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IHG Hotels & Resorts Partnering with Unilever to Eliminate Single-use Toiletries

Smart Meetings

Yasmin Diamond, executive vice president of global corporate affairs at IHG, said in a statement, “Transitioning to bulk amenities across our global estate was one of our first significant steps towards eliminating single-use items throughout the guest stay by 2030.

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Keele University Events & Conferencing gain Green Meetings Gold Accreditation

Prestige Events Magazine

Looking to the future the team have created a focus group linking events and conferencing with the University Sustainability team to continue to work on the Universities’ objective to achieve Carbon Neutral Goals for 2030.

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Should Planners Track Their Group’s Carbon Footprint?

Smart Meetings

We surveyed our global customer base at the end of 2021, and an overwhelming 87% expressed that they would like information provided to their employees at point-of-booking to help reinforce responsible travel choices,” said Erik Magnuson, vice president of product management, travel content and connectivity.

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Scottish Event Campus Expands Sustainability Team

Prestige Events Magazine

The venue now employs two dedicated team members focused on driving the business’ sustainability ambitions including its commitment to Net Zero 2030. The venue announced its commitment to becoming a net zero campus by 2030 last year, having already unveiled its comprehensive sustainable food strategy.

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IMEX Reinforces Prospects of Event Industry Recovery

EventMB

IMEX America 2021 reported a total of 8,605 attendees, itbm world 2021 reported 7,000 reported attendees. residents from attending, and there were significant concerns over the Omicron variant at the time when ibtm world 2021 was held. The attendance numbers reflect this. Restrictions to entering the U.S.

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The State of Sustainability: From Venue Perspectives to the ‘Pandemic Effect’

Event Marketer

In fact, a new events industry initiative, “ Net Zero Carbon Events ,” developed in November 2021 at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland is serving as a rallying cry for change. The brand doubled its investment in social impact to cut its environmental footprint in half by 2030.

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The Sustainable UK Event Industry in 2050

Gallus Events

It is within this context that the Joint Meetings Industry Council in 2021 committed to a net-zero carbon emissions target for the global events industry of no later than 2050; this also included a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030 (Joint Meetings Industry Council 2021a). So how do we get there?