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“Another Day of Sun” for the Los Angeles Convention Center

Every day in La La Land is “Another Day of Sun”. Now the Los Angeles Convention Center has unveiled the largest solar array on any similar municipally-owned venue in the US. The new 2.21 megawatt array on the South Hall roof comprises 6,228 panels and brings LACC’s total solar capacity to 2.58 MW. From Successful Meetings…

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MCEC Creates Renewable Legacy with Regional Wind Farm

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre is creating a legacy by partnering with a new wind farm. MCEC’s involvement with the power project at Ararat in regional Victoria will enable the venue to purchase renewable energy certificates equivalent to the projected electricity consumption of its current 20,000 square metre expansion plans. From CIM News Magazine…

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23 April 2018

Positive Impact #CSRShareDay

#CSRShareDay is a 24 hour twitter campaign where sustainability champions across the globe host an hour of conversation discussing and sharing their Corporate Social Responsibility actions and methods to make their business more sustainable for their local environment and beyond. The movement plays a pioneering role in a global sharing of wisdom, ideas, challenges, best practices,…

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14 March 2018

M&C WEBCAST: Sustainability and Savings

Does going green have to include red ink? It turns out that planning an earth-friendly event can be good for your organization’s bottom line, while doing the right thing for the planet. Learn which best green practices will make you a cost-conscious star.

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Meeting and Event Greening: Myths and Truths

It is quite likely you have already heard a lot about meeting and event greening, but how much of what you know is actually true? As with all new things, there can be confusion and misinformation. The Event Greening Forum unpacks some common myths about sector greening and sets the record straight. From the Event…

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Central Hall Westminster Launches Green Tourism Carbon Calculator

Central Hall Westminster has launched a new carbon calculator to help organisers estimate their events’ environmental impact. The London conferencing centre is the first UK venue to partner with Green Tourism on the scheme. The formula takes into account both the size of the venue space hired and the number of days an event lasts. From Meetpie.com…

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Intellectual Capitals: This is Wales

With ICC Wales opening in 2019, and with key strengths in the automotive, aerospace, and marine renewable energy sectors – not to mention life sciences, cyber security and compound semiconductors – how does the land of rugby and song marshall and present its knowledge economy to attract prospective international meetings? From Intellectual Capitals…

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Positive Impact: Telling the Story of the Power of Events

Positive Impact has marked the end of its campaign during the UN Year of Sustainable Tourism with the launch of a report at IBTM World “Telling the Story of the Power of Events”. The report which has had input from five academics and had a three month period of accepting contributions from across the global…

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Gothenburg Tops Second Global Destination Sustainability Index

Gothenburg leads the world’s meetings destinations in sustainability performance, according to the second Global Destination Sustainability Index. The Swedish city also won the Index’s innovation award. Glasgow came fifth, but was also the most-improved over the past year. Cities with a sustainability strategy for meetings increased their performance by 25 percent in 2017. From Meetings & Conventions…

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20 December 2017

Telling the Story of the Power of Events: What this means for you

Our 2017 campaign “Telling the Story of the Power of Events” has been GROUNDBREAKING, CHALLENGING, EXCITING and INSPIRATIONAL! Join our webinar to see how you can get involved and gain insight into collaborating for good. A must attend occasion for sustainability specialists, event professionals and anyone who wants to make a global difference.

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6 December 2017

Telling the Story of the Power of Events: What this means for you

Our 2017 campaign “Telling the Story of the Power of Events” has been GROUNDBREAKING, CHALLENGING, EXCITING and INSPIRATIONAL! Join our webinar to see how you can get involved and gain insight into collaborating for good. A must attend occasion for sustainability specialists, event professionals and anyone who wants to make a global difference.

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29 November 2017

Telling the Story of the Power of Events: What this means for you

Our 2017 campaign “Telling the Story of the Power of Events” has been GROUNDBREAKING, CHALLENGING, EXCITING and INSPIRATIONAL! Join our webinar to see how you can get involved and gain insight into collaborating for good. A must attend occasion for sustainability specialists, event professionals and anyone who wants to make a global difference.

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