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While there are many reasons to incorporate sustainable practices into meetings and events, including saving costs and resources, protecting the environment, improving social issues, doing business more efficiently and effectively and attracting new audiences, the number one reason to go green is to do business better. The book is divided into three parts, which reflect defining principles of greener meetings and events: Innovation, Conservation, and Education. This book broadly explores sustainable management in the hospitality, tourism, conference and exhibition, and meeting and event industries, as well as countless smaller industries that include arts and music festivals and tour operators. Readers who are studying in, working in, or even just interested in these industries will reap innumerable benefits from the exciting journey ahead of them in The Complete Guide to Greener Meetings and Events.
Pick up this easy to follow guide at its introductory price. If you organize any type of event or festival, this is the perfect guide to help you easily create one that is more Waste Wise.Creating a more sustainable event or festival should be the goal of every event organizer and festival coordinator.It doesn't matter the size, or type of venue the event or festival will be held at, there are a variety of ways to make any event more Eco-friendly, Waste Wise and sustainable. This book contains simple steps to take to create a more sustainable event or festival. Any event coordinator can implement at least one step in their next event to make a positive change and set an example for other event coordinators in their area.Creating a sustainable event or festival takes vision and commitment from the organizing group and individuals within that organization. Any type of event or festival can be both very successful and more sustainable with a minimum amount of effort.Creating a sustainable event or festival has many benefits for your organization or business that go beyond just helping to conserve and restore the Earth's resources.Indoor events will have some challenges and requirements that are different from ones that need to be met for an outdoor festival. And the reverse is also true.One can aim towards having a Waste-Free event or festival, but that is a very difficult goal to achieve. But creating a Waste Wise event is an attainable goal for any organizer when you implement even one of the strategies found inside this book. There are many ways to ensure the you divert some of the waste generated at your event or festival away from the local landfill.You will better understand how easy it is to add recycling to an event. Discover how using compostable service ware makes a difference even if you do not have a composting service available. This book contains many strategies for ways to help organizers to get started. Even if you chose just one of the outlined strategies to implement for the event or festival you host this year, you can make a positive difference for our environment and planet. At the same time, you will be helping to educate more people on the importance of sustainability in their everyday lives.
Meet Better: 167 Easy Ways to Make Your Events More Environmentally and Socially Responsible is an easy to follow reference tool for event planners who are interested in making their events more sustainable. It includes tips and infographics related to topics such as food and beverage planning and service, site selection, event waste management, transportation and travel, purchasing practices, onsite management, meeting design, trade shows, fairs and exhibitions, community service projects, sharing your story, sponsorship, marketing and developing a sustainability strategy. Written by three leading experts in the field of sustainable events, Meet Better provides practical solutions to improving the environmental and social impact of meetings and events.
Expert advice on how to stage the perfect event every time "A terrific resource of information for anyone in the event-planning business." --James Spellos, CMP, President, Meeting U. Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies is a practical step-by-step guide to the strategies and techniques event-planning professionals use to bring people together. This comprehensive resource covers all the angles from the little details to the big picture to make sure your business meetings and special events come off without a hitch! Praise for Meeting & Event Planning For Dummies "Packed with valuable information in an easy-to-use format. [It] covers all the basics for the meeting planning novice." --Diane Silberstein, President, Diane Silberstein & Associates "A great resource book every event professional should have.... Checklist heaven! We all love our checklists, and this book is full of them!" --Cathy Breden, CAE, CMP
Gatherings of people for a purpose always have and always will be a part of the human story. Those staging these events have a social and environmental responsibility to manage their impacts and enhance potential their positive lasting legacies. Written by a leader in the field, this book is a practical, step-by-step guide taking readers through the key aspects of how to identify, evaluate and manage event sustainability issues and impacts - for events of any style and scale, anywhere in the world. The product of tried-and-tested methods, coverage includes numerous examples and case studies from across the world, such as Boom (Portugal), Bonnaroo (USA), Hurricane (Germany), and Glastonbury (UK) Festivals. Readers are provided with checklists for action and tools for measuring performance. This updated second edition includes a detailed review of the new international standard ISO 20121 Event Sustainability Management Systems along with other recent standards and certifications. It expands detail on measuring and reporting event sustainability performance outcomes with explanation of the Global Reporting Initiative Event Organizers Sector Supplement performance indicators. This is the indispensable one-stop guide for event professionals and event management students who want to adjust their thinking and planning decisions towards sustainability, and who need a powerful, easy to use collection of tools to deliver events sustainably.
This paper examines two emerging voluntary industry standards - the process-based ISO 20121 Event sustainability management systems and the performance-based APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Event Standard - and examines whether they can complement, rather than compete with, each other to provide a more comprehensive approach to the complex task of managing and measuring sustainability within meetings and events. A framework for analysis was developed through examining the academic literature on competition between process and performance-based sustainability standards within the forestry sector where several internationally-recognized standards have interacted in the marketplace for over a decade. Three criteria - legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness - were identified to evaluate the potential competition and complementarity between the two standards. The resulting analysis demonstrated that considering who was involved, how the process was managed, and the resulting final output, both standards have succeeded in their quest for legitimacy. The greater challenge will be to ensure that each standard holds users, and the wider meetings industry, accountable for their activities to ensure effectiveness. A balance of the flexible process-based ISO 20121, combined with the more stringent performance-based APEX/ASTM, is recommended to minimize the potential barriers that will undoubtedly exist considering the complexity of both standards. Used together, a more well-rounded approach is possible. APEX/ASTM will specify the agreed-upon environmental issues that must be addressed in order to reduce the growing ecological footprint of the meetings industry. However, while this may achieve success in the short term, it will take the systems thinking associated with ISO 20121 to really enable users to imbed these practices into their organizational culture to ensure long term success through continuous improvement. Effectiveness is more achievable through widespread use, hence the need for trade organizations such as the Green Meeting Industry Council and Meeting Professionals International to champion the implementation of both standards in combination to accelerate the journey towards a more sustainable global meetings industry.