Event Industry News

JUNE 11, 2019

The Festival Vision: 2025 crowdfunding campaign, launched by not-for-profit group Powerful Thinking, gives the whole live events industry the opportunity to work together and provide leadership around climate breakdown through the Vision 2025’s pioneering strategy. This is more than resources – it’s a movement.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Industry-leading guests confirmed to share insights, innovations and decades of event sustainability experience with delegates at The Festival Vision: 2025 conference at The Showman’s Show, Wednesday 16 th October, 12-5.30pm, hosted by not-for-profit Powerful Thinking. .

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Airlines are ramping up their carbon-reducing measures—but ever so slightly—while more attendees face internal carbon budgets and taxes to come to events. According to an article from CNN , the flight is the latest in a series of tests involving the extensive use of sustainable jet fuel. What can planners do?

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Event Industry News

JULY 19, 2023

Outdoor event professionals can now register to attend a free, action-focused day at SES 23 presented by Vision: 2025 and supported by Festival Republic, 18th Oct, at The Showman’s Show.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Open to All Along with fostering sustainable Olympic Games, increasing access in general is also identified as one of 15 recommendations in the International Olympic Committee’s latest version of Olympic Agenda 2020+5, the roadmap for the IOC and the Olympic Movement through 2025.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The Events Industry Council (EIC) invites meeting and event professionals to participate in a survey that will help inform the next stage of the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) standards and exam. In 2024-2025, an updated exam and study materials will be available as a result. The 30-minute survey is open through Nov.

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Event Industry News

MAY 19, 2022

Download ecolibrium’s Sustainable Travel Guide for Artists & the Music Industry: [link]. The new guide points out the challenges, some of the solutions and celebrates artists leading the way through their tour’s sustainability practices.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

One festival, Boomtown in Hampshire, has partnered with an organic recycling organisation, Eco Sustainable Solutions, to tackle the issue. We’d really like to help more events across the Southwest to be greener and more sustainable. Eco is looking to support other events and festivals with their waste recycling needs.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Breaking down the company’s recent sustainability strategy International exhibition and convention center ExCel London is a carbon-neutral venue and an advocate for the path towards green meetings. soon to debut over 25,000 more—and hosting around 400 events and 4 million visitors per year, it is the largest event venue in London.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11 th American run Thursday following a thunderous return with over 12,000 people in attendance at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, a 45% increase over last year’s event due to pandemic travel restrictions. More than 1,600 people participated in MPI education over the course of the event.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 24, 2022

The venue hosts hundreds of events each year for a range of clients and is keen to ensure its suppliers and their services are equally inclusive and sustainable in practice. Rebecca Moore, senior event manager, said “Somerset House is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community reflecting the nature of our society.

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Event Industry News

MAY 12, 2021

Silverstone’s commitment to sustainability is underlined by today’s announcement that Stephane Bazire has joined in the role of head of business sustainability. The venue will be developing its sustainability strategy and led by Stephane, bringing this to fruition with an ambitious programme.

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Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2023

Vision: 2025, the UK outdoor event industry’s steering group for environmental sustainability, has been commissioned by the Event Industry Forum’s (EIF) Purple Grants Fund, to write a new chapter of the Purple Guide on Environmental Sustainability for events.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Further underlining organiser of the Showman’s Show, Lance Show & Publications Limited, commitment to promoting sustainable best practice, this year’s exhibition, held at Newbury Showground from 18th-19th October, will see the introduction of a ‘Hub’ to the show floor.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Vision:2025 launch a consultation for ground-breaking industry Green Code of Conduct, to provide clear minimum environmental standards for all UK outdoor events. This Green Code of Conduct could provide the blueprint for a new sustainability chapter.”. The online survey is open for comments until Friday 14 th January at [link].

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 21, 2022

Global creative communications group, DRPG has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development. Announced today (Thursday 21 April), DRPG has been recognised for its excellence in sustainable development. To say we do it is one thing, to be officially recognised is something else. “To

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2022

The venue hosts hundreds of events each year for a range of clients and is keen to ensure its suppliers and their services are equally inclusive and sustainable in practice. Rebecca Moore, senior event manager, said “Somerset House is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community reflecting the diversity of our society.

