July 1, 2007 CMI

Cover Story

Meetings’ Environmental Impact

To fight global warming, companies need to re-think how and where they meet....

Green News

Meeting Company Shuns Potential Client Over Environmental Issues

A U.K.-Based Incentive company is taking a stand by refusing to do business with a company that it believes contributes to global warming. Tim Waygood,...

Sun Microsystems’ Eco Responsibility Initiative

What's Good for the environment is imperative for business. That axiom is a driving force behind computer technology giant Sun Microsystems' Eco Responsibility...

Eco-Friendly Catering

Organic Food has moved away from its hippie associations and into upscale supermarkets, acclaimed restaurants, and, yes, even catering. In many cases,...

Easy Ways to Go Green

The more you integrate environmental steps into your planning practices, the easier they become. Here are nine easy ways to go green: Create Standards...

Green Venue News

In keeping with this issue's green theme, first up are facilities that have helped to green meetings through land and resource use or energy-saving programs,...

EPA Site Selection Checklist

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has changed the rules under which it decides which facilities to use for meetings; it will now include environmental...

Green Restaurants

A growing number of restaurants more than 1,000 in 23 states are earning certification through The Green Restaurant Association, a nonprofit environmental...

IMEX Honors Green Suppliers

The GLOBE Foundation of Canada and DNC Parks and Resorts took top honors at the IMEX Environment Awards, held in Frankfurt, Germany, in April. Taking...

Green Meeting Industry Council Best Practices Report

There's no question that 2007 is the year of the green meeting. To lead the charge, the Green Meeting Industry Council has released The Future Is Green:...

MPI White Paper Looks at Meeting Sustainability

Meeting Professionals International has released a white paper addressing the role of our industry in greening meetings. The paper was drawn from the...

Association of Corporate Travel Executives Reduces Carbon Emissions

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives is leading the way in reducing carbon emissions among travel industry associations. It is partnering with...

Assess Your Eco Impact

Environmental meeting planning company Meeting Strategies Worldwide has launched a Web-based tool, the MeetGreen Calculator, which measures more than...

Conference Green Initiatives from the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives

The Society of Incentive & Travel Executives is planning its first green International Conference in Monterey, Calif., December 6-9. Among the steps the...

Finding a Green Venue

Planners can find green venues or hotels at several sites...

How Can You Get Started?

Check out these Resources for more about Greening your Meetings: Green Meeting Industry Coucil Focused on the development and dissemination of resources...

Recycled Exhibit Carpeting

Freeman, the Dallas-based exhibition services giant, has recycled more than 1 million square yards of used aisle carpet as part of a pilot program begun...

Sustainable Exhibit System

The debut of Eco-Systems Sustainable Exhibits captured the Buyer's Choice Award at the Exhibitor 2007 trade show in Las Vegas in March. This portable,...

ACTE Honors Environmentally Focused Exhibitors

At its Solutions Show at the Miami Global Education Conference in May, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives recognized exhibitors who are showcasing...

going to it&me?

Corporate Meetings & Incentives' Editor Barbara Scofidio will lead a panel called Green Power: Your Strategic Role in Creating Eco-Friendly Meetings and...

Fairmont’s Eco Meet Program

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has rolled out Eco-Meet, a program option for customers who want to green their events by using nondisposable items during meetings...

APEX talks contracts

On July 25, join a lawyer, a meeting planner, and a hotelier as they discuss the APEX report on contracts and how meeting planners and suppliers can implement...

Features

Sustainable Meetings

We sat down with Shawna McKinley, executive director of the Green Meeting Industry Council, to talk about what's happening now and what's on the horizon for her organization....

Building a Greener Company

Inspired by Al Gore's passion to fight climate change, this global events company is scrutinizing its office operations and even its deaings with clients to ensure that it leaves a amaller environmental footp...

Carbon Neutral Events

Reduce what you can, offset what you can't. Meeting professionals are using this environmental strategy to move toward carbon-neutral events....

Sites

Other Venues in the News

WYNDHAM NASSAU RESORT & CRYSTAL PALACE CASINO, Bahamas, has 850 guest rooms and suites, all with private balconies. A recent renovation added flat-screen...

On Location: Friendly Fiji

Ebullient Fijians often raise both arms in salutation (bula!), leaving no doubt that visitors to this archipelago of 333 islands are welcome. Ocean breezes,...

The Southwest

What's New Apart from reveling in the demand for their dramatic mountain vistas, inspiring sunsets, and wide open spaces, the most popular desert cities...

Special Section

2007 Paragon Awards

You've voted, and here are the results. Take a look at your top picks for the 50 best places to meet....

Up Front

We Can Create a Sea Change

As I was preparing this special issue, which is devoted to green meetings, I looked up an article I had written on the subject in 1991. Back then, I had...

Last Word

Paperless

CIC Says The Convention Industry Council's Green Meetings Report records best practices for environmentally friendly meetings, several of which relate...

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