Sustainability

Inspecting the hive

September 7, 2026A hive of activity: 250,000 bees move into Adelaide Convention CentreConference delegates in South Australia will soon be savoring homegrown honey after 250,000 European honeybees took up residence on top of Adelaide Convention Centre.Read More

Survey shows event planners responsible for ‘alarming’ food waste

October 14, 2019Survey shows event planners responsible for ‘alarming’ food wasteThe truth about food waste at meetings and events became a little clearer today when a survey found a third of planners throw away at least 15 per cent of the food they commission at events.

Climate change protesters stage mass ‘die in’ at P&J Live Arena

September 9, 2019Climate change protesters stage mass ‘die in’ at P&J Live ArenaAberdeen's new £333m events complex P&J Live was besieged by climate change protesters during its first major event.

Global warming: How I took the train from UK to China to avoid flying

August 20, 2019Global warming: How I took the train from UK to China to avoid flying

‘Carbon neutral’ CCD to host European electricity association

August 12, 2019‘Carbon neutral’ CCD to host European electricity associationThe Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) – which claims its construction footprint was carbon neutral - has been selected to host the Eurelectric Power Summit 2020.

Climate change: why the meetings industry was slow to respond

April 3, 2019Climate change: why the meetings industry was slow to respondThe looming threat of climate change poses huge questions for the international meetings industry. But does it have the answers? By James Lancaster

Lasting impressions: understanding legacy

August 1, 2018Lasting impressions: understanding legacyInternational associations are abuzz with talk of legacy. But, as James Lancaster discovers, it means different things to different people…