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EventMB

MAY 25, 2022

Covid pushed society a decade ahead in terms of digitization, and many technologies are here to stay in the events and trade show industries, said Corbin Ball, a meetings technology expert, and owner of Corbin Ball & Co. based consultancy, by 2025, a staggering $3 trillion – up 25 percent from $2.4

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Event Industry News

MARCH 24, 2023

Citizen-Science Festival Waste Data Call is the next step, asking outdoor events to collect basic data this summer, to deepen the collective understanding of challenges […] Download the report HERE.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Cheshire’s Just So Festival has been awarded the ‘Sustainable Tourism’ Award at the 14 th annual Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards. At the 2016 event the festival received a ‘Tourism Experience of the Year’ award. At the 2016 event the festival received a ‘Tourism Experience of the Year’ award.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The manufacturers of eco-friendly glitter brand have thrown their support behind a project to promote sustainability at music festivals. The Show Must Go On 2020 report will essentially be the information resource for music festivals looking to drive greater sustainability at their events. Brand Events. Event Tech.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

IMEX 2022 concluded its 11th American run Thursday following a thunderous return with over 12,000 people in attendance at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, a 45% increase over last year’s event due to pandemic travel restrictions. More than 1,600 people participated in MPI education over the course of the event.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 16, 2019

GL events UK has confirmed its support for The Festival Vision: 2025 initiative, as part of its own commitment to a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly industry. However, we believe that climate breakdown must be tackled collectively, especially in the fast-evolving events industry.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The 5 th annual Event Industry Green Survey is now live, launched by Powerful Thinking, the not-for-profit think-tank for event sustainability. All entrants to the survey have a chance to win a delegate pass for this year’s Green Events & Innovations conference (GEI) at the ILMC on 3 March 2020. Brand Events.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The city’s challenges related to homelessness, crime and drugs are part of a combination of factors that are impacting the city’s event business, with a number of big tech conferences announcing historic moves out of the city and to Las Vegas. We still lead the country in sustainability.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Decision to follow the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals is attracting like-minded events. Both the local government and the residents of Copenhagen are committed to being the first carbon-neutral capital in the world by 2025. By Vicky Koffa, Boardroom. On the Same Mission.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 7, 2019

As global tourism challenges sustainability efforts, cities including Copenhagen are developing strategies aimed at promoting sustainability while also providing visitors with culturally enriching experiences. The Copenhagen Convention Bureau is getting everyone from venues to hotels on board to help build a sustainable future by 2030.

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Unique Venues

MARCH 20, 2024

Washington, DC is a top destination for events – both corporate and social. And while any time of year in the US Nation’s capital is perfect for hosting your events, no season quite captures the essence of enchantment and renewal like the annual blooming of the Cherry Blossoms each spring.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Raccoon Events ’ CEO Mike Seaman spoke at COP26 , the UN Climate Change Conference on Wednesday (10 November), setting out a pathway for a more sustainable industry. Speaking at the event, Seaman put forward a strategy that emphasised the need for forward motion and a conscious approach to meet the industry’s net zero aspirations.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2024

Nine cultural and sporting events set to take place in the West Midlands have shared £3 million of Commonwealth Games legacy funding to help bring hundreds of thousands of people together in the region. Giving an estimated £11.5

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Management Events

JUNE 16, 2021

As the infrastructure and real estate sectors play a major part in city development, the construction of smart buildings is the most viable solution for long-term sustainability. What is the link between smart buildings and sustainability? Join our invite-only Smart Cities & Societies event in Sweden.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As The Showman’s Show returns to Newbury Showground this week, Wednesday 20 th and Thursday 21 st October, reconnecting the event industry, organiser Lance Show & Publications Limited has revealed a stellar line-up of exhibitors.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Vision2025 previewed the January launch of the second edition Show Must Go On Report, supported with a new online sustainability knowledge hub for the outdoor event sector, at the UK Festival Awards, 6 th December 2019. Brand Events. Event Tech. Sporting Events. Areas of interest. Concerts & Tours. Conferences.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One of the ways that the IOC plans to meet its goal of hosting the most sustainable Olympics in history is through a policy of using what is already there — 95 percent of Olympic venues will be existing or temporary structures, said IOC’s Marie Sallois. But other test events “were very successful,” Sallois said.

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Event Industry News

JULY 28, 2022

The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) is set to welcome the 22 nd World Congress of Soil Science, marking the first time it has returned to the UK since 1935. Attracting 3,000 soil scientists from across the globe, the event entitled Soil Science – Crossing Boundaries, Changing Society, kicks-off in Glasgow on 31 st July.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

GL events UK has advanced its programme of investment in quality and sustainability with the launch of a newly refurbished component preparation workshop and paint shop facilities at its Castle Donnington headquarters.

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Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The 2 nd edition of the festival and outdoor event sustainability report – The Show Must Go On – has revealed the latest industry figures, trends and practices, and is now available to download for free. More than 100 festivals and events have made the Vision:2025 pledge and more than 60 suppliers have supported the report.

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