Leadership of Sustainable Events in China
Innovation & Integrity Leadership
China’s new events market goes beyond events and venues reinventing the business in green, accessible and technology-enabled live events. Your sell ability as a China-based events company is in turning around global trends and solutions localization into culture, green daydreams, and demand. Here are some of the steps that we at VOK DAMS have already embraced to stay ahead of the trends.
1. Base Your Strategy On SDGs + ISO 20121
· Apply the SDG Event Compass
Base your event solutions on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using the SDG Event Compass, a five-step disciplined methodology VOK DAMS launched in January 2025. The methodology allows Chinese planners to choose the most relevant SDGs, establish quantifiable goals and KPIs, while making sustainability performance reportable to the public.
· Apply ISO 20121:2024
The global benchmark in event management sustainability is now SDG alignment. ISO 20121 certification or compliance places your agency on their toes and requires clients’ trust, especially international brands whose utmost priority of ESG performance is their guiding light.
2. Embrace holistic sustainability
· Three-Pillar Event Planning
Green is where sustainability comes from, but it is also where society, economics, and green meet. VOK DAMS recognizes that synergy creates a response that bonds carbon footprint savings, cost savings, and philanthropy to all elements of an event.
· Carbon Footprint & Supply Chain Management
Embed CO₂ accounting-material-to-travel-to identify hotspots. Your best available standard of transparency and improvement. Filter suppliers via sustainability audit, fair work and environmental due diligence in supply chain.
3. Tap AI to Simplify Venue & Travel
· AI DestinationFinder
Screen actual participant travel facts—ease, cost, and CO₂ emissions in real time using VOK DAMS’ AI solution. In selecting Chinese city venues or entrance points by region, apply the same AI capabilities to minimize emissions, costs, and maximize audience experience.
· Efficiency vs. Sustainability
Select venues with mass transit or high-speed rail access to save visitors’ and organizers’ travel time and money — an issue considering China’s geography.
4. DE&I From Day One
· DE&I Event Checklist
Inclusion is at the heart of true sustainability. Use a DE&I checklist like one VOK DAMS developed to ensure events are inclusive and accessible — from translation support through wheelchair-accessible event space and gender-equitable programming.
· Cultural & Local Sensitivity
Chinese domestic feelings for understanding China’s domestic culture, local language demand, and multicultural citizenship require more on-the-ground activity and brand authenticity. Give people and local context and underrepresented group face, to reflect real inclusion.
5. Train & Engage Teams & Partners
· Workshops & Training
Green event practices—CO₂ literacy, supply chain screening, accessible design—empower your employees in participative training. Enlightened employees green it real by truly self-driven action.
· Client & Vendor Coordination
Educate partners, impose sustainability requirements on what they do—production, catering or transport—and sustainability as a joint mission.
6. Say Smart, Report Clearly
· Be Transparent, Measurable, Credible
Make numbers count with evidence-based reporting on sustainability: CO₂ figures, KPIs, SDG targets, rates of inclusion. Transparency says volumes with corporate customers, international travelers, and regulatory requirements like the EU-CSRD.
· Market with Purpose
Highlight your sustainability success—ISO 20121 certification, carbon reduction, DE&I dividends—on brochures, blogs and social media.