Tools for Tackling Travel Impacts at Events
Is gathering accurate event travel data one of your biggest sustainability challenges? ‘You. Smart. Thing.’ will be taking part in onboard:earth’s webinar exploring practical solutions for measuring, managing, and reducing event travel emissions.
Event travel is often the largest contributor to an event’s carbon footprint – and one of the most complex parts of sustainability reporting. This one-hour ‘lunch and learn’ session brings together event professionals and sustainability experts to share tools and strategies that actually work.
YST Speaking at the Webinar
Alex Townshend, our Head of Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact, will be speaking alongside the onboard:earth team and Kevin Mackay, Sustainability Manager at DF Concerts & Events.
Alex will be presenting findings from our latest case study with DF Concerts & Events, showing how audience travel planning delivered measurable behaviour change across 38,000 journeys at Glasgow and Edinburgh Summer Sessions. The case study demonstrates what’s possible when travel is treated as a core part of event delivery rather than an afterthought.
What You’ll Learn
The webinar covers practical approaches to event travel data collection and reduction:
- Data and reduction insights: Updated tools and resources to measure, manage, and reduce travel emissions from audiences and contractors.
- Funding ecosystem restoration: How events can channel audience donations directly to environmental partners, and how companies can offset carbon emissions through tax-deductible donations supporting verified, nature-led sustainability strategies.
- Industry-wide impact: How to support the campaign to raise £1 million for nature by the end of 2026.
- Your questions answered: Bring your travel data gathering challenges — the session includes live Q&A with experts.
Date: Thursday 23 April 2026
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm BST (1:00pm – 2:00pm CEST)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Speakers:
- Alex Townshend – Head of Environmental and Socio-Economic Impact, ‘You. Smart. Thing.’
- Kevin Mackay – Sustainability Manager, DF Concerts & Events
- onboard:earth team
Join the Session
This session is free as part of onboard:earth’s commitment to support the live events industry in tackling travel impacts.
