The new report covers features akin to waste administration, vitality and water utilization, occasion design and likewise social affect.
Ahead of its May commerce present, going down 23 – 25 May, the IMEX Group has revealed its first ever externally-verified Sustainability Report for IMEX Frankfurt.
The IMEX Group has tracked and revealed the environmental efficiency of its American present, IMEX America, since 2012 however as we speak’s report represents a big achievement for its German counterpart.
The report for IMEX Frankfurt 2022 has been ready by sustainability companions MeetGreen, an organisation dedicated to accelerating the occasion business’s transition to a sustainable future. It marks an extension of an present partnership in addition to step one in an ongoing strategy of data-gathering supposed to measure and enhance the present’s environmental affect.
The report can be an necessary milestone in IMEX’s Pathway to Net Zero.
In working with an exterior authority to validate outcomes, this report represents an necessary sustainability step for IMEX and establishes the benchmark towards which all future IMEX Frankfurt reveals will likely be measured. Previous environmental experiences for IMEX Frankfurt have been performed by IMEX workers solely.
The new report covers features akin to waste administration, vitality and water utilization, occasion design and likewise social affect.
IMEX Frankfurt is at present the one present at Messe Frankfurt to trace such a excessive stage of sustainable information and to make it public.
The report reveals notable achievements in waste diversion and vitality use, in addition to highlighting a number of alternatives for enchancment. These embody simplifying and standardising carbon footprint measurement, sourcing extra carpet with recycled content material and increasing neighborhood donations.
Renewable vitality affect
As effectively as benchmarking the present yr on yr, the report is designed to share the IMEX crew’s learnings with the remainder of the worldwide enterprise occasions business and – in the end – ship long run change. A chief instance of a long-term shift is the present’s vitality use. Since 2012, IMEX has labored intently with host venue Messe Frankfurt to attain 100% renewable electrical energy use. As a outcome, Messe Frankfurt has now adopted 100% renewable sourcing as a typical working process throughout all its occasions.
IMEX Frankfurt 2022 sustainability report highlights:
- 99.5% of all waste diverted
- 100% of venue electrical energy powered by renewable vitality
- 87% of present waste diverted to recycling, organics or donation channels
- 95% of occasion service ware was recyclable or re-usable
- 635kg of occasion materials was recovered and donated to the Frankfurt neighborhood which on the time additionally included 800 Ukrainian refugees who had been being given sanctuary at Messe Frankfurt
- IMEX Frankfurt has achieved MeetGreen’s highest customary of sustainability scoring – Visionary stage
“We’ve long been committed to improving and developing our sustainability practices at IMEX Frankfurt and were able to share some good results prior to the pandemic,” explains Carina Bauer, CEO of the IMEX Group. “However, because of an expanded partnership with our sustainability consultants MeetGreen, I’m delighted to share this primary externally-verified Sustainability Report for IMEX Frankfurt 2022.
“This, together with our sustainability reports since 2012 for IMEX America, is part of a long-term commitment to the environment. As supporters of the Net Zero Carbon Events industry initiative, we’re also set to publish our roadmap to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 later this year.”
It takes a crew
Sustainability success is at all times a collaborative effort and IMEX Frankfurt is not any exception. The IMEX crew led by its inside ‘green squad’ – a workers crew who work intently with the host venue and Frankfurt metropolis together with key suppliers and, in fact, attendees. Visitors and exhibitors at this yr’s IMEX Frankfurt can play their half as soon as extra by signing as much as the People and Planet Pledge. Exhibitors are additionally inspired to make use of the IMEX Sustainable Exhibiting Guide.
IMEX Frankfurt takes place 23-25 May 2023.
Tatiana is the information coordinator for TravelDailyNews Media Network (traveldailynews.gr, traveldailynews.com and traveldailynews.asia). Her position consists of monitoring the lots of of stories sources of TravelDailyNews Media Network and skimming crucial in response to our technique.
She holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Communication & Mass Media from Panteion University of Political & Social Studies of Athens and he or she has been editor and editor-in-chief in varied financial magazines and newspapers.