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At their first National Conference in more than 5 years, Fair Trade Campaigns focused their sustainability efforts by including Fair Trade products, reducing disposable service ware, and linking activities to four UN Sustainable Development Goals: Zero Hunger, Climate Action, Responsible Consumption & Production and Good Health & Well Being. Read Case Study

See how Oracle OpenWorld achieves their event sustainability goals to: Waste Less, Be Cooler, Give Back and Have Fun. Read Case Study

Choosing the Vancouver Convention Center impacted the sustainable efforts of this event in a very positive way. This facility is equipped with front and back of house recycling, the conference signage was recycled by the convention center, and all MeetGreen minimum guidelines were met by the facility. Read Case Study

Whether you are a event/meeting professional, an event marketing team leader, or a sustainability champion you are probably in need of a Green Event Checklist. We have created this list from our years of experience and implementation of green practices.

Single-use plastics are pervasive, often because they are so inexpensive to produce. Unfortunately, many items like plastic water bottles, which are used for only minutes, but can linger in the environment for over 400 years. We produce roughly 300 million tons of plastic each year and 91% of that is not recycled. With this in [...]

Sustainability is a core component of IMEX America and is addressed and refined throughout the year across the entire range of vendors and stakeholders, including onsite as well as pre/post event. There are several wins to note regarding the IMEX America 2017 waste stream. Overall volume of waste decreased significantly from 2016 due to efforts [...]

At BSR's annual meeting one of the initiatives was to eliminate single use plastic. By serving beverages in bulk they eliminated 4,097 single use containers. Carbon offsets were purchased for 100% of conference travel and energy use. Read Case Study

As an organization with a mission driven interest in global sustainable initiatives, the World Cocoa Foundation did a great job reducing its event's environmental footprint by the implementation of progressive approaches like food and beverage strategies to eliminate waste and get leftover food to people who need it, the 100% elimination of its printed program [...]

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Here is a chart that will help you make sustainable choices for conference signage. From the book "Meet Better – 167 Ways to Make Your Events More Environmentally and Socially Responsible".