Guidebook

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Sustainability isn’t just a trend—it’s a movement transforming industries, and the event planning world is no exception. But here’s the good news: event planners and venues are embracing innovative, eco-friendly strategies to reduce their footprint. In fact, the event industry is responsible for over 1.2

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Event Industry News

MAY 27, 2021

Event Concept today announced their commitment to a more sustainable future with the launch of their 2030 Pledge. Managing Director, Adam Stanley comments: “I am not only excited, but very proud of the commitment we are making to a sustainable future. Sustainability doesn’t equal boring.

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EventMB

JUNE 2, 2022

Organizers reported 9,000 attendees, including close to 3,000 buyers, and 2,300 exhibiting companies taking part, making it the largest event industry trade show to take place since the start of the Covid pandemic. This is the first major international event industry show for many. Invite-only events for specific audiences went ahead.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 26, 2023

The events and conference venue operates with sustainability at its core and is committed to achieving Net Zero carbon status by 2030. As we strive for more sustainability in events, Church […]

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Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

As corporations pledge to be more sustainable, the event industry seeks lasting solutions. The world, and the event industry, entered a new reality last year when the U.N. More on This Topic: 10 Event Sustainability Ideas to Implement Right Now. THE PANDEMIC EFFECT. CORPORATE MESSAGING.

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Gallus Events

JANUARY 14, 2020

A throw-away trend or something that will shape our events, how should we view flight shaming in the events industry? In December 2019 I travelled to Madrid to attend the Sustainable Innovation Summit, an official side event at the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference. But really what did anyone expect?

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The event industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge requires signatories to commit to targets aligned with the Paris Climate Accord, which includes achieving a 50-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 on the way to net zero emissions by 2050. 31 through Nov. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. 31 through Nov.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Established 30 years ago we are one of the leading creative and technical production companies delivering for live events and shows globally. To achieve our goal of being working Carbon Neutral by 2030, we have set out targets and working practises that are believed to support our aim. Allowing Eclipse to off-set event by event.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Freeman and Scottish Event Campus (SEC) Glasgow are among the global organisations already using the Net Zero Carbon Events Roadmap to steer their sustainability journey. As a producer of events, continuing our work against Action Area 2 will be our focus — to redesign events to be sustainable and waste free.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2019

Representatives of global events, tourism and sustainability bodies are ushering in the new year with the unprecedented launch of four principles designed to guide and motivate event organisers worldwide to embrace and implement sustainable practices. .

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Endless Events

AUGUST 6, 2019

Here at Endless, we figured it was more than time we talked about planning sustainable events. Both as human beings and event professionals, we must be aware that our actions have a certain impact in the world. And we also have the responsibility of trying to improve it through planning sustainable events!

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Event Industry News

MAY 16, 2024

Fund the update of the pivotal state of industry Show Must Go On Report, to shape festival and outdoor events sustainability. Vision: 2025 has launched a crowdfunder to create the third edition of the Show Must Go On report and shape a new climate strategy and practices towards 2030.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 28, 2022

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has announced its ambition to achieve net zero by 2030. The news follows the venue’s hosting of COP26 last year and its involvement as a founding partner of the NetZeroCarbon Events pledge which launched during the globally recognised conference.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

By Selina Donald, founder and CEO, The Bulb, Anna Abdelnoor, CEO and founder, isla, and Chantal Kerr-Sheppard, founder, Event Cycle There are just six years left until the deadline for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Earth Day is a stark reminder of this important deadline, and an annual snapshot of how much work remains to be done.

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Event Industry News

MAY 27, 2022

The Scottish Event Campus has pledged to plant a tree for every meeting the company hosts at IMEX next week. The venue, which recently announced its ambition to achieve net zero by 2030, will also be sharing other sustainable initiatives taking place at the SEC since it hosted the globally recognized COP26 conference last year.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 13, 2023

The Belfry Hotel & Resort, located in Warwickshire, is aiming to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030, having saved 3 million kWh of energy combined across electricity and gas in 2022 when comparing its usage with 2019. The 3 million kWh saved is enough electricity to power 300 houses and enough gas to heat […]

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Event Industry News

JUNE 17, 2024

On Sustainable Gastronomy Day, Danilo Barbagallo, Executive Chef at QEII Taste at leading London conference and events centre, The QEII Centre, discusses his planet-friendly approach to event catering, and explains how this is helping the venue’s catering arm progress its pledge to reach carbon neutrality by 2030.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Airlines are ramping up their carbon-reducing measures—but ever so slightly—while more attendees face internal carbon budgets and taxes to come to events. According to an article from CNN , the flight is the latest in a series of tests involving the extensive use of sustainable jet fuel. What can planners do?

