Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Joint Meetings Industry Council and IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer announced that the organization will be hosting the net zero carbon pledge —and invited all members of the industry to join in the initiative to host climate-safe meetings by 2050. As of Friday, there are 109 signatories across venues, destinations, suppliers and hotels.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

As a result, the Joint Meetings Industry Council—made up of the members from UFI, AIPC and ICCA, which represent several thousand conference and show organizers as well as convention and trade-fair venues worldwide—has created an initiative called Net Zero Carbon Events.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the 41 st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to address top industry issues. We also need governments to support the industry’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 with their own commitment and corresponding policy measures on decarbonization.

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Business Traveler USA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Istanbul Airport has set a goal of achieving zero emissions by 2050. Built and operated under the umbrella of the Istanbul Grand Airport organization, the first phase of Istanbul Airport opened in November 2019, replacing the old Istanbul Atatürk Airport which has now closed, with the IATA code (IST) transferred to the new airport.

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JULY 9, 2021

That same year, Gong Ke, the president of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations, issued a similar emergency, calling the breakdown of the climate “the most serious issue of our time.” But for organizations like ours, this is all about health.”. If I ask you about what you will be doing in 2050, you likely have no idea.

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Business Traveler USA

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In addition, the organization is working in partnership with the European Commission to support ventures in clean technologies, in line with the Paris Agreement. Other participants in the Catalyst include Microsoft, General Motors, Bank of America and the BlackRock Foundation. aa.com , breakthroughenergy.org.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

After their events, convention organizers and attendees can participate in a program to donate items to help the environment and benefit the Greater Miami community. The facility also has a robust composting program.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

So it was a natural thing for Solimar to join The Glasgow Declaration to stand next to some of the most influential organizations in the sector to fight climate change. We support the global commitment to halve emissions by 2030 and reach Net Zero as soon as possible before 2050. C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

In fact, CDP is a not-for-profit organization, and in the U.K., And we’ve done this on behalf of investors and we’ve done this on behalf of purchasing organizations. So the reason why 23,000 organizations report into CDP is because they’re really reporting to their investors and they’re reporting to their customers.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2019

First and foremost, Fiona advises that any member of an organization that plans meetings “goes to their CEO and talks about sustainable development goal 4.7” “Fair, Local, Organic, Seasonal, and Smart. So how can we bit by bit start increasing the percentage of organics? But others are nowhere near.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

At the time, Hattendorf was chair of the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC), an advocacy organization made up of major international trade associations affiliated with the business events industry. Those efforts, Warden told Hattendorf, were going nowhere.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 7, 2024

As the largest initiative of its kind, Net Zero Carbon Events aims to unite key stakeholders across the business events industry to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The signing of the NZCE Pledge by ASM Global is expected to inspire further engagement from other venues and event organizers worldwide.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

The FAA has set the goal of achieving a net-zero aviation system by 2050, nudging airlines to look at switching to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and even battery-operated aircraft for short-haul routes. Top Social Media Channels for Event Organizers. More Forecast. 5 Business Trends in 2023 That Will Impact Events.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 17, 2023

The event, held as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, is organized in strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company (Tadweer). The EcoWaste Exhibition and Forum 2023, which is held under the theme “Explore the future of waste management in a circular economy,” kicks off.

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MARCH 15, 2022

Event organizers catering to the global workforce may have already seen new options entering their wheelhouse as well, like new online team-building activities and increased workcation offerings at hotels and resorts. Greenmapping.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

With a commitment to lead by example and raise awareness, GBTA is among the 230 supporting organizations who have stepped forward to date to help accelerate climate action in tourism and take action to cut emissions in half by 2030 and achieve Net Zero as soon as possible before 2050.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Net-Zero Carbon Events has published seven new best-practice documents for organizations working to reduce the environmental impact of their meetings and events. The campaign to help events-industry organizations achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is moving from a development phase to an implementation phase.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

By 2050, German bank Berenberg projects that the carbon offsets market will be worth approximately $200 billion. senior climate campaigner at Greenpeace USA, told Convene that the organization uses a few key criteria to evaluate the true impact of offsets. The events industry is helping to grow that market. Amy Moas, Ph.D.,

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 8, 2024

HUGE COMMITMENT: ASM Global has officially signed the Net-Zero Carbon Events pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. FOOD-RECOVERY INITIATIVE: Ottawa Tourism has launched a partnership with La Tablée des Chefs , a nonprofit organization that has been fighting food insecurity in Canada for more than 20 years.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

During GME’s panel, “The Future of Events and Travel,” leadership from Accor, Air France, and the Paris 2024 organizing committee spoke about the climate impact of hospitality and air travel, and what the collective industry can do to mitigate that impact.

