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Andreas Clausen Boor, deputy logistics chief for Denmark’s Foreign Ministry, has embarked on an ambitious initiative to organize each of the 100+ events happening under the European Union Presidency 2012 in a smart and sustainable way. Andreas and the team [...]

EU2012 Business Case for Sustainable Events

Learn & Lead

A number of insights into successful integration of sustainability were observed in the preparation of the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol. These include: • Events as a multiplier: The implementation of an event sustainability strategy may not always deliver the highest [...]

Lessons from the Leaders

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From analysis of COP15 and other large events that demonstrate leadership in sustainability, five areas consistently surface as instrumental factors in achieving measurable sustainability performance: • Visionary Leadership. • Strategic Approach. • Stakeholder Engagement and Communication. • Operational Integration. • [...]

Introducing the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol

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Sustainable Event Management (SEM) is the process of designing and organising an event following sustainable development principles in order to achieve strategic goals which serve the economic, environmental and social interests of organisers, delegates and host communities. Sustainable events bring [...]

Sustainable Event Management Standards

Leadership

Many successful organisations have identified sustainability as a top  trategic priority and have initiated steps to integrate sustainable development principles into the management of their events. Leadership on the journey towards sustainability is frequently started from the bottom up and [...]

Leadership Commitment

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Sustainability is a significant trend that has been having an impact on all parts of the events and meetings industry. More and more, event planners and their suppliers are working to increase the social, economic and environmental sustainability of their [...]

Business Case for Sustainable Meetings

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For sustainability to successfully deliver social, environmental and economic benefits, it needs to be integrated into the planning of the event. It is important to note that the sustainable event strategy outlined in the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol is not [...]

Strategic Systematic Approach to Sustainability

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  Informed, engaged stakeholders can be instrumental in the delivery of sustainable events. Successful leaders have the ability to connect with people and organisations in their value chain and motivate them to exceed normal expectations and work responsibilities to deliver [...]

Stakeholder Engagement

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Advanced practitioners integrate, rather than attach sustainable development principles into their existing event management organisation and system. The event management system refers to the system that ties together the strategy, operational plans and processes which deliver successful meetings. Education One [...]

Operational Integration

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Foundations of Good Governance The volatile economic climate and too frequent examples of poor corporate management have made governance a common term in the last ten years. For the CSMP governance refers to the organisational approach to manage, conduct, report [...]

Governance: controls, measurement, verification

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Here is an excerpt from the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol By 2020 the meetings industry must create a more sustainable path if it is to validate its societal license to operate, to deliver value to clients and to provide good [...]

Sustainability and the Future of the Meetings Industry