Sustainability

Research, partnerships, and commitment mark recent meetings-industry initiatives.

According to a new study by the World Wildlife Fund and Astrapto, meeting professionals want more collaboration with venues to solve the challenge of food waste at business events. But there are roadblocks.

After allegations of discrimination, the NAACP and the National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals call on American to reinstate its DEI advisory council, create an ombudsman role, and more.

SITE’s chief marketing officer argues that we need to make sustainability more fun and incentive travel less frivolous—and the solution is marketing and messaging.

A new program to distribute leftover food from events at the Venetian Resort expects to provide 250,000 meals annually.

Here are 4 efforts the event-sustainability leader is taking to provide new resources for lowering the carbon footprint of your meetings and conferences.

A report on the sustainability of IMEX Group’s 2023 events-industry exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany, provides ideas and inspiration for others working to lower the carbon impact of their meetings and conventions.