Net Zero Carbon Events, an initiative from the Joint Meetings Industry Council,
has published its free, downloadable ‘Best Practices for Decarbonisation
Pathways’.
The guidance from Net
Zero Carbon Events (NZCE), an industry initiative to address climate change,
offers association, meeting and event professionals practical and actionable insights to decarbonise events.
The document contains advice from NZCE's five
workstreams dedicated to the priority action areas ahead of the full guidance
documents that are set for release in December 2023. It highlights the actions
identified by its workstreams to help organisations to gain a head start on
their decarbonisation journey.
The five dedicated action area workstreams are working to
deliver on the priorities identified by the Roadmap - venue energy, smart production
and waste management, food and food waste, logistics, travel and accommodation.
The Net Zero Carbon Events initiative has been working to
promote and facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices within the events
industry. To achieve this goal, its workstreams have been collaborating to
develop guidance documents on decarbonisation actions within their respective
areas of expertise.
James Rees, president of the Joint Meetings Industry Council
which is driving the initiative for the industry said, “Recognising the urgency
of addressing carbon emissions as we move along within our project, we have
compiled this preliminary resource.
“We encourage everyone to explore this valuable guidance,
which will be continuously updated as we progress with our workstreams'
efforts. The path to achieving net zero carbon events is a collective endeavour
and we deeply appreciate everyone’s ongoing support and contributions to this
crucial initiative.”
After the launch of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge at
Cop26, the Net Zero Carbon Event Roadmap was published at Cop27 in November
2022 as a resource. It is available as a full report and as an
executive summary.
Net Zero Carbon Events is open to all organisations involved
in events. Registration is
free of charge, but financial contributions are crucial to developing the
campaign.
Download the ‘Best Practices for Decarbonisation Pathways’
guide here.
