The Sustainable Events Group

1. Sustainability Training and
Competencies in Sports
Events
Roger Fawdry, Partner
The Sustainable Events Group

2. Some management standards…
• Investors in People (Staff)
• ISO 9001 (Quality)
• ISO 14001 (Environment)
• OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety)• OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety)
• ISO 50000 - Energy Management
• Integrated Management
• BS 8901 (Sustainable Event Management)

3. Management Philosophy of BS 8901
• Common sense management – not rocket science
• Sustainability issues get integrated proactively into
the company’s decision making processthe company’s decision making process
• Sustainability responsibility is shared
• Focus on what you can control and influence

4. Management Systems
• All management systems have a common
set of attributes:
Leadership & vision
Mission & strategyMission & strategy
Policies & values
Systems & process
People & culture
Resources
Measurement & control
Learning & continual improvement

5. Why Train for Sustainability?
• Develop new skills
• Acquire new knowledge
• Extend or deepen existing skills
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• Extend or deepen existing skills
• Identify your weaknesses and eliminate them
• Increase operational flexibility of individuals
• Gain competitive advantage

6. Which skills do you need?
Good trainers often use a ‘skills gap analysis’
technique. This:
Builds on existing foundations
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Extends ‘comfort zones’ with new ideas, concepts
and challenges
Develops individual competence in new situations
Creates bespoke training for individuals, teams
and organisations

7. Competency
(Skills + Knowledge)
x Experience
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x Experience
= Competency

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ISSP 2010 Survey Skills for Sustainability;
Highly rated ‘Hard’ skills
78%
72%
67%
43%
36%
36%
38%
33%
35%
36%
19%
23%
24%
24%
Survey size:385

9. 9
ISSP 2010 Survey ‘Soft’ Skills for Sustainability;
highly rated skills
Survey size:385

10. 10
What to look for in training

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Training Course Map
Project
Stage
Role
Management
Team-Board
Project Leader/
Management Rep.
Management
Briefing
Specialist
skills /
Distance
Learning
Advanced
Sustainability
Data
verification /
carbon
footprinting
Accounting for
Sustainability
ImplementationAwareness Auditing
Strategic
improvement
Advanced
Risk
Management
Sustainable
Management Rep.
Internal
Auditors
All other
Staff
Understanding
Awareness
Briefing or
E-Learning
Module
Understanding Implementing Lead Auditor
Internal
Auditor
Advanced
Auditing Skills
Enhanced
Stakeholder
Engagement
Awareness
Briefing or
E-Learning
Module
Sustainable
Procurement
Business
Continuity

12. What Knowledge?
BS 8901 training will give you an in-depth
understanding of the key concepts:

13. Features of a successful BS 8901
• Commitment
• Good understanding of the issues
• Involvement
• Training and awareness raising
• Strong Communications• Strong Communications
• Focus on performance improvement
• Integrates with existing management systems
• Good planning – flexible
• Monitored and maintained
• Practical for all levels of the organisation.

14. Benefits of training for sustainability

15. Policy
Planning
Documentation
Training & Communications
Health
&
Safety
Quality
You may already have 80% of what
you need
Environment
Training & Communications
Auditing
Records
Checking and corrective action
Management review
Common Elements
OHSAS 18001, ISO
14001, ISO 9001

16. The Sustainable Events Group
• BS 8901 Training since early 2009
• Open courses at various levels
Introduction
Implementation
Internal AuditorInternal Auditor
ISO 14001 to BS 8901
• In-house bespoke courses
• 120+ clients
Venues
Organisers
Suppliers

17. Thank You
roger.fawdry@TheSustainableEventsGroup.com
Tel: 020 8770 3703 Mob: 07951 960313
www.thesustainableeventsgroup.com