FLASH FRIDAY: Working With Your Venue to Reduce Your Environmental Impact
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Most event planners care deeply about the carbon footprint of our events, but oftentimes, with limited resources and budget, it can be difficult to figure out how to make a difference and where to start. The venue you select for your event can play a huge role on the sustainability impact of your event.
Romina Kwong, Founder of Eco Friendly Events, will join Anh Nguyen for an interactive discussion as she shares specific tips, checklists, and questions that you can ask to evaluate how sustainability conscious a venue is. Whether you’re evaluating a new venue from scratch or you’re working with a venue that has already been selected, she’ll share actions you can take to reduce the environmental impact of your event.
Romina Kwong
Romina Kwong (she/her) is the Founder, Lead Consultant and Speaker of Eco-Friendly Events, a consulting agency that supports event organizers and businesses by bringing a holistic, accessible and realistic approach to implement green initiatives. She advocates for environmental and social justice, and strongly believes in approaching environmental sustainability with incremental, yet impactful actions. Her aim is to educate all event organizers such that having an event sustainability strategy is second nature, and simply part of the planning process.
Outside of work, you can find Romina reading a good book with a giant cup of coffee or in the water swimming, scuba diving or surfing.
Anh Nguyen
Anh Nguyen is the founder of Spark Event Management, an award-winning, full-service event management firm and the Spark Event Collective, a network of independent planners collaborating to deliver event experiences.
Anh is a seasoned business event professional who possesses over 18 years of event design, production, and management experience. She has managed a vast array of events including intimate corporate functions, awards and fundraising galas, large conference, virtual events, conventions and tradeshows, and international hospitality events and is known for her keen eye for detail while being able to lead, inspire and manage large, global teams.
