Sector: Sustainability
Are Carbon Removed Events the Future?
From Access All Areas, by Christopher Barrett: The Event Production Show conference saw key stakeholders in the world’s first carbon removed arena shows reveal the work involved in the project, how removal compares to reduction and offsetting, and why it could become an essential approach for the live events industry. A partnership between AEG Europe,…
Australia and the Future Cities Agenda
From Property Council of Australia, by Prof. Greg Clark: To set the scene to next week’s Future Cities Summit, world renowned urbanist Greg Clark has penned an essay addressing the core issues on the Summit agenda: This future cities agenda does not just imagine a world of hyper competition between 10,000 cities. It also anticipates…
21 March 2024
Feeling the Pulse Webinar: From Insight to Action
Elevate your destination with proven strategies and success stories. Secure your spot, transform insight into action! Join us for our transformative webinar, “From Insight to Action: Case Studies on Boosting Destination Capacity and Supplier Relations,” an essential gathering for professionals in the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors seeking to elevate their destinations and enhance supplier…
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26 March 2024
Feeling the Pulse Webinar: From Insight to Action
Elevate your destination with proven strategies and success stories. Secure your spot, transform insight into action! Join us for our transformative webinar, “From Insight to Action: Case Studies on Boosting Destination Capacity and Supplier Relations,” an essential gathering for professionals in the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors seeking to elevate their destinations and enhance supplier…
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Creating Sustainable Event Legacies: A Conversation with Kit Lykketoft
From Conference & Meetings World: Kit Lykketoft, director of conventions, Wonderful Copenhagen spoke to CMW and delved into the importance of sustainable practices, Copenhagen’s reputation as a hub for innovation, and the enduring legacies and impacts of events in this vibrant city. Kit shares insights and experiences that shed light on how Copenhagen is leading…
26 April 2024
Association Impact Masterclass, Sarawak, Malaysia
Co-created by ICCA, Meet4Impact and GainingEdge, the Association Impact Masterclass is a new groundbreaking training programme, aligning seamlessly with the ICCASkills certification programme. This initiative will add valuable enhanced capabilities to the skillsets of association professionals worldwide, enabling them to design, deliver, and measure the impacts of their activities. Associations play a crucial role globally…
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RX Releases Sustainability Roadmap Detailing Path to Net Zero by 2040
From Trade Show Executive: As a founding member of the events industry’s Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge, which was launched in 2021, RX prioritizes and champions sustainability. Since 2018, it has successfully seen a 45% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 location-based emissions. RX’s Sustainability Roadmap was guided by the Net Zero Carbon Events…
Glasgow Exemplifies how Cities can Embrace Sustainability
From Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Glasgow, also known as the “Dear Green Place” or “Glaschu” in Old Scots, has evolved into a hotbed of innovation, embracing sustainability as a core tenet of its urban development. Gavin Slater, Glasgow’s Head of Sustainability, and Aileen Crawford, Glasgow’s Head of the Glasgow Convention Bureau, provide insights…
Driving Sustainability: An Imperative for Associations in Today’s World
From Factum Global, Co-authored by Whitney Buchman, Associate Consultant and Founder of Illustra Impact LLC: Sustainability continues to emerge as a critical imperative for organizations across all sectors to recognize and take action. Associations, in particular, hold a unique position of influence within their industries and communities, making their commitment to sustainability essential. Afterall, the…
16 October 2024
GDS-Awards Ceremony, Bruges, Belgium
The GDS-Awards Ceremony will bring the GDS and CityDNA communities together in an entertaining and inspiring, evening-time celebration to recognise the winners of the 9th GDS-Index Awards. The larger platform enables greater reach and recognition for and aspiration around destinations whose sustainability contributions have now exceeded pre-pandemic levels in a global industry with a growing…
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15 October 2024
GDS-Forum, Bruges, Belgium
Change is happening faster and greater than expected. Climate, cities, the workplace, artificial intelligence, and visitor numbers are changing exponentially. So how do we go from doom to boom? How can we harness the potential of the social and technological transformation happening around us to regenerate our cities, communities, and natural habitats, and become more…
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7 March 2024
Certificate in Regenerative Destination Management, Online
In this course, you will be taken on a 4-month journey to explore and develop a new mindset leveraging the latest in regenerative systems thinking. You will investigate and learn about new regenerative business models, destination stewardship approaches and stakeholder engagement methodologies that enable DMOs to catalyse investment, generate jobs, develop knowledge, equitably distribute prosperity,…
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20 February 2024
Feeling the Pulse Webinar | Unveiling the New GDS-Index Criteria
Join us as we reveal GDS-Movement updates and get ready for the unveiling of the new 2024 GDS-Index Criteria, featuring refined benchmarking indicators aligned with industry standards and cutting-edge approaches for capacity management and performance impact analysis. Be prepared to dive into the outcomes of the 2023 GDS-Forum and explore the ’10 Ideas’ that emerged,…
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14 February 2024
Feeling the Pulse Webinar | Unveiling the New GDS-Index Criteria
Join us as we reveal GDS-Movement updates and get ready for the unveiling of the new 2024 GDS-Index Criteria, featuring refined benchmarking indicators aligned with industry standards and cutting-edge approaches for capacity management and performance impact analysis. Be prepared to dive into the outcomes of the 2023 GDS-Forum and explore the ’10 Ideas’ that emerged,…
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New Sustainability Report Shares Successes and Learnings
Ahead of this year’s IMEX Frankfurt, taking place 14 – 16 May, the team has published a Sustainable Event Report revealing the successes, experiments and learnings from last year’s show. The report lifts the lid on sustainability planning in the run-up to and execution of IMEX Frankfurt 2023, sharing notable achievements in waste diversion and…
Global Destination Sustainability Movement Partners with Tripadvisor
Global Destination Sustainability Movement (GDS-Movement) and Tripadvisor have forged a strategic partnership to recognise and promote sustainable travel destinations to consumers through Tripadvisor’s “Travelers’ Choice ‘Best of the Best’ Destinations” awards. The GDS-Movement and Tripadvisor have partnered to launch a new subcategory for 2024, Best Sustainable Destinations, combining review data and audited excellence in social,…
ICCA & Destination Canada Explore Sustainability Best Practices
From Conference & Meetings World: At a joint webinar on 18 January, ICCA and Destination Canada presented a survey on the integration of sustainability into business events. The survey explored how associations and their event partners are engaging with sustainability, highlighting the integral role sustainability plays in the issuing and actioning of Request For Proposals…
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