David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability at London 2012 presented at the 2012: A Year of Sustainability in the Event Industry session. He spoke about the London 2012 vision, their main sustainability goals and how they are being implemented, as well as how the initiatives are working in practice. He finished by emphasising that this year is “A precious and one-off opportunity to display UK’s leadership on Sustainability”.
Read more »MPI’s Roger Simons presented a session on how sustainability trends are shaping the meetings industry. CSR & green meetings: you know they are important but why exactly should you care? What are the whys and what will your clients be asking of you in the future? A look at the growth of sustainability, how it’s impacting our industry, who are the leaders in green meetings and what are they doing? What resources across the board are there to guide you through the green maze? …
Read more »Tamara Kennedy-Hill and Diana Graling from GMIC presented a session to go through best practice steps that can be taken to make events more sustainable.
Read more »Andrew Walker from E3 Strategy explained the business case for sustainability and how it applies to meetings and events. While many of us understand the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of implementing sustainable practices within our meetings and events, we often forget to address one of the most important questions: the ‘why’. Aside from the obvious need to manage our environmental and social impacts, there is a growing recognition of the many benefits associated with being a more responsible business with reference to some of the latest research…
Read more »Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool opened in 2008 having been built on under-utilised land on Kings Dock. The venue is committed to implementing sustainability and this case study illustrates some of the steps that they have taken to ensure that they are leading to make events at ACC Liverpool more sustainable.
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