BS 8901: 2009 Specification for a sustainability management system for events
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- Product Code: BS 8901: 2009
- Category: BOOKS
- Sub Category: BSI Environmental Management Publications (BS & ISO)
BS 8901 provides requirements for planning and managing sustainable events of all sizes and types.
BS 8901 encompasses the entire range of events ranging from large scale conferences and unique events such as the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to music festivals and air shows. BS 8901 is applicable throughout the sector supply chain encompassing venues, organizing companies and industry contracting firms and is aimed at the following groups:
•Event organisers
•Venues
•Organizations and/or individuals in the supply chain.
BS 8901 provides guidance in the form of easy to understand practical information designed to assist the user to implement the requirements and those in event management to manage their environmental, financial and social risks and impacts spanning all aspects of event management.
BS 8901 will:
•Help companies to improve sustainable performance within available budgets
•Reduce carbon emissions and waste, improving the resource efficiency of the entire event supply chain
•Present opportunities for more efficient planning and encourage the re-use of equipment and infrastructure
•Reduce environmental impacts such as carbon usage, waste management and effects on biodiversity
•Improve social impacts such as community involvement and fair employment
•Establish economic impacts such as local investment and long-term viability.
Contents of BS 8901 include:
•Introduction
•Scope
•Terms and definitions
•Requirements for a sustainability management system for events
•Guidance for use of this specification
•Principles to be applied to supply chain management
•Bibliography
•Road map for implementation of BS 8901
•Sample principles
•Outline structure for a sustainable development maturity matrix – Guidelines for continual improvement
Publication Date: 30 September 2009
Cross References:
BS 8900:2006, BS EN ISO 9001, BS EN ISO 14001, BS EN ISO 19011, BS ISO 14063, BS OHSAS 18001, Data Protection Act 1998, BS 8406, BS EN ISO 22000
Replaces BS 8901:2007
Supersedes Draft 09/30196055 DC
Related Drafts in Progress: 11/30214150 DC
Descriptors:
Management, Events, Sustainable development, Sustainability, Economic development, Environmental management, Organizations, Enterprises, Commerce, People, Personnel, Safety measures, Assembly facilities, Meetings, Security, Consumer-supplier relations, Life cycle, Conformity
ICS:
03.100.99 (Other standards related to company organization and management)
ISBN: 978 0 580 66073 3
Publisher: BSI
Format: A4
Pages:34
