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Should Planners Track Their Group’s Carbon Footprint?

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This company also offers other features, like letting employers buy and sell carbon offsets along with flight purchases, such as donating to the reforestation of a forest around the globe or the purchase of solar panels for a school. Marriott International also committed itself to net zero by 2050, as well.

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EcoWaste 2023 exhibition and forum kicks off

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

Convene by PCMA

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. All I’m trying to do is to connect people around issues.

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The UK and Spain’s travel industries unite at second edition of ‘Spain Sustainability Day’

Travel Daily Media

The dual language conference, moderated by Richard Hammond, director of Green Traveller productions and sustainable travel writer, included speakers from across Spain and the UK’s travel and transportation industries with panel sessions on circular economy, biodiversity and accessibility.

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Making Bleisure, Sustainability, and Wellness Top of Mind

Convene by PCMA

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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A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Events — and the World

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In August, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which was issued by more than 200 global scientists and academics, “a code red for humanity.” The seats are far apart, so we’re trying to bridge these gaps and still have the experience.”. Dean Calma/IAEA).

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11th Arab Aviation Summit calls for strategic investments in tech, sustainability, and skill

Travel Daily Media

Held under the theme, ‘Exploring the Future of Travel’, the 11th edition of the annual summit assembled leading industry professionals for two days of panel discussions, keynote addresses, and networking events to share insights on challenges and opportunities in the Middle East market, one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world.