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APRIL 17, 2023

government’s mandate to be net zero by 2050. You have to make it easy for the organizers and the planners to make more climate-conscious decisions.” It has thousands of employees and feeds millions of people each year. With that impact in mind, Levy UK + Ireland committed to carbon net-zero by 2027, long before the U.K.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It goes on to lay out concrete guidelines and recommendations to help businesses to reach net zero by 2050. The report argues that certain industries may achieve net zero before 2050 “if more ambitious targets are set and different decarbonization approaches are followed”.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The company said it has a target to power 100% of its global operations with renewable electricity by 2050. How do you plan to achieve the 2050 goal? For this we have tied up with various organizations who manufacture and provide solar power plants for power generation. Are they more such initiatives in the pipeline?

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JULY 22, 2024

During COVID, people tried virtual trade shows and organizers saw revenue streams rapidly disappearing if that became the way of business going forward. That’s the first time we’ve done it for an actual exhibitor,” Hansen said, “not the organizer, nor the venue.”

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 27, 2023

Many stakeholders in the events and exhibitions industry have pledged to meet the goal of net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 in line with the Net Zero Carbon Events movement and the Paris Agreement on climate neutrality.

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Solimar International

JULY 22, 2022

The landmark Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism – launched at COP26 – urged destinations and the tourism industry to reduce carbon emissions by 50% before 2030, and reach Net Zero as soon as possible by 2050. Tourism can play an important role in helping communities adapt to this new reality and build resilience to future risks.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Leaders of the Events Industry Council gathered at the IMEX America show in Las Vegas to share updates on five compelling changes and initiatives for the organization. • The umbrella organization is now opening a corporate membership category.

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AltexSoft Travel

APRIL 18, 2022

IATA and its members committed to go net zero by 2050, which sounds great, but the problem is that the amount of air traffic is forecasted to be more than 3 times greater by that time. With the help of offset schemes, individuals and organizations can invest in diverse environmental projects that help combat climate change such as.

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Panorama Travel

JUNE 4, 2023

Microplastics can break down into such tiny, widely polluting molecules that they have even recently been found in human blood and organs. According to UN Environment Program by 2050, it is predicted that there will be 12 billion tonnes of plastic waste in the natural environment.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 3, 2024

The role of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in aviation’s transition to a greener future was a key pillar of discussions throughout the event as experts debated the most practical approaches industry stakeholders can adopt to deliver on net zero goals by 2050.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 21, 2024

Gabriel Llobera Ramis from the Balearic-based Garden Hotels showcased the group’s pioneering organic waste management and compost production, as well as the need for public policy with the Balearic Island archipelago recently initiating its ‘law of circularity’ for all hotels across the islands.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

10, representatives from the global event industry presented a Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge , committing to achieving a 50-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030, as a pathway to net zero emissions by 2050. The bureau also offers a toolkit and support to help conference organizers deliver sustainable conferences, Crawford said.

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 4, 2023

Now aviation comes together to debate vital issues concerning our pathway to net-zero CO2 in 2050, the diversity of our industry, our operational recovery from the depths of COVID, and many other topics.” World Air Transport Summit The World Air Transport Summit immediately follows the AGM.

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MAY 27, 2022

Organizations that have met in Vegas in the past will be very excited to come back to Las Vegas, because we are always reinventing ourselves, and even more so now than before,” said Abby Hobbs, Caesars Entertainment’s director of sales for Las Vegas. MW solar portfolio powering Caesars, Harrah’s, and Tropicana.

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MAY 9, 2022

While there was not a specific call or quota objective, I believe that this reflects the reality of women moving forward in their own organizations and at international levels of responsibility to encourage and recognize excellence in convention center management. Jennifer N. Dienst is senior editor at Convene.

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Business Traveler USA

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

But we offer that market insight – conversations with corporate clients, with travel agents, with multiple organizations which drive demand into the marketplace – to really understand how they are developing. I don’t think we’ve got a situation where we can passive and assume that the old pattern will be the new pattern.

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