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This June more than 1,400 employees from Astellas Pharma US Inc. took a break from their annual national sales meeting at the Orlando World Center Marriott to undertake a massive corporate social responsibility activity to benefit Give Kids the World....More

When Vermont-based Brighter Planet released its May 2012 report on hotels’ energy and carbon efficiency, it looked like meeting planners might be able to reduce their meetings’ environmental impact without cutting travel, just by making smart hotel choices....More

Quick advice for creating productive corporate social responsibility activities...More

A textbook for meetings industry students called Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility in the Meetings and Events Industry is due out this fall....More

The Green Meeting Industry Council Foundation is holding an "Idea Auction," to raise to suport its educational efforts....More

Approximately 200 meeting sustainability gurus gathered in Montreal this week for the 2012 Sustainable Meetings Conference, organized by the Green Meeting Industry Council....More

The Green Meeting Industry Council's Sustainable Meetings Conference will be in Montréal April 22–25....More

It’s becoming de rigueur these days to incorporate a corporate social responsibility activity into meetings, whether it is building a bike for a needy child or pitching in to build a Habitat for Humanity house. The trick can be finding an activity that both resonates with meeting attendees and aligns with the meeting sponsor’s mission....More