Overview
ISO 20121:2024 is the revised international standard for event sustainability management systems, providing a framework to manage the social, economic and environmental impacts of events and event-related activities. Building on the original standard first developed around the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2024 revision updates and strengthens the requirements to reflect current sustainability practice, including clearer alignment with contemporary issues such as climate change, greenhouse-gas considerations, the Sustainable Development Goals and evolving stakeholder expectations. Its purpose is to help event organizers and their supply chains deliver events more sustainably, from concept through delivery to post-event review. The standard is applicable to all types and sizes of events and to the full range of the events industry, including organizers, venues, caterers, logistics providers, contractors and other participants in the event value chain. Structurally, ISO 20121:2024 follows the ISO High-Level Structure, addressing context of the organization, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation and improvement, and it embeds the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle together with strong emphasis on identifying interested parties, governing principles of sustainable development, and managing the event supply chain. The 2024 revision refines these requirements and terminology to improve clarity, usability and integration with other management-system standards such as ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. The main benefits include reduced environmental footprint and waste, cost efficiencies, enhanced reputation, improved stakeholder relationships and a demonstrable, consistent approach to sustainable events that appeals to sponsors, clients and public authorities. In terms of certification context, ISO 20121 is a requirements standard designed for third-party certification; organizations implement the management system, conduct internal audits and management reviews, and may then achieve certification from an accredited certification body. Certification is maintained through surveillance audits and recertification, providing independent assurance that the organization plans and delivers events sustainably and continually improves its performance under the updated 2024 framework.
Included: 40 ready-to-use, fully editable documents (manual, procedures, forms, records, checklists, guidance and training material).
License: single-organization license; delivered electronically as a ZIP archive.
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Frequently asked questions
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A downloadable ZIP containing the full set of ready-to-use documents for this toolkit — manuals, procedures, forms, records, checklists, guidance and training material, all in editable Word and Excel format. The exact document count is shown at the top of this page.
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