Sustainability Centre Stage at BMA House
Event Industry News
MARCH 11, 2024
On Wednesday, March 6th, event professionals congregated at the exquisite BMA House in London for the highly anticipated Sustainable Breakfast Briefing.
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Event Industry News
MARCH 11, 2024
On Wednesday, March 6th, event professionals congregated at the exquisite BMA House in London for the highly anticipated Sustainable Breakfast Briefing.
Skiddle
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Over the past few years, protecting the environment and sustainability have become fiercely debated topics. Whether it’s activists gluing themselves to the roads or giving speeches at world government events, there has been a shift in how we think about our environmental choices. That’s right.
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Event Industry News
JUNE 9, 2021
BSI, the business improvement and standards company, has been selected by the UK Government to assess the G7 Summit and COP26 events against the international sustainability standard, ISO 20121. This best practice standard was inspired by BS 8901, which was published in time for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic events.
Event Industry News
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Around 90% of events professionals believe that sustainability legislation including tax breaks and benchmarking are needed because the industry collectively isn’t doing enough, according to a survey commissioned by Manchester Central. We are ready to do all we can to help the events sector move the dial and make a difference.”.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
As the global events industry seeks to become sustainable, with government bodies such as DCMS in the UK calling for environmental standards for festivals, what better place to turn than the founders of the world’s first green certification for festivals and events. Em Weirdigan, Green Gathering.
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.
Prestige Events Magazine
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
World-renowned conference, events, meetings and exhibition centre, The QEII Centre , has scooped the Sustainability Award for Catering for its catering division, QEII Taste, at the London Venue & Catering Awards. At QEII Taste, we are passionate about doing our bit to ensure that we work towards a more sustainable future.
EncoreAPAC
MARCH 20, 2023
Sustainability is increasingly a consideration for both event planners and venues when choosing a production company. COP27 report outlines a Net Zero Carbon Events Roadmap, aimed at greener practices in the events industry. Find out how Encore sets the green standard.
Prestige Events Magazine
JULY 20, 2023
Is it time to reframe what we mean by sustainability? This need for change is being driven not only by consumers, but also by legislative and governing bodies. This need for change is being driven not only by consumers, but also by legislative and governing bodies. This is especially important for the events industry.
Event Industry News
JANUARY 19, 2021
The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP) has today submitted a budget request to the Treasury ahead of the planned budget announcement on 3rd March 2021, in an effort to secure long term targeted support to aid the recovery of the industry. Further updates from the BVEP can be found on its website here.
Prestige Events Magazine
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
IET London: Savoy Place has been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s London Venue & Catering Awards – The Sustainability Award for Venues (up to 400 attendees reception style) and Best Venue Team.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 15, 2020
The Scottish Government has today (15 December) announced new funding of £13 million to provide further support for the events sector in Scotland, much of which has been unable to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event Industry News
AUGUST 24, 2022
The iconic central London venue is inviting businesses to apply to become an accredited supplier. 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. It receives no regular funding from the Government.
Smart Meetings
APRIL 21, 2022
Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. million visitors. Concentration.
Event Industry News
APRIL 21, 2022
The third edition of Event Industry News’ acclaimed Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide launches at BMA House , Tavistock Square in North London on Wednesday 27 th April, over breakfast. Last year’s edition of our Sustainable Event Buyer’s Guide was downloaded 10,000 times. And it’s free to attend.
The MICE
MARCH 31, 2022
Bern’s positioning as a leader in the energy and environmental sector, and its easy accessibility within Switzerland and from neighbouring countries, make it the most suitable city to host the Swiss Sustainability Forum. Afterwards, it moved the second edition to Interlaken in 2020, and in 2021, it moved the event to Bern.
Prestige Events Magazine
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
event:decision, the #1 global partner for event sustainability, has released a new tool for event planners, Impact. Impact assesses, benchmarks and certifies events in a wide-range of environmental, social and governance factors. As an industry, we’re good at delivering great events.
GEVME
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Sustainability is a key trend at business events these days. We see venues, organisers and suppliers going at length to reduce the carbon footprint of events. . Venues are implementing adequate waste management policy and recycling different waste streams. Small actions help.
Prestige Events Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2023
International Convention Centre Wales ( ICC Wales ) has secured a number of notable repeat business wins for 2023, as it establishes itself as the UK’s most exciting new events venue and brings a significant boost to the South Wales visitor economy. The Open University will also hold its Autumn 2023 Graduation Ceremony at the venue.
Event Industry News
JANUARY 28, 2020
Over the last few years, the futures of small-medium sized venues have become increasingly uncertain with rising rents, building developments and business rates strangling the live music scene. See small venues struggle to survive amidst rising costs and one small music venue closes every month for more.
Prestige Events Magazine
MARCH 11, 2024
Leading London events venue, The QEII Centre , has strengthened its director team with the appointment of Elena Gurgul as Sales and Marketing Director and EeLain Ong as Finance Director. Her leadership is expected to strengthen the centre’s financial resilience and capacity for sustainable growth.
Prestige Events Magazine
JANUARY 16, 2023
London’s leading sustainable venue 15Hatfields has welcomed the government’s decision to ban single-use items in England’s hospitality businesses and retail. We therefore welcome the government’s move to ban single-use cutlery, plates, bowls, trays and certain polystyrene cups and food containers from October 2023.
Prestige Events Magazine
AUGUST 23, 2022
The iconic central London venue is inviting suppliers to apply to become an accredited supplier. 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. It receives no regular funding from the Government.
