We help wedding businesses build future-focused strategies through expert guidance, community, and the UK’s leading sustainability accreditation.
Business Membership
SWA members get support, visibility, direction
- Position your business as ethical and environmentally responsible
- Join a trusted network of “like-minded” wedding professionals
- Show you’re taking steps towards sustainability
- Stand out in the wedding industry where couples are looking for sustainable suppliers
Becoming a member shows couples that sustainability matters to you. You’ll be part of a collective working to reduce the wedding industry’s footprint, while gaining credibility, community support and a pathway to accreditation with ongoing support from SWA.
Get Accredited
Accreditation gives your business proof, trust and long-term credibility
- Independent verification of your sustainability practices
- Personalised action plan tailored to how you operate (not everyone can go EV!)
- Increased trust from couples who want evidence – you’ll have data!
- Ongoing accountability and support to keep improving
Who is this for and why:
Businesses ready to demonstrate long-term commitment to sustainability. Your business is tried, tested and trusted in sustainability practices specific to your operation and the annual reassessments make sure you’re genuine and up to standard.
Carbon Literacy
Carbon Literacy Training for Wedding Pros gives you clarity, confidence and credibility
- Understand the science behind climate change in clear practical terms
- Learn how the wedding industry contributes – and how to practically change it
- Gain confidence explaining sustainability to couples and suppliers
- Know what to actually do (that’s not greenwashing!)
Who is this for and why:
Wedding professionals who want to move beyond vague eco-claims and into informed action. By the end of the training you’ll know how to talk about this with confidence.
What is the Sustainable Wedding Alliance?
The Sustainable Wedding Alliance is collective of business with the joint purpose of creating a more sustainable, environmentally conscious wedding industry. We work with businesses to help them create long term sustainable strategies that they can implement themselves.
The Sustainable Wedding Alliance will be right by your side on your sustainable journey, helping you to take the small steps to achieve your long term goals.
Helping conscious couples plan a sustainable wedding
Experience of working with couples means that we know that you wish you had a greater choice when it comes to sustainable (and ethical) suppliers. As responsible business owners, the members of the Sustainable Wedding Alliance are focussed on making both their businesses and the events and weddings they produce more sustainable.
Did you know that the average carbon footprint of a wedding in the UK is more than the average annual household footprint?
Each year, there are approx. 278,599 weddings in UK, however in 2022, due to the postponements, it was estimated to be 330,000.
Check out our Conscious Couples page for sustainable wedding inspiration, our sustainable wedding directory and planning advice.
Our mission is to help wedding businesses become more sustainable
The Sustainable Wedding Alliance’s mission is to drive change to create a more sustainable wedding industry. Raising awareness and tackling climate change and attitudes, by proactively encouraging businesses to develop future thinking strategies and make responsible decisions.
We believe that we are trustees of this planet and it’s our duty to not only make sure it survives but thrives. We respect not only the planet in our care but all those that live on it.