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EventMB

JUNE 23, 2022

Members commit to meeting criteria that make their carbon reduction efforts credible and aligned with the global goal of halving emissions by 2030 and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. . Over 170 event industry enterprises have joined the Race to Zero via the Positive Impact Race to Zero Accelerator Programme.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

emissions-reduction conference, the Joint Meetings Industry Council has developed goals and strategies for drastically reducing carbon from events in the coming years. Net zero means a level balance between the amount of greenhouse gas produced by events and the amount of carbon removed from the atmosphere in return. “In

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

BeaconHouse Events, a leading events agency in Newcastle upon Tyne, has launched the first of its Sustainability Supply Chain roundtables, bringing together key regional events industry suppliers to discuss how the sector can work together to reduce our event carbon, meet sustainability targets, and drive sector-wide change.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 9, 2019

The United Nations want to know how it can help the meetings industry better reach its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. RELATED : Taking on Plastics in the Events Industry. It’s part of PCMA’s broader commitment to work with its members to use events to achieve social and economic transformation. Courtesy UN).

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 4, 2022

A key part of the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) since January 2009, Dawn Lauder has been head of international conferences at the venue for nearly six years. To keep up to date with all the news, subscribe for free here. If you would like to take part in a podcast, then please complete our submission form.

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

As an award-winning leading UK academic venue, Keele University Events & Conferencing have just been awarded a ‘Green Meetings Gold Accreditation.’ Preparing for the assessment, the team reviewed all aspects of the campus commitment to sustainability.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2024

by Danielle Bounds, Sales Director, ICC Wales Events have the power to shape opinions and behaviours, and by aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the sector can play a significant role in promoting global sustainability and societal well-being, both within itself and among the industries it serves.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Bowood Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort , which sits at the heart of the 2,000-acre Bowood Estate, is committed to conserving energy and promoting sustainable practices, all whilst saving costs amidst the current energy crisis. For more information on Bowood’s sustainability commitment, please visit [link].

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2023

The events and conference venue operates with sustainability at its core and is committed to achieving Net Zero carbon status by 2030. Church House also requires its service providers to signal the same commitment to sustainability.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Under the title of The Rotterdam Experiment, the city of Rotterdam explores what the future of the event industry will look like. The corona crisis has had an enormous impact on the events industry. Work came to an abrupt halt, conferences and events were cancelled or postponed and creative online solutions were needed fast.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Red Bull Racing is supporting the event industry’s move towards reducing event-based food waste. The brand, which recently launched a series of new spaces across its Milton Keynes based campus, has announced a series of initiatives, in and out of its kitchens, to support sustainable farming and sourcing for event menus.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 26, 2023

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) has further bolstered its commitment to sustainability by appointing Garima Singh as its new Sustainability Manager. The venue now employs two dedicated team members focused on driving the business’ sustainability ambitions including its commitment to Net Zero 2030.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Event organisers believe that the number of dietary requirements amongst delegations will grow from 20%, in 2020, to 40% by 2030, according to research by Lime Venue Portfolio. The world has changed and by 2030 we believe that the majority of people at an event will want a different menu.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. soon to debut over 25,000 more—and hosting around 400 events and 4 million visitors per year, it is the largest event venue in London.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Decision to follow the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals is attracting like-minded events. The CVB has launched the Tourism for Good strategy with a goal to allow tourism to have a positive impact on sustainable development both locally and globally by 2030. By Vicky Koffa, Boardroom. On the Same Mission.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

While there’s evidence supporting that strategy, there’s little appetite for abandoning national meetings, says one sustainability expert. In both cases, it’s surely not a good look for the event host. tons if an annual meeting in New York was converted to seven regional events held around the country.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It was BMA House’s seventh year either in-person or virtually (due to COVID) hosting the major event. The GGA honours businesses, NGOs, charities, and social enterprises across the globe for their groundbreaking work in sustainability and ethical leadership. The Global Good Awards (GGA) took place at BMA House recently.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 3, 2024

With the general election taking place this Thursday, Warren Campbell, the general manager of London’s leading sustainable events venue, 15Hatfields, is calling for bold long-term policies from whichever party secures the national vote. This will reduce waste to landfill and incineration plants and increase recycling rates.

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