Event Cycle | Sustainable Events Consultancy

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Responsible material
management for events,
live productions and
temporary projects.

We turn used project materials into

measurable environmental and social outcomes.

We turn surplus set pieces, furniture, props and more into community assets rather than landfill.

We handle the full logistics of on-site collection, matching your leftover materials, from signage to furniture, with charities, community groups, schools and social enterprises that need them, providing the environmental and social reporting to prove it. We do this in the UK and abroad.

Social value integration

We create purpose-led builds that support local social enterprises and producers.

Social value is defined by who you hire, where you buy and what your experiences are made of. We connect your project to its community by commissioning installations and delegate experiences that deliver local benefits, turning temporary materials into a lasting social legacy.

Sustainability and asset strategy

Instead of just focusing on bins, we build practical plans for how your event is powered, how people travel and how food is sourced.

We work across every workstream from the earliest stages to implement "Good, Better, Best" delivery frameworks. By embedding scalable standards, responsible procurement and social impact, we turn your sustainability goals into a measurable roadmap for every supplier involved.

Case studies

From Event Feature to Care Home Fixture: How a Repurposed Bus Stop from Transport Ticketing Global is Supporting Dementia Care

From Festival Fencing to a Veterans’ Garden: How Radio 1’s Big Weekend Turned Used Event Materials into Social Impact

From Conference to Community: ITM 2025 Marks Four Years of Purposeful Impact

A Magical Christmas Legacy: Repurposing the Harrods Christmas Decorations

Leading change: How Event Cycle shaped COP26's sustainable legacy

Beyond the Bubbles: How Veuve Clicquot Turned a Milestone into a Model of Sustainable Impact

We’re always looking for ways to make the event and experience industry more sustainable. Organisations like Event Cycle are a huge step forward, and we’re proud to be part of a socially-responsible solution - we all need to play a part.

Jonathan Emmins

Global CEO

Amplify

I loved working with Event Cycle, the creativity and the can do attitude was perfect. There’s a lot of things we hadn’t necessarily thought through, things from fancy dress leftover from athletes through to astroturf. Hearing the legacy stories of where they’ve gone in the community is such a rewarding part of what came out of the games.

Jess Fidler

Head of Sustainability

Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Event Cycle were incredible supporting us at SXSW London this year. The efficiency and ease at which they were able to find homes for our materials was incredible and we love being able to see where our materials have now been used.

Kate Kieran

Sustainability Lead

Tait at SXSW London

£3,219,249

SOCIAL VALUE OF MATERIALS DONATED

1,162

CHARITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, SCHOOLS AND

SOCIAL ENTERPRISES SUPPORTED

246t

tCO2e SAVED

FROM ITEMS

NOT GOING TO LANDFILL

1,085t

tCO2e SAVED FROM ITEMS NOT BEING BOUGHT NEW

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2025 in numbers: foundations for impact 🌱

In 2025 we focused on strengthening our foundations so we can deliver even more environmental and social impact in the years ahead. Here is what that looked like in numbers:

💚 46,513 items donated to charities, community groups, schools and social enterprises
💚 Over 170 organisations supported across the UK and internationally
💚 £377,442 in social impact value generated, helping third sector organisations redirect vital funds to frontline work
💚 8.89 tCO2e saved by keeping materials out of landfill
💚 46.31 tCO2e saved by charities not needing to buy items new

Together, that is the equivalent of well over 200 London buses of CO2e avoided.

Alongside the headline figures, we also:

✅ Supported communities in 4 new international regions: Miami, Lisbon, Tokyo and Barcelona
✅ Saved 447.88 kgCO2e simply by changing how we send email attachments
✅ Purchased refurbished tech, avoiding 463 kgCO2e
✅ Kept our Scope 1 and 2 emissions at 0 tCO2e, powered by 100% renewable electricity
✅ Continued to remove carbon through reforestation and seagrass projects, while reducing our overall transport emissions

Behind every number are real people, places and stories - from Harrods stars lighting up community spaces, to Welsh dragons inspiring schoolchildren, to Lisbon charities transforming event materials into new resources. 🌏

Thank you to our clients, partners and charity network for being part of this journey in 2025. Here's to building on these foundations in 2026. 💫

Read the full report by visiting our website.

What happens to event assets when the final guest leaves? For @sleekevents_, the answer was sustainability and social value, not landfill.

When Sleek Events wrapped up their conference in Lisbon, the work was only just beginning. Partnering with us, they made sure no material would go to waste, and assets would continue to do good long after the event ended.

📍 It began with in-depth local research in Lisbon...

Our team contacted 469 charities, community groups, schools and social enterprises across the Lisbon region, mapping specific material needs and creating a tailored redistribution plan so that every single item could find a meaningful second home.

Once the event was over, a full-scale reuse operation began. We managed on-the-ground logistics and distribution, ensuring that:

🐾 Associação Animais de Rua received wooden panelling to renovate their new HQ for stray animals

🏳️‍🌈 ILGA Portugal gave vibrant curtains a second life in their LGBTI+ community centre

🌍 ALCC + Instituto Brasil used walling systems to structure exhibitions supporting immigrant entrepreneurs

👜 ReCreate Studio transformed graphics into 560 upcycled tote bags, which were donated to SOS Children's Villages Portugal, Animalife, Sociedade Protectora dos Animais and Chapitô Company

Every single item stayed local, used as tools for empowerment, inclusion, and real social good across 7 local charities.

No landfill. No waste. Just over €32,000 in social impact, and a lasting legacy supporting nine incredible organisations across Lisbon.

Read the full story by visiting our website 🔗

🎉 Event Cycle is 5! 🎉

Five years ago, Event Cycle was just an idea, sparked by a question: What happens to all the amazing materials, creations and props when the event ends?

Today, we’ve helped events across the globe implement sustainable solutions with a lasting social legacy, and we’re proud to say we’re just getting started.

From global conferences and cultural spectacles to repurposed carpets, community coffee counters and stationery for educational programs, every project, big or small, has shaped who we are.

Thank you to our clients, charities, team, collaborators, and to every person who believed that events could do better by people and planet. ⁣

Swipe through for 5 of our proudest milestones - one for each year of making an impact and reducing waste. 💚

#SustainableEvents #SocialImpact #CircularEconomy

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Responsible material management for events, live productions and temporary projects.