Latest in Sustainability/Corporate Social Responsibility
GREEN DESTINATIONS & HOTELS
Colorado Convention Earns LEED Green Building Certification
The Colorado Convention Center has garnered certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) from the U.S. Green Building Council. ...
Top 3 Green Destinations
Portland, San Francisco, and Banff/Lake Louise have raised the bar...
Be Green: 14 Questions for Your Hotel
The Environmental Protection Agency requires meeting venues to complete a questionnaire about environmentally preferable features and practices in use at their facilities...
It's a Green, Green World
A round-up of global eco-initiatives...
Sustainable Menus
Cabrin Kelly-Hale, director of event planning at JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, talks about the resort’s sustainabile banquet menu and how eco-cuisine is impacting meetings...
GREEN/CSR MEETING TIPS
Green/CSR Tips From 5 Meeting Managers
Learn from the pros...
50 Tips for Going Green
Print + online resources for planning a green and socially responsible meeting...
The EPA's Green Meeting Tips
Some of the most progressive green meetings policies are emerging not from the private sector but from the U.S. Government, specifically the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive...
Environmentally Friendly Conference Bags
Analyze Your Baggage The obligatory conference bag, no matter how attractive (and most of them are not), is often landfill fodder even before attendees...
How to Stay Green on the Road
Randal Savage, corporate director, rooms, at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, White Plains, N.Y., has seen and heard it all. ...
GREEN SAVINGS
How Companies That Are Cutting Back Keep Their Meetings Green
Even in an economic crisis, green practices and long-term sustainability goals should not take a backseat to the bottom line...
How to Save by Going Green
A few examples of specific savings from going green...
SUSTAINABLE F&BSustainable MenusCabrin Kelly-Hale, director of event planning at JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, talks about the resort’s sustainabile banquet menu and how eco-cuisine is impacting meetings... Eco-Friendly CateringOrganic Food has moved away from its hippie associations and into upscale supermarkets, acclaimed restaurants, and, yes, even catering. In many cases,... |
GIFT IDEASCharity Choice Gift CardsA new gift-card concept allows incentive winners to direct funds to the charity of their choice.... Helping Hands Rewards Give to CharityIt's the year of the socially conscious holiday gift and there's no better place to find one than Helping Hands Rewards... |
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