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Best of 2023: Sustainability

Smart Meetings

In 2023, Smart Meetings released a stream of multimedia resources for planners to learn about sustainability in the world of events. This year, sustainability was just as much about education and how-to’s as it was about why it’s important to be sustainable. We know sustainability is important.

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Sustainable Meetings Through Renewable Concepts

Smart Meetings

Sustainability is now required at meetings as attendees are demanding an environmentally conscious event. Curbing pollutants has become part of the meeting professional job description, but how does one to do so at in-person and virtual events in a meaningful and cost-effective way? Tips and methods for producing greener events.

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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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Major Events Firm Pushes Hard on Sustainability Certification

MeetingsNet

After one big effort in August, nearly six times as many Maritz Global Events employees are certified in event sustainability. Activate brought 274 Maritz team members and 377 supplier partners to Phoenix for education and networking; for 48 of those Maritz employees, a big focus was the sustainability course.

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Sustainable Event Planning: How to Plan Eco-Friendly Events

Event Planning BluePrint

In the dynamic world of event planning, where creativity meets execution, there’s a growing trend that’s reshaping the industry: sustainability. This shift towards eco-friendly and sustainable event planning is not just a fad ; it’s a necessary evolution in how we approach our profession.

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The Meetings Show unveils revamped education programme

Prestige Events Magazine

The Meetings Show has unveiled details of its revamped education programme for this year’s show, which takes place at ExCeL London on 28-29 June. The Education Programme will follow the Pre-Show Conference, which has also been reimagined for 2023.

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IMEX Frankfurt Asks Attendees to Take Pledge on Sustainability

EventMB

As the business events community gathers in Germany for the 20 th anniversary of IMEX Frankfurt, not only is there a focus on reconnecting after being away for two years but on sustainability as well. It uses the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a guide with the help of its sustainability consultants MeetGreen. “We