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ExCel London Paves the Way for Green Meetings

Smart Meetings

It is a Planet Mark-certified business and a signatory of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge —which means it has committed to accomplishing a 50% emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050. It will provide reports to both internal and external audiences, including ADNEC Group and stakeholders.

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Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge Launches With Broad Industry Support

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10 during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, a wide-ranging network of global events industry players has united to fight climate change with the ultimate goal of eliminating the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. With the launch of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge on Nov.

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‘Events Are the Thinking Machine of the World’

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Rundel, cofounder of strategy and creative agency futurehain, who served as the conference’s moderator, acknowledged the “advanced and expert level” of the curated audience. “We This Is a Very Important Meeting’ Dickinson began by letting the audience know that he understood the purpose of Convene 4 Climate and the work the audience does.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

Convene by PCMA

In addition to focusing on the association’s core audience, part of Bender’s work has involved bringing national health, medical, and nursing organizations together around climate change. “A Tourism has historically looked too far ahead and discussed climate neutrality in 2050,” Smith said. “If The CVB’s Role.

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Making Bleisure, Sustainability, and Wellness Top of Mind

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Accor’s Emlyn Brown, global senior vice president of wellbeing, has reprised the Wellbeing Garden at industry events several times now and believes activations like these can result in more authentic social interactions as well as serve to make events more appealing to Gen Z audiences.

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A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World

Convene by PCMA

We are trying to talk the talk and walk the walk,” Lopez told the audience at PCMA’s Convening EMEA in Lausanne, Switzerland, in October, where she participated in a panel session. If I’m not thinking of all of the different audiences,” Lopez said, “then I’m not doing my job.”.

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A Guide to Sustainability Accreditations for Australian Tourism Businesses

Tourism eSchool

Becoming certified can help set your business on the path to becoming a truly sustainable tourism operator, guiding you to implement structures and policies to support this, as well as being extremely marketable to your audience.