Sustainability

Confused by sustainability jargon? Here are some key terms and definitions to help you get your footing as you work to reduce the footprint of your meetings and events.

To achieve true sustainability, planners should understand where the energy comes from that's powering their meetings. Here's how to do that—with or without the venue's assistance.

With so much of meetings' carbon emissions coming from participant travel, planners must keep abreast of the efforts to reduce that impact.

Designed for planning teams with large meeting portfolios, Thrust Events consolidates the task of gathering and analyzing carbon-emission data from participant travel and on-site activity.

One medical association presented attendees with the details of how it made its annual conference sustainable, and asked them to help defray the cost. The response was not what the leadership expected, but lessons were learned.

Three questions for your RFP to find principled environmental plans at the companies you deal with.

Rachel Riggs will lead the company’s environmental efforts and work with clients to cut waste and greenhouse gases related to their events.