Prestige Events Magazine
APRIL 3, 2023
Following three stages of application from caterers, florists, production specialists and exhibition and walling suppliers, Somerset House can finally reveal the businesses on their Commercial Events’ accredited supplier list. Both large and small businesses who identify with the venue’s beliefs and working practices were invited to tender.
Event Industry News
APRIL 6, 2020
“With payments being unacceptably withheld and Government funding delayed, as I feared, many are in danger of not surviving this crisis.”. This impacts on both agencies and venues which rental premises. This impacts on both agencies and venues which rental premises.
Eventbase
JANUARY 9, 2020
In 2019, we witnessed climate strike movements happening all over the world as consumers put more pressure on governments and industry to provide sustainable solutions to combat CO2 production, plastic packaging and waste. What is sustainable event management? However, there are some ways to reduce this waste.
Event Industry News
JUNE 28, 2022
The events take place on 12 and 13 October at Aberdeen’s P&J Live. These two notable events bring together the World Energy Council’s leadership and expert community from nearly 100 countries. For the first time, Scotland will host the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Summit and 2022 Executive Assembly.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 7, 2022
Around 100 leaders of the world’s largest Business Events organisers convened at the Asia CEO Summit on 5-7 October at The Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, to reaffirm their commitment in the sustainable growth of the Business Events and Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) sector in Asia. .
Gallus Events
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
From creaking infrastructure to meat feast sandwiches Glasgow’s hosting of COP 26 tells us a lot about the long journey ahead of us as we move to a more diverse, resilient, sustainable world. Over the COP period, popular city-owned, managed, and maintained venues have closed for the public to allow them to open up for visiting dignitaries.
Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
In the report of 98 global venue operators, Europe (including Sweden, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands) and the Americas are showing encouraging signs of a meetings industry increasingly seeing itself in a better place as the weeks pass by. Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Event Industry News
APRIL 23, 2021
The live events and music industry which includes exhibitions; conferences; music arenas; festivals; theatres and indoor sporting events, welcomes the establishment of the Events Research Programme and the safe return of live events as part of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown.
PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
When the Green Venue Report debuted in 2014, it used survey information from 16 convention centers around the world to outline best practices in event-venue sustainability. And for the 2016 Green Venue Report, which the Greenview sustainability consulting group released last month, the number hit 44.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
The Brighton activation is spearheaded by a core group of event professionals including the founder of creative event producers Partridge Events Jacqui Partridge and Ian Silcock, Ian Baird founder of EPIC and Whisky Bravo Productions and John Wallis from Reveries Events.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The Events Industry Alliance launched its manifesto at a parliamentary reception on Wednesday 19 th October, including guests from a cross party group of MPs in addition to Government and Shadow Ministers and many association members. We aim to be the voice of the events industry – representing business events.”.
Prestige Events Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
More than 170 delegates representing the UK government and the global business events, associations and education sectors, joined The Business of Events’ UK Policy Forum, which took place yesterday (08 November 2023) at IET London: Savoy Place in Westminster.
Prestige Events Magazine
MAY 2, 2023
The Business of Events has confirmed ICC Wales as its latest official partner for its 2023 programme. The South Wales-based venue is the first major partner to be announced, with more to follow in the coming weeks. I look forward to continuing our partnership with The Business of Events in 2023 and attending its programme of events.”
PCMA Convene
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Huber, a professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences at Purdue University, and director of Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, told his fellow panelists and the audience that if the industry does not address air travel’s contribution to its carbon footprint, we will just “be working around the margins.”
PCMA Convene
MAY 16, 2022
RAI Amsterdam offers clients booth packages that will be reused after their event for the next event, instead of being thrown away. There is a disconnect between the narrative around sustainability and what it will take to create real change, Ahmed said. “We It’s now or never. We are at a crossroads.”. ‘A A World on Fire’.
Event Leadership Institute
MARCH 1, 2022
Make sure the venues and vendors you work with align with your company’s ESG and DEI values. Be intentional and incorporate these values and responsibilities from the start of the event planning process. Transportation is another area where sustainability can be integrated. Key Takeaways.
Event Industry News
MARCH 10, 2021
HBAA, the association for the meetings, events and accommodation industry, has appointed Louisa Watson, Director of Marketing at Wyboston Lakes Resort, and Gareth Warnock, Group Sales Director of De Vere, as venue sector advisors to the Board.
Event Industry News
OCTOBER 23, 2019
That’s according to an interactive map from Insure4Music, which illustrates the UK’s open and closed small music venues. The map reveals that 20% of the UK’s small music venues have closed in the last 15 years, with 54 closing since 2014 and 26 venues closing in the last two years. in Cardiff.
Event Industry News
JANUARY 9, 2020
The 2-13 December global forum was organised under the Presidency of the Government of Chile with logistical support from the Government of Spain. Amy Calvert, CEO of the Events Industry Council noted: “The Events Industry Council is honoured to have been invited to participate in COP25. billion participants.
Event Industry News
MARCH 5, 2021
Story and Venue Search London’s survey of over 150 corporate event buyers gives a real insight into the current thinking around the timing of returning to live, the ongoing use of virtual and hybrid events together with plans for the all-important 2021 Christmas party season.
Event Industry News
APRIL 7, 2020
Over twenty CEOs from many of the UK’s leading destinations, event venues and creative agencies met online last week as part of the UK Events Industry Board’s Leaders Panel to discuss the government’s support for the UK’s £70bn business events sector with Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, Nigel Huddleston MP.
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