Responsible Business in Action
We’ve just wrapped up the reporting for the game changing Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development organised at the end of last year with Global Initiatives here in Singapore. This unique event was designed to address the 21st century’s defining challenge- By 2050, the global population will hit 9 billion people and the increased demand for water, food and […]
Sustainability driving innovation in better meetings
Many great things came out of the recent European Sustainable Event Conference in Copenhagen but this great video sums up the key points and delivers some of the energy from that event. The early adopters have known it for a while but here we have a selection of them on record sharing their expertise and […]
Managing performance sustainably at London 2012 – through ISO20121
To function any business or event requires a management system. The new ISO20121 standard specifies what is required for a well-functioning sustainable event management system. One that considers and includes approaches to manage the performance of social, environmental and economic aspects. We were involved with the development of ISO20121 and have been pioneers at implementing […]
Power of simplicity
Innovation is often best when it’s simple. The following video is a great example of how a strong sustainability program forces an organization to reconsider conventional ways of working and rethink to improve the environmental, social and economic impact of its action. The case is in hand is with the London Olympics. Here David Stubbs, […]
Behind the scenes of a sustainable EU Presidency
“To have success in sustainability – you just have to make it sufficiently hard for yourself that it becomes easy”. This was the advice from Kirsten Aggersborg, the director of the super sustainable Hotel Axel in Copenhagen. I think there is some real value to this observation, and this is no where more true than […]
Business Case for Sustainable Events
At EIBTM I was interviewed by Paul Salinger, VP of Marketing at Oracle and President of the GMIC. In this short video both Paul and I share some of our key views on the business case for sustainability: including perception that sustainable meetings are more expensive, reporting, measurement and supplier engagement. We also discuss about […]
Fashionably sustainable
As recently shared on our Danish Sustainable Events blog, this week Copenhagen is hosting Europe’s second largest Fashion Show. Sustainability has become a very critical element of fashion design and manufacturing with mainstream and haute-couture designers such as Vivienne Westwood champion better more ethical and eco practices. Next June, Copenhagen will host the Copenhagen Fashion […]
