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Does “sustainability” mean “business as usual?”

Posted by andrew on Friday, March 2nd, 2012

For anyone who didn’t see my blog on the Event Magazine website (@eventmagazine) – reproduced below… would welcome any comments.
I’ve spent the past few years repeating my mantra so often that I sometimes sound like a broken record. “It’s not about being greener,” I’ll say, “It’s about sustainability.” One of the fundamentals of our [...]

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Know any budding ethical pioneers?

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Any conversation around ethical living inevitably tends to involve an element of guilt. Perhaps we feel a twinge of remorse when we book a flight, or scold ourselves for buying yet another gadget or outfit. Most of all, people tend to worry about the next generation – how are the kids growing up today going [...]

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Observer Ethical Awards 2012

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

It’s difficult to believe that we are now running the Observer Ethical Awards for the SEVENTH year! It seems like only yesterday we were waiting excitedly at LSO St Lukes for the first ever ceremony to kick off.
This year we are hoping to receive more entries and nominations than ever before. Our high profile [...]

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Looking forward to 2012

Posted by andrew on Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Happy new year to all our followers!
After the worldwide shockwave that was 2011 I’m sure we’re all hoping that this year will be a little calmer, but we may well be disappointed. Here in the UK alone we have the Olympic Games, the Queen’s Jubilee, discussion and debate about the future of the United Kingdom [...]

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Man on a Mission

Posted by andrew on Thursday, November 17th, 2011

We’ve been delighted to be working with Anthony Nolan to promote their donor register. Over the past few weeks we’ve visited Birmingham and London with TV presenter and writer Hardeep Singh Kohli in a quest to sign up more potential donors who could save a life if they are a match for someone with leukemia. [...]

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Recent grad? Looking for some experience?

Posted by andrew on Friday, October 7th, 2011

We’re always on the look out for bright sparks who might make a good addition to the Seventeen team. As part of our build up to some of the major projects we’re working on in 2012, we’re now interested in talking to anyone who might be interested in joining us at a junior level, initially [...]

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10:10 event checklist

Posted by andrew on Thursday, September 29th, 2011

We have been working with 10:10 to produce a simple checklist to get organisations started on the sustainability journey. It’s now available to download from the link on the right of the page. It’s not intended as a comprehensive list, and we’re certainly not claiming that if you do these ten things you’ll automatically be [...]

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New case study – Jose Cuervo

Posted by andrew on Monday, August 22nd, 2011

We’ve just added a new case study showcasing a fantastic installation we managed last month for Jose Cuervo. Check it out here. The exhibition stand was part of the Imbibe 2011 trade show at Earls Court and it definitely stood out from the crowd. It was a lot of work in a very small amount [...]

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A rare occurence

Posted by louise on Monday, July 4th, 2011

The other week I did something extremely unusual… I asked if I could pay a supplier more than they had invoiced me.
What sort of service could have inspired this behaviour? Well, above all, a very professional and efficient service. To add to that, a very reasonably priced service. And to top it all, one [...]

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My thoughts on the Sustainable Events Summit 2011

Posted by andrew on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

I want to say a big thank you once again to all of the delegates who joined us at this year’s Sustainable Events Summmit. We are now in the process of collating delegate feedback, and so far I’m pleased to say it’s been overwhelmingly positive – with 87% of delegates saying they felt the Summit [...]

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