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Making Conference Swag Sustainable

PCMA Convene

At a Women in CleanTech & Sustainability event, Ethical Swag’s bamboo cutlery in branded pouches made of recycled materials were coveted items. When Tara Milburn attended her first Promotional Products Association International Show in 2010 or 2011, it was her first entrée into swag (stuff we all get). Tara Milburn.

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The O2 continues to put sustainability at the forefront, with announcement of new arena measures

Event Industry News

The O2, which is owned and operated by AEG Europe, has today announced a series of new measures to make the world’s most popular music, leisure, and entertainment venue even more sustainable for fans, bands and brands. The venue has surpassed its waste, water and greenhouse gas emissions targets every year since 2010.

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The Sustainable Event Awards – Meet the Judges

Event Industry News

The Sustainable Event Awards Celebrate Excellence in Event Sustainability. Led Sustainability at Smyle for 10 years and set up the industry wide initiative Sustainable Events Summit in 2014. What does sustainability mean to you? When did you first become interested in sustainability?

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Conference Care gains ECOsmart certification in drive towards more sustainable meetings and events

Prestige Events Magazine

Following a rigorous audit process Conference Care were awarded Greengage’s ECOsmart certification, recognising a comprehensive approach to environmental sustainability within their business and promoting a green approach to their clients. team and who are committed to making a difference“.

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Conference Care Becomes a B Corp Organisation

Conference Care

Venue Finding & Event Management agency Conference Care has officially received B Corp certification – the latest milestone in their ongoing commitment to sustainability. Judith Dix, Sustainability Specialist at Conference Care, has worked tirelessly to ensure the business has met B Corp standards.

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Mastodon is the old Twitter

Conferences that Work

Many have striven for massive follower counts and social media “influence” Others, like myself, have enjoyed the platform’s often-strained ability to discover and sustain communities of interest on a myriad of topics. From my viewpoint, the platform’s popularity and usefulness reached a peak between 2014 – 2017.

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Designing conferences to solve participants’ problems

Conferences that Work

Here are three session-based examples: At the 2010 edACCESS conference, Joel Backon designed an incredible experiment to explore the use of online collaborative tools , which at the time were in their infancy. In the meetings world, the most well known are the series of EventCamps that were held around the world between 2010 and 2014.