Sustainability

The NZCE initiative began with the goal of reducing carbon emissions in the meetings industry and promoting sustainable development. It has recently made significant progress.

Centrally situated in Hamburg, with 36,000 square meters of available space, CCH – Congress Center Hamburg is also one of Europe’s largest conference centres.

For Global Wind Day, an exhibition by WindEurope in Brussels showcases the strength of the circular economy through upcycled turbines.

The attendees of IMEX Association Forum were representatives of numerous associations from across the globe, as well as several members of the Boardroom team.

From 20 to 22 March 2023, the global biotech industry held the largest of its European spring congresses at Messe Basel.

The Net Zero Carbon Events Initiative (NZCE) was created to fill the gap of an organized movement within our industry which provides concrete guidelines and ideas for carbon-free business events.

Sustainability is at the core of ICC Sydney’s mission, to improve its own performance, but also to help event organisers and planners ensure that they can reach their sustainability goals.

From architecture and design to food and fashion, Rotterdam is implementing sustainable practices across all economic sectors.

Capitalizing on its expertise as a banking city, as well as its central location and easy accessibility, Zurich is emerging as one of the most sustainable convention destinations on the globe.

In France, hotels, convention bureaus and venues have gotten on board to ensure 360-degree sustainability that starts in the community and extends to meetings and events coming to town.

Associations planners are nowadays all too aware of the impacts and footprints implied when seeking potential conference destinations – like the Principality of Monaco who has committed to being carbon-neutral by 2050.

Nancy, the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, has a few assets when it comes to hosting association meetings – especially as a sustainable destination, which it is definitely, thanks to some initiatives clearly making it stand out.

Boasting modern forms of energy production and climate-friendly convention infrastructure, Bern is proving to be a stand-out choice for sustainability-forward meetings in Switzerland.

When planners are looking to Canada for events, the country has many alluring aspects: exceptional knowledge capital, affordability and accessibility, dynamic urban centres - to mention just a few. The country, however, has long been focused on another facet of events that is likely to attract the attention of those in the industry — sustainability.

In the wake of the pandemic, Taiwan is continuing to apply hybrid solutions and green guidelines to boost its meetings infrastructure into a new era.

Sustainability has evolved from being perceived as just a buzz word, often considered as an afterthought in business events, to a key factor in how a conference — and city — operates. But how can planners juggle creating a meaningful and memorable meeting that’s sustainable, without compromising on quality or budget? Canada has some of the answers.