Sustainable Event Achiever
Livvy Drake and her Sustainable Sidekicks are committed to help changemakers like YOU to have more impact using insights and learnings from behavioural science.
Following a career in events, Livvy has worked in sustainable events developing action plans, initiatives and auditing events .
We work with…..
Event organisations committed to embedding sustainability into their event operations from planning to delivery and….
a.
Lack a dedicated sustainability role within the organisation.
b.
Need their staff to adopt sustainability into their ways of working and thinking.
c.
People are time-poor and have a lot of conflicting pressures
The four core behavioural principles to our approach are…..
Not everyone is the same
We understand that different employees will have different motivators and barriers to change.
Ease is essential for change
Therefore, we focus on uncovering and removing barriers for the different stakeholder groups.
Framing messages for different stakeholder groups
This means we identify non-environmental messaging opportunities based on our research insights.
Focusing on the HOW not just the WHY…
We understand that knowledge of an environmental issue isn’t enough to drive change, so we look at how things can be done differently.
The Sustainable Event Achiever OUR solution
The transformation you can expect……..
By following these principles and engaging your employees and stakeholders in the different phases of the Sustainable Event Achiever you will move from
Livvy was approached to support GPJ in the delivery of Cisco Live 2019, Cisco’s flagship EMEA event with 20,000+ attendees. Livvy supported me in creating a plan to deliver Cisco’s sustainability objectives, she provided training and workshops to the wider GPJ team, supported the client team in defining sustainability objectives, advised on the preparation and communication of audit documentation and provided a detailed report on the events environmental impact and carbon footprint which included comprehensive recommendations for future actions.
Livvy’s passion to create change really shows through, she is an amazing educator and challenges others to drive for real change. She is engaging, driven and allows her personality to shine through in her work, a real asset to those who want to drive real change.
Helen Simmons, George P Johnson
Focus areas
Working together we identify the focus areas for your action plan and sustainable events
We will look at:
- Where you have control and influence
- How to reduce impact areas
- How to make it easier for staff to take action
- How to gather better data
The phases of the Sustainable Event Achiever
Plan
Together we co-create your:
- 3-5 year action plan with the team
- Priorities for the immediate year
- Targets to work towards
Develop
Our team:
- Develop relevant documentation & policies
- Develop initiatives
- Facilitate monthly and bi-monthly check-ins with teams
- Respond to questions and queries from the team
Deliver
Onsite our team:
- Ensures stakeholders are compliant
- Checks sustainability measures are in place
- Monitors and gathers data
Review
Post-event our team:
- Follows up on data required
- Uploads data
- Evaluates achievements against the plan
- Provides a report
What you get from the Sustainable Event Achiever
Whole team input & accountability
The team will feel represented due to the initial engagement activities.
With monthly meetings we keep the targets front of mind.
Additional policy documents
We create all the documents, policies and quick reference guides your team and stakeholders need to make embedding sustainability easy.
A review report
We collate and summarise the data, observations and compare against the action plan so you are ready to go for the next year.
Completed action plan and timeline
We complete the action plan for your team and review with each team for achievability, so people feel bought in.
On-site compliance
Our team makes sure your sustainability plans are delivered onsite so you can focus on delivering the events.
As a team I think we felt daunted with the challenge in hand to start to implement meaningful sustainability measures and were anxious about cost impacts especially as our budget are already under a lot of stress! Livvy took us through each section and helped us see where we can start, how we can build year on year to implement more and more sustainability practises and how we can gather support from across colleagues in the Council and the wider local community. I and my team are so grateful for the session we had with Livvy. Such a positive session and Livvy understands the challenges of event organisers and how to help them start the process.
Claire Horan, Medway Council Events Team
Get the tools and behavioral techniques to engage your team in your action plan through a workshop process
Environmental Action Plan Engager Masterclass
Thu 10th July 2025 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM BST
Thu 11th September 2025 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM BST
