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Industry leaders call for ‘Radical Collaboration’ at Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024

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Virgin Atlantic and British Airways CEO’s call for ‘radical collaboration’ between Government, aviation fuel providers and the wider industry to reach net zero by 2050 Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024. Our position at Virgin Atlantic is clear – if enough SAF is made, we will fly it.”

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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic CEOs to speak at Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024

Travel Daily Media

Taking place 15-16 May 2024, Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024 will see representation from the global aerospace, energy, manufacturing, finance and investment sectors, alongside regulators, academia and government departments, come together for two days of networking, demonstrations and insight sharing.

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‘Events Are the Thinking Machine of the World’

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Paul Dickinson, a pioneer in the field of sustainability reporting, speaks in early October at the first Convene 4 Climate conference in Barcelona. Rundel noted that five or six years ago, we might have convened a conference on climate change with a singular approach: “‘We have a climate crisis. Technology can fix it — hurray!’

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

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For most associations, hosting meetings and conferences fall into their regular operations. Companies with mandates to regulate their emissions may prioritize holding their events at venues and destinations with major sustainability initiatives. If I ask you about what you will be doing in 2050, you likely have no idea.

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How UFI’s Kai Hattendorf Helped Launch the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge

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Last summer, Kai Hattendorf, managing director and CEO of UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, was one of a handful of global industry leaders to whom Kathleen Warden, director of conference sales at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow, reached out for help. Those efforts, Warden told Hattendorf, were going nowhere.

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IHG’s Kenneth Macpherson Offers a Positive Outlook

Business Traveler USA

Business Traveler spoke to Macpherson at the recently-concluded International Hotel and Investment Conference in Berlin. I think the primary driver at the moment [that is restricting travel] is all the regulations put in place with the great intention of governments’ care for public health. MACPHERSON: Firstly, I am optimistic.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

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Transformation plans to reach so-called net-zero emissions by 2050 are developed and submitted. For example, the smart system can go beyond usual “weekday vs weekend” settings by discovering the higher occupancy pattern for a conference room on Friday afternoons and adjusting the controls accordingly. How BAS and PMS integration works.