable event management agency based in east London, is delighted to announce the launch of their new project – eventberry.
eventberry is an online system to manage compliance to BS8901, the British Standard for sustainable event management. After accessing the site [...]

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Seventeen Events working with London Met

Posted by andrew on Monday, October 20th, 2008

As you may have seen in Event Magazine, we are delighted to announce that Seventeen are working with London Met University to sponsor a competition for their event management students. All funds raised will go to children’s charity Barnardos.
Read the full story here.

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New case studies added

Posted by andrew on Monday, July 21st, 2008

We’ve finally had a chance to add some of the case studies from our recent events to the site. Check out the Our Work section of the site for more details. You can also now download a digital portfolio of our work from the event management page.

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BS8901 – sustainability as standard

Posted by andrew on Friday, May 9th, 2008

Press release
14 April 2008
Seventeen Events deliver BS8901 as standard – a first for green events in the UK.
Seventeen Events, the sustainable event management agency, has announced a new initiative which marks a first in the UK events industry. Last year Seventeen helped to trial the new British Standard for sustainable event management, BS8901. [...]

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