WASHINGTON, DC — The Events Industry Council (EIC), the global voice of the business events industry, now offers its Sustainable Events Professional Certificate (SEPC) online 2022.
The SEPC was originally launched as an in-person course for trade show and event management professionals, but last year the options were updated and expanded to include an online component, making it easily accessible to event professionals throughout the pandemic. The online course also allows more industry professionals to participate, as 126 professionals earned their SEPC certificate through the EIC’s inaugural online course.
The sustainability course was developed by industry experts in the fields of social impact, sustainability and event management and covers 16 different modules, which include understanding the business value of sustainability and improving the environmental performance of trade shows and events. One of the goals is to enable trade show and event planners and strategists to design their own sustainable events through interactive courses and a digital workbook.
The four flagship programs are Sustainability and Social Impact, Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX), Knowledge and Leadership, which are among the EIC’s core initiatives.
Event management professionals who complete the SEPC course will receive 12 hours of continuing education (CE) credits toward their Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) application or recertification. EIC is also an approved provider of continuing education for Certified Association Executives (CAEs), and professionals who earn the SEPC certificate will be eligible for 12 CAE credits.
Amy Calvert, CEO of the Events Industry Council, said: “The events industry is critical to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals as we foster the connections needed to innovate, collaborate and accelerate action towards these goals. I am proud of the hard work and determination demonstrated by the members of the first digital group of SEPC professionals, who represent a diverse and global industry background, and I look forward to seeing how they will apply what they have learned in the training to help their organisations and our industry become more sustainable.”
Contact Amy Calvert at (202) 712-9059 or [email protected]