A number of organisations in Germany took sustainability on board relatively early on including the German Con vention Bureau GCB the European Association of Event Centres EVVC and the event and trade fair industry association FAMAB In 2012 further training for those seeking to become sustainability consult ants was launched The year before that the first greenmeetings und events confer ence took place where experts discussed the latest trends and ideas in event planning The event has been held every two years since then focusing on the added value and social relevance of sustainable events Around 250 delegates came to the conference in Leipzig in February 2019 where the Meet ing Expert Green Awards were presented www greenmeetings events de One of the winners was Landgut Stober in Havelland in the state of Brandenburg This historic building meets all the quality re quirements of certified conference hotels and green hotels with ease All the electricity is generated from renewable sources the heat ing system has a wood pellet boiler and food is prepared exclusively from regional and or ganic produce The certification catalogue us es 80 criteria in a number of different cate gories energy water waste food and bever ages mobility corporate social responsibility CSR information and management Only venues that meet all the mandatory criteria and get 50 per cent of the maximum number of points can be certified They need at least 1 250 points from a maximum of 2 500 The certificate is valid for three years at which point another audit is required The team at the Atlantic Hotel Sail City in Bremerhaven uses a similar approach Showing respect to human beings and the environment is as much part of their every day work as the struggle to avoid food waste The project Resteessen zu gut für die Tonne Eat leftovers too good for the bin was launched as part of the Green Sail sus tainability strategy Guests at these events re ceive a varied four course meal and learn a responsible approach to food This informa tion dinner format was selected as one of the best three entries for the award in the category for sustainable event centres Creativhotel Luise in Erlangen was also among the award winners The renewable hotel room shows how sustainable re source efficient tourism can work It is based on an overall view of the resources used from beginning to end Straw is used in the ceilings and walls and no adhesives contain ing formaldehyde are used The carpet tiles are made of recycled fishing nets and are 100 percent recyclable themselves Screws are re duced in size or replaced by plug connectors and solvent free adhesive The hotel s carbon emissions per guest are 60 percent lower than those of comparable hotels locally and it uses over a third less water and generates 90 percent less waste So that s good news at least for Greta and her fellow protesters www gcb de KF 16 FOCUS TradeFairs Internation al 2 2019 CONGRESSES Renewable hotel rooms Schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has attracted a lot of media atten tion as the initiator of the FridaysForFuture protests The need to protect the climate has been recognised for years in the MICE industry Preisträger Im Februar wurden in Leipzig wieder die Meeting Expert Green Awards vergeben Award winner The Meeting Expert Green Awards took place in Leipzig again last February Ph ot o G C B

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