Sustainability

AWC solar panels

July 31, 2026Austria Center Vienna boosts energy resilience with major solar investmentAustria Center Vienna (ACV) has strengthened its long-term energy resilience with the commissioning of a new photovoltaic system that will generate a significant proportion of the venue's electricity on siteRead More

Can congresses be sustainable

August 16, 2022Is there an easy answer to creating a sustainable congress?

Alan Pryor, General Manager of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre gleefully harvests the first batch of salads grown on the venue’s rooftop while Liz Jasri, Director of The Green Attap looks on

August 15, 2022What food miles? KLCC grows its own with new rooftop farmOne of Asia’s most iconic convention centres has taken the campaign to reduce food miles to its logical conclusion by growing its own vegetables – on the roof!

IMEX America show floor

August 15, 2022IMEX highlights green credentials in year of record temperaturesThe 2021 edition of IMEX America passed the industry threshold for 'zero waste', according to a report published recently

Brighton Conference

August 15, 2022Case study: welcome bags out, positive impact inHow Brighton, England, helped PraxisAuril, an international association of knowledge exchange practitioners, put on a sustainable conference with a legacy

10 ways to create inclusive events

August 11, 202210 ways to create inclusive eventsWe focus on the environmental aspects of sustainable events, but social capital—referring to diversity, equity, access, and inclusion—is another important sustainability pillar.

Solar panels with vegetation growing around them

August 4, 2022Sustainability: meeting planners more focused on DEI than ‘environmental impact’Meeting planners are more likely to focus on ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ (DEI) than tackling their environmental impact

ExCeL London

August 1, 2022ExCeL London becomes carbon neutralExCeL London has taken a significant step on its journey to net zero by becoming carbon neutral certified.

Now or never

July 22, 2022Now or neverWe answer the 20 most pressing environmental questions facing associations and meeting planners...

Red sky at night in San Francisco

July 19, 2022Environment: 65% of associations don't think impact of meetings ‘very important’Associations are reverting to business as usual when it comes to their international meetings, survey suggests

Lisbon city rooftops by night

July 18, 2022‘Fewer, deeper sessions’ as Association World Congress returns to in-personSenior association executives and event specialists will meet in Lisbon this year for the first in-person edition of Associations World Congress in more than three years Show More