There is no doubt that the global climate crisis has grown in awareness over the last few years. The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg spoke at the UN meeting in New York September 23. (2019) where she repetitively stated how angry she is that our world leaders does way too little to try and solve the climate crisis. Millions of kids and adults alike has been marching the streets of cities around the world in order to protest the way our politicians are trying to solve the climate crisis.
Christopher Cashman of LSO St Luke’s predicts that sustainability is going to get a larger focus over the next few years in the events industry. He believes events professional will be looking more closely at ways to reduce their carbon footprint and offset event pollution. Corporate-events.co.uk has created a list of ten ways that events can be more sustainable.
- Know your impact before improving
- Go plastic free
- Ditch the paper
- Organic, locally produced food and drink
- Choose responsible Venues
- Delegates’ carbon footprint
- Projection over print
- LED lighting
- Go outside
- Choose an agency who shares your ethos
These are some great tips that event professionals can use for their events. Please check out the link for a more in-dept understanding of the list.
-Rasmus.
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