The Carbon-Neutral Event

Move over, “green meeting.” Enter the “carbon-neutral event.” When you bring groups together for a meeting, you are by nature increasing greenhouse gases as people fly and drive to your event. While there, attendees will consume many megawatts of electricity and produce enormous amounts of waste. Some meeting organizers and sponsors are now offsetting those easily measurable carbon emissions by purchasing or investing in “carbon offset projects,” which are renewable energy, energy-efficiency,