1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Events and Sustainability
This book provides a comprehensive overview and systematic guide to the current state of knowledge on events and sustainability. Offering multidisciplinary insights from leading scholars, the book explores contemporary issues, challenges and trends.
The book starts with an introduction by the editors, defining key concepts and issues, as well as a discussion of the sustainable event debates. Specifically commissioned and carefully selected individual contributions are divided into eight main sections which critically explore the key areas of events and sustainability, providing expert-led insights into timely and relevant topics such as social and cultural responsibility, economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, sustainable events and education, inclusivity, supply side and technology and sustainability. The book concludes with a discussion by the editors of the debates in event sustainability, with a view to identify emerging issues and future research agendas.
This handbook will be of pivotal interest to scholars, students and policy-makers working in events, tourism, and hospitality management.
1. Introduction
Julie Whitfield, Mary Beth Gouthro and Miguel Moital
Part 1. Bridging the Gaps in Event Sustainability
2. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and events – A Missed Opportunity?
Judith Mair
3. Bridging the Gap: Navigating the Transition to Sustainable Events
Fiona Pelhem
4. Leadership in Sustainability: The Ocean Race
Meegan Jones
Part 2. Social and Cultural Responsibility
5. Reporting Sustainable Impacts for Tourism Events and Festivals
Brendon Knott, Talent Moyo and Janice Hemmonsbey
6. Sustainable Mega-event Legacies
Rutendo Musikavanhu
7. Well-being and Events: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3, Target 3.4
Brianna B. Ryder-Maki, Julie Whitfield and Mary Beth Gouthro
8. A Netnographic Study into Cultural Diversity and Inclusion at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant
Lisa Male and Julie Whitfield
9. Safeguarding Living Heritage: An Experiencescape Approach to Explore the Traditional Cultural Festival Sustainability
Chi Wo Kwan (Kate) and Zhaoyu Chen (Vicky)
Part 3. Economic Sustainability
10. Making Events More Sustainable: Events Management and the Circular Economy
Daniel Baxter and Caroline Gallagher
11. Uncovering Links between Poverty and Festival Provision
Mary Beth Gouthro, Karen Davies, Nic Matthews and Vicky Richards
12. Organisational Improvision and Economic Sustainability in the Corporate Events Sector as a Response to COVID-19 Restrictions
Nicole Long and Miguel Moital
Part 4. Environmental Sustainability
13. Going Green: A Longitudinal Study on the China Import and Export (Canton) Fair
Qiuju Luo, Xiangru Qin and Dixi Zhong
14. Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Normative Message Framing on Changing Recycling Attitudes at Outdoor Music Festivals
Jasmine White and Miguel Moital
15. Environmental Leverage through Sport Event Portfolios
Tami Lanzendorf and Lusine Mararyan
16. The Influence of Personal Values on Environmental Sustainability in Business Events in Asia
Stephanie M. F. Lee and Paul K. H. Leung
Part 5. Sustainable Events and Education
17. Events as an Educational Platform for Sustainability
Chiara Orefice
18. The Attitude-behaviour Gap when Buying Sustainably Produced at Food Festivals: The Cost Barrier
Zoe Bridgeman, Julie Whitfield and Miguel Moital
19. Transformative Sustainability Learning (TSL) through Sport Event Volunteering in Local Communities: Applications from the PlayGreen Project
Niki Koutrou and Geoffery Z. Kohe
Part 6. Inclusivity and Sustainability
20. Gender Imbalance in Events: Addressing the Speaker Gender Gap in Business Events
Siân Pudney and Paola Vizcaino
21. Queer Inclusivity at Sport Events: The Role of Sports Supporter Groups
Sage Kuo and Katherine King
Part 7. Supply Side
22. Greenwashing the Field: Corporate Exploitation, Sport Events and Environmental Deceit
Toby Miller
23. Sustainability Sponsorship: Fundamentals, Forms, and Factors to Success
Guido Grunwald and Jurgen Schwill
24. Human Rights Considerations for Sustainable Procurement and the Events Sector
Colleen Theron
25. Framework for Sustainable Health and Safety Practices in the Events Industry in Africa
Magdalena P. (Nellie) Swart, Leonie B. Louw and Eliza Esterhuyzen
26. Perceptions and Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation in Conference Centres
Charlie Orsman, Julie Whitfield and Miguel Moital
Part 8. Technology and Sustainability
27. Business Events and Innovative Greening Technologies
Dirk Hagen
28. Considering the Potential for Increasing Sustainability at UK Music Festivals by Monetising ICT Enhanced Content to Fund Reductions in Overall On-site Capacity
Adrian C. C. Bossey
29. Virtual Events as Sustainability Driver? Creative Destruction, Motorsport, and the Case of Extreme E
Hans Erik Næss and Jeongbeom Hahm
30. Conclusion
Julie Whitfield, Mary Beth Gouthro and Miguel Moital
Biography
Julie Whitfield joined Bournemouth University in September 2005, where she is the Postgraduate Programme Leader for the M.Sc. Events Management programmes in the Sport & Events Management Department in BU Business School. She is a Senior Lecturer in Conference and Events Management, specialising within UK conference events sector. Her Ph.D. was sponsored by the London Chambers of Commerce and Industry Commercial Educational Trust (LCCICET), the title being ‘An analysis and critique of an evolving conference industry within the U.K. from post war to the present day’. Julie lectures on the Masters Event Management programme at Bournemouth University and is the Co-founder of the Making Waves conference.
Mary Beth Gouthro is a Senior Academic in the Sports & Events Management Department in the Bournemouth University Business School. Her research interests in events span the event/festival experience; event sustainability and aspects of customer satisfaction in events. Mary Beth is currently an executive member of Association for Event Management Educators (AEME) and leads AEME’s Event Sustainability SIG (Special Interest Group). Mary Beth is also a member of Bournemouth University’s SAN (Sustainability Academic Network) and is a Climate Fresk trained facilitator.
Miguel Moital is a Principal Academic in Events Management in the Department of Sport & Events Management, Bournemouth University Business School. Miguel's research interests include broad issues around the marketing of events, tourism and hospitality, with an emphasis on consumer psychology. He currently lectures on the Foundation Year and on the BA (Hons) Events Management. He also regularly supervises a number of UG and PG dissertations. In line with his passion of supervising students, in 2020 Miguel launched the Dissertation Academy YouTube Channel where he shares unique tips & tools to help students from across the world to write better dissertations & theses.