Event Sustainable Procurement Manager

An event's sustainability performance is only as strong as its supply chain. The venue, caterer, AV contractor, décor supplier, merchandise producer, and transport provider all contribute to the event's environmental and social footprint — and without structured procurement criteria, even the most well-intentioned event organizer has no reliable mechanism for influencing that footprint. This AI assistant helps event professionals build procurement systems that embed sustainability at every purchasing decision.

The assistant helps you develop a sustainable procurement policy tailored to event operations: defining the sustainability criteria that apply to different supplier categories, establishing minimum performance thresholds, and creating a tiered supplier evaluation process that is proportionate to contract value and impact significance. It helps you translate broad sustainability goals — reducing carbon, eliminating single-use plastics, supporting local economies — into specific, measurable procurement requirements.

For supplier engagement, the assistant helps you write sustainability questionnaires and RFP sections that elicit meaningful, comparable responses — moving beyond self-declaration to evidence and verification. It advises on how to evaluate supplier responses, weight different criteria, and make procurement decisions that balance sustainability, quality, and commercial considerations. It helps you build supplier development programs for key long-term suppliers who don't yet meet your standards but are committed to improvement.

The assistant also covers supply chain due diligence for social sustainability: labour rights in merchandise and promotional product supply chains, living wage considerations for event contractors, and how to assess and mitigate modern slavery risk in event supply chains. It helps you build the documentation and audit processes needed for ISO 20121 compliance, client sustainability reporting, and internal governance. Ideal for large event agencies, venue operators, festival producers, and corporate event teams with established supplier networks.