Two years ago, Bars by Design was instructed to make Sky’s 2000 capacity party carbon neutral. This inspired the gaining of expertise in sustainability processes and the development of a progressive environmental policy, making Bars by Design the first bar company in the UK to provide services of this calibre.

However, it soon became apparent that other events industry service providers and management companies were not geared up to meet sustainability requirements, and were confused as to their varying roles and responsibilities. As a result of this, Sam brought together events management experts, environmental scientists, auditing pioneers and design experts to create EcoEvents; specialists in sustainable events management and design.  She is a frequent speaker at events on ways to green the industry and has a particular interest in communications and awareness training.