PNCWA Virtual Summit Series
PNCWA Virtual Summit Series total CO2e emissions savings of 74,239 KG is equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from an average passenger vehicle driven 184,216 miles or more than 9.4 million cell phones charged!
2020 By the Numbers
Our means of convening shifted dramatically in 2020, inspiring new initiatives and advanced metrics for supporting people and planet. Here are the highlights from our impact on 2020.
EclipseCon 2020
The EclipseCon 2020 event saved 277,656 KG in CO2e total emissions in 2020. That is equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from 60 average passenger vehicles driven for one year or more than 35 million cellphones charged!
SASB Symposium 2020
The SASB Symposium 2020 saved 253,564 KG in CO2e total emissions this year. That is equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from 54 average passenger vehicles driven for one year or more than 32 million cellphones charged!
ROS World 2020
ROS World 2020 saved 1,515,648 KG in CO2e total emissions this year. That is equivalent to keeping 25 cars off the road for an entire year! That is equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from an average passenger vehicle driven more than 3.7 million miles, or 175 homes' energy use [...]
Virtual GRI Reporters Summit North America 2020
The Virtual GRI Reporters' Summit North America 2020 saved 115,291 KG in CO2e total emissions this year. That is equivalent to keeping 25 cars off the road for an entire year!
BSR 2020
The BSR 2020 virtual event saved 942,196 KG in CO2e total emissions this year. That is equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from 2.3 million miles driven by an average passenger vehicle or 160 homes' electricity use for an entire year!
UN Global Compact Uniting Business Live 2020
The UN Global Compact Uniting Business Live 2020 saved 1,136,493 KG in CO2e total emissions with their virtual event. That is equivalent to eliminating the greenhouse gas emissions from 4.5 million km driven by an average passenger vehicle or the energy-related CO2 impacts from 192 homes over an entire year!
Follow the Fork
Let's follow the fork to see how sustainability with a single-use plastic fork stacks up to a reusable fork. The MeetGreen sustainability team looked at emissions, water use, and weight. The journey took them through lifecycle, use, and disposal of the service ware. The impacts of moving away from single-use forks [...]
Unitarian Universalist Association Virtual General Assembly 2020
The Unitarian Universalist Virtual General Assembly saved 2,173,837 KG in CO2e total emissions with their virtual conference. That's equivalent to keeping 470 cars off the road or eliminating the CO2 emissions from 251 home's energy use for an entire year!
Sustainable and Safe Events
The MeetGreen sustainability experts compared event sustainability guidelines against projected or potential COVID-19 impacts as we know them to date. In the findings below, the green sections are “all clear” while the yellow sections are “use caution.”
2020 SPLC Virtual Summit
The 2020 SPLC Virtual Summit saved 235,279 KG in CO2e total emissions with their virtual conference. That’s equivalent to taking a car off the road for 583,816 miles or the carbon sequestered by 307 acres of U.S. forests in one year!
Fair Trade Campaigns National Conference 2020
The Fair Trade Campaigns National Conference of 2020 was originally a face-to-face meeting. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the world around us the Fair Trade Campaigns team and the MeetGreen team worked together and moved this conference to a virtual meeting in 10 days. By moving to virtual it enabled more [...]
PNCWA 2019 Post Event Results
In 2019 the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association gathered in Portland,OR for their annual conference. The event sustainable impacts include giving back to the hosting city's community, reducing paper usage, as well as providing a LifeStraw to attendees! We are proud to share the post events from the Pacific Northwest Clean [...]
25 Years of Impact by the Numbers
Since 1994, MeetGreen has worked with progressive global organizations to integrate leading event sustainability practices and produce conferences and events that deliver targeted business results. Rooted in our core company values and principles of conduct, we are pleased to share the following highlights from our cumulative impact and legacy.
Five Steps for Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainability is a collaborative effort, and you can’t do it alone. It takes the passion, commitment and expertise of many organizations and individuals. The bottom line is…without your foremost partners you simply won’t be as successful. By using a step-by-step process, the task isn’t as daunting as might be imagined. Infographic [...]
2018 By The Numbers
For 25 years, MeetGreen has worked with progressive global organizations to integrate leading event sustainability practices and produce conferences and events that deliver targeted business results. Rooted in our core company values and principles of conduct, we are pleased to share the following highlights from our cumulative impact and legacy.
Sustainable Menu Planning
The choice of food and beverage can have a big impact on an event’s environmental footprint. Sustainable menu planning reflects the decisions that organizers make regarding the selection of food and beverage served at conferences and events. This infographic is broken into seven categories to help you plan your menu.