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Case Studies › CIWEM · Flood & Coast
Conference & Exhibition · UK
CIWEM runs one of the UK’s most important environmental conferences. After three years working with One Tribe, sustainability is part of how they plan, measure and communicate every event.
Marina Serrano (Head of Events) and Liv Masters (Event Coordinator) at CIWEM · with Galia Orme (Head of Carbon and Legal) at One Tribe
About CIWEM and Flood & Coast
The event has a real environmental footprint and CIWEM knows it. Rather than minimise or ignore it, they measure it, publish it, and use it to make better decisions each year. That transparency, including in years where emissions have gone up, is at the core of how they operate.
How it worked in practice
Liv Masters walked through every initiative built into Flood & Coast. None were afterthoughts. Each was embedded into event planning from the start.
In their own words
“It’s made our sustainability work more evidence-led rather than assumption — which is really valuable when you try to improve year on year.”
“It’s not about being perfect. It’s about being honest. We show what we’re measuring even if it’s not what we wanted in the end.”
“Start small but start now. You don’t need a fully formed strategy or a perfect solution on day one. Choosing one or two things you can measure or improve straight away and building from there is better than doing nothing.”
“The report gives us a fully transparent carbon footprint of the event and we can see what has increased, what’s decreased, and where we need to focus next. It’s really helped us treat sustainability as an ongoing cycle — measure, learn, improve — rather than a tick-box exercise.”
What other event teams can take from this
“Sustainability is not something that just happens behind the scenes. The aim is to build a sense of collective responsibility in the community — working together to gradually reduce the impact the event generates.”
— Marina Serrano, Head of Events, CIWEMSee how One Tribe works for conferences and exhibitions. Measurement, exhibitor engagement, delegate participation — without the admin overhead. Evidence over intent. Always.
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