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Green stakeholders - green event ambassadors

Many of Business Events Sydney (BESydney)’s stakeholders are redesigning the way they do business meetings and events, to ensure their operations are socially, economically and environmentally sound, and contribute positively to the community.

Green events and conferences makes moral and business sense
 

Business Events Sydney stakeholders are leading the trend in the tourism and events industries towards sustainability. They believe good corporate social responsibility (CSR) is:

• morally and ethically right 
• an economic necessity for the business events and tourism industry 

Business tourists want environmentally friendly cities and facilities

“Contemporary business tourists want to visit a city that places a high value on sustainability,” says Bryan Holliday, Managing Director of Business Events Sydney stakeholder ICMS Australasia. “There are many competing options for tourists to visit, so being a renewable city would make Sydney even more desirable.”

The Business Events Council of Australia, another BESydney stakeholder, has urged event planners and venues to sponsor carbon-neutral site visits, design low impact exhibition booths and promote eco-friendly venues.

BESydney stakeholders green business events push

Many Business Events Sydney stakeholders are doing their part such as Sydney Harbour Marriott that has water-flow restrictors on the showers in all its rooms, energy saving light-globes where possible, and a variable speed drive (VSD) on the cooling tower to control water and electricity. The hotel also recycles its paper, cardboard, glass and toner cartridges.

Meanwhile, professional conference organiser (PCO) WaldronSmith Management (WSM) has developed a program of calculators that enable its clients - as a whole or as individual delegates - to offset the carbon emissions they contribute by attending a conference.

From recycling to carbon offsetting, energy saving and sustainable education, BESydney stakeholders are spreading the word and making a real and positive difference to their communities. We’ll continue to tell their stories as they evolve.

• Read about the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre's sustainability activities
• Learn about what Sydney Olympic Park is doing to help the environment