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Exhibitions and events, by their very nature, create waste. Properly managed, exhibitions and events can recycle excess materials and supplies in useful and meaningful ways and they can do so using methods that result in minimized impacts to our environmental. IAEE aims to educate and influence its member organizations in achieving economic and strategic goals while minimizing adverse environmental impacts of the events they produce. The IAEE Committee on Environmental Responsibility identifies resources and develop best practices that address how to minimize the environmental impact of events globally. These documents will serve as references with which to develop comprehensive resources that will assist exhibition, event organizers and suppliers to the industry in creating more environmental-friendly, “Green” events. Additionally, organizations can adjust their administrative practices in very simple ways to reduce the environmental impact of their office operations on the environment. The committee will identify, as its first goal, simple steps which organizations can undertake to reduce their impact on the environment.
Key Resources: Green Products
The following web resources touch on the subject of “green” or environmentally conscious meetings: Tons of Steel, Gravel Recycled from Three-Story Exhibit Sustainable Business.com GreenBuzz: Taking Care of Business U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Meeting Green
American Airlines Green Initiatives Lofty Claims Made by Airlines, Resorts, Others Often Just Empty PromisesSan Francisco Chronicle Article: Making Conventions Environmentally Friendly F.T.C. Kicks Off Green Marketing Hearings 10 January 2008 Exhibitor Magazine Research on “An Inconvenient Booth"
Exhibitor Magazine White Paper "An Inconvenient Booth" Information on Green Exhibiting from Exhibit Concepts It's Not Easy Being Green - Or Is It - an article Ecospun - Sell Sheet Ecospun - Presentation Freeman Rolls Out "Green Carpet"
Freeman Recycles 25 Million Sq. Ft. of Carpet ARAMARK Convention Centers & Cultural Attractions Expands Environmental Stewardship Efforts Sample Language for Environmental Clauses in Contracts (as listed on PCMA's Capital Chapter site):
Hotel Environmental Clause
Environmentally Responsible Meeting Clause
Meet Green Minimum Guidelines
Meet Green Contract Language Sustainable Business Institute Information (as listed on PCMA's Capital Chapter site):
SBI Seal of Sustainabilty Power Point
SBI Seal of Sustainabilty Intro
SBI Seal of Sustainability Overview
SBI Q&A
Green Meetings
http://www.greenmeetings.info/ BBC - New Green Standard for Big Events Convention Industry Council – Green Meetings Report
http://www.conventionindustry.org/projects/green_meetings_report.pdf Green Meetings Industrial Council Web site
http://www.greenmeetings.info/ Guide to Planning and Conducting Environmentally Aware Meetings and Events Webpage
http://www.peninsula.wednet.edu/conservation/Recycling/green_meetings.htm October 2007 Issue of Gourmet 365
http://www.thegourmetshow.com/news/oct/ MPI’s The Meeting Professional March 2006 issue – “Going Green” cover story
http://www.mpiweb.org/CMS/mpiweb/mpicontent.aspx?id=4923 Meetings & Conventions – August 2006 issue – “Sustainable Savings”
http://www.meetings-conventions.com/IndividualFeature.aspx?page=3&pageid=57699 Meetings Industry Megasite – “It’s Not Easy Being Green”
http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002463796 MeetingsNet - Green Meetings webpage
http://meetingsnet.com/checklistshowto/green_meetings/ National Recycling Coalition Green Meetings Policy
http://www.resourcesaver.org/file/toolmanager/CustomO16C45F42045.pdf Oceans Blue Foundation website
http://www.bluegreenmeetings.org/ PCMA’s Convene April 2006 issue - “Zero Waste: Next Step Beyond Recycling”
http://www.pcma.org/resources/convene/archives/displayArticle.asp?ARTICLE_ID=5286 PCMA’s Convene December 2006 issue – “Majora Carter – Not Your Ordinary Environmental Leader”
http://archive.pcma.org/conv/dec06/Convene_Dec%2006_078-083%20Leading%20by%20example%20Carter%20Assessing%20success.pdf PCMA’s Convene December 2006 issue – “David Suzuki – We Have To Be The Change We Want”
http://archive.pcma.org/conv/dec06/Convene_Dec%2006_070-075%20Leading%20by%20Example%20Suzuki.pdf PCMA’s Convene December 2006 issue – “Meetings That Don’t Make an Impact (On the Environment, That Is)http://archive.pcma.org/conv/dec06/Convene_Dec%2006_036-066%20Green%20Meetings.pdf PCMA’s Convene December 2006 Issue – “Too Heavy a Footprint”
http://archive.pcma.org/conv/dec06/Convene_Dec%2006_006%20Behind%20the%20scenes.pdf Smart Meetings February 2005 issue – “Eco Meetings”
http://www.smartmtgs.com/Publications/Mag/Archives/Feb2005/Green_Feb05.html U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Meetings webpage
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/greenmeetings/index.htm Green Products RCS Green Holder-Less Badge |
