Sustainability Consulting
As the face of your organization, events can enhance brand, build reputation and demonstrate citizenship when they give back and reduce their environmental impacts. Our suite of event sustainability services will help you do this in a way that also reduces waste and cost.
What We Do
MeetGreen works with progressive global organizations to integrate leading event sustainability practices and produce conferences and events that deliver targeted business results
Our Services
Questions
We offer a variety of sustainability consulting services and you may have questions. We have provided some answers for you.
Case Studies
Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly 2018
We are pleased to share the sustainability results of another successful General Assembly. In addition to truly top tier results, such as the diversion of 92% of our total event waste from the landfill, one of the key areas that made our efforts even more impactful this year was the many “sustainability firsts” GA’18 helped bring to the Kansas City region. This work, which begins largely during the site selection and contracting phases, long before attendees arrive, culminates during our five days together each summer onsite.
Oracle OpenWorld Latin America Division 2018
Oracle OpenWorld Latin America 2018 produced less total waste than in any previous year. Although the percentage of waste diverted from landfill (diversion rate) was the lowest in 2018, the event produced less total waste than in any previous year. Total waste produced in 2018 decreased by 64% from 2016, and 83% from 2010. Read Case Study
Fair Trade Campaigns National Conference
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.
Oracle OpenWorld 2017
See how Oracle OpenWorld achieves their event sustainability goals to: Waste Less, Be Cooler, Give Back and Have Fun. Read Case Study
Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly 2017
Every year GA enables opportunities for UUs to be of service to communities that host the event. This year several meaningful opportunities were organized in New Orleans.
GA attendees were invited to participate in hands-on service projects at or within a short distance of the convention center that benefitted over 1,000 persons. These included:
- The Big Easy / Real Life: An Immersion Experience
- The Red Flame Hunters and the Flaming Chalice Keepers Create!
- Ubuntu Village and UUs, Embracing Youth Away in Juvenile Detention
- “Days for Girls” Sustainable Menstrual Hygiene Kits Fight Poverty and Isolation
- Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children
ROSCon 2017
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
PNCWA 2017
With one simple change, providing water bubblers instead of water bottles for attendees, the recent PNCWA conference saved 1,822 plastic bottles from landfill and enough energy to run a 75 watt light bulb for 26,419 hours! Read Case Study
IMEX America 2017
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 to capture, donate or reuse large booth materials and furniture, as well as sustainable signage and carpet. The enhanced back dock hand sorting of waste also dramatically improved the amount of material that can be recycled or composted. Read Case Study
BSR 2017 Conference
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
World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting 2017
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 and the use of FalconBoard signs. Read Case Study
Oracle OpenWorld India 2017
Oracle faced a number of systemic challenges in working to make the first Oracle OpenWorld India a sustainable event. As a result, Oracle focused evaluating opportunities to reduce, reuse and donate materials to minimize waste. Read Case Study
IMEX America 2016
The 2016 IMEX America, our own internal planning team took a proactive approach to recycling the materials that we use for signage and, together with our vendors, ensured that they were put to valuable use in several different places (see Materials). We also reduced our paper use from onsite publications by more than 1,500 lbs of paper, which is the equivalent to about 13 fewer trees. In addition, our education team curated many rich and grounding experiences for our guests onsite, including the Be Well Lounge and Paws for a Break. Read Case Study
Service Project Planning
Let us help you plan your event’s next community service project!
Training & Education
As you look to bring world-class knowledge to your event management team to save money and improve your environmental footprint, consider MeetGreen. Our training programs are designed to accelerate the introduction of sustainable meeting practices, using practical, real world know-how. These are some examples of the training we provide, each customized to your particular interests and needs.