Below is information on Emory's Sustainable Events Certification from the Office of Sustainability Initiatives

Emory's Sustainable Events Certification is a program designed to encourage and empower event planners and organizers to create events that support Emory’s sustainability vision by reducing environmental and social impacts and, in many cases, reducing costs. The Sustainable Event Certification program outlines best practices, but event planners are encouraged to be creative and go beyond these guidelines when possible.

Checklist
Click here to complete the Sustainable Events Certification checklist. After completing the checklist, event planners will be contacted by the Office of Sustainability to confirm their event’s level of certification and receive details about obtaining a Certified Sustainable Event banner or graphics to display at the event. Event planners will also receive a certification logo for use on event publicity and materials. If given permission, event will be featured on the Office of Sustainability Initiatives website, weekly newsletter, and social media.

Levels of Certification
There are two levels of Sustainable Event Certification an event may receive:

1) Zero Landfill Waste: Event eliminates all polystyrene (Styrofoam) from the waste stream, provides both recycling and composting bins throughout the event space, and no extra trash cans are ordered for the event. Any pre-existing trash cans are not available for use or are repurposed and clearly labeled as recycling or compost bins.

2) Gold: 75% of all applicable checklist items are achieved including all Zero Landfill Waste credits

Questions about the Sustainable Event Checklist and Certification? Email emorysustainability@emory.edu.