To be approved as a certified Sustainable Event according to Greentime's standard, an event needs to meet a number of mandatory requirements found in Greentime's planning tool. The requirements constitute Greentime's standard and it is clearly documented in the tool what is required to achieve the mandatory requirements. The mandatory requirements are verifiable and the answers must be reviewed by an independent auditor for an event to be entitled to display the Certified Sustainable Event logo.

The content of the standard is based on the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, Agenda 2030, but is based on collective experience based on what is relevant and feasible for actors in the industry. A reference group consisting of various actors within the Swedish sustainability and events industry has been involved in the development of the criteria. The criteria have been sent for referral to additional players in the hospitality industry for anchoring. The basic structure of the questions has been developed by Greentime after many years of work in the industry with, among other things, event companies, event organizers and meeting places. The reference group annually reviews the criteria for the standard to be up-to-date, where the participants must reflect a breadth of expertise within various aspects of sustainability.

A certification? Or what is it?

The Sustainable Event certification is a third-party certification with independent auditors who review an organizer's work and validate whether the organizer has reached the requirements according to the standard for a specific event. It is Greentime that trains auditors in accordance with the standard, where we also set requirements for auditors in terms of both experience and competence in sustainability issues.

With Greentime developing its own standard, however, it is not possible to say that the auditors are accredited according to Swedac, because there is no specific international standard for an individual event's performance in sustainability matters, but only for the organization behind it. But of course the Sustainable Event Certification is still a third-party certification. We believe in giving organizers the best possible to act sustainably, and for us this means a whole with structure (our planning tool), competence development (training, networks) and support (start-ups, reconciliations) in a combined compote. Regardless of whether an organizer wants to proceed to certification or not. Greentime has no incentive to force an organizer to certify an event - our process is the same.