A newly refreshed guide will help association meeting
planners reduce their carbon footprint and reduce consumption when convening in
Copenhagen.
The updated Copenhagen Sustainability Guide
acts as a ‘digital pre-planning tool’ that will help event organisers
contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The guide offers insights into C02 emissions and helps
planners understand how their choices affect how much greenhouse gas is
produced during the lifecycle of their event.
Kit Lykketoft, director of Convention at Wonderful
Copenhagen, said: “We hope that our guide will help qualify and motivate
sustainable planning choices and facilitate the dialogue between client,
suppliers, and participants before, during and after the event. We hope that
the experience and know-how planners gain from using the guide can influence
their next event in Copenhagen or abroad. This way, our guide will be relevant
locally and globally.”
Along with potentially creating positive impacts in
local communities, events also leave adverse effects like carbon emission
footprints and excessive consumption.
By launching the pre-planning guide, Copenhagen
Convention Bureau hopes to help mitigate the negative impact of events.
“The Copenhagen Sustainability Guide invites
organisations, associations, corporates, and planners to take real-life action
and thereby contribute to local and global sustainable development through
facts and impact-driven decisions,” said Lykketoft.
Copenhagen is a frontrunner when it comes to
sustainable development and solutions. The local meetings industry is no
exception with the destination currently ranked 2nd on the GDS Index
(Global Destinations Sustainability). The ambition for 2030 is to ensure that
tourism in Greater Copenhagen positively impacts sustainable development.
Written By
James Lancaster
AMI editor James
Lancaster is a familiar face in the meetings industry and international
association community. Since joining AMI in 2010, he has gained a reputation
for asking difficult questions and getting lost in convention centres. Proofer, podcaster, and panellist - in his spare time, James likes to walk,
read, listen to music, and drink beer.
