The Bank of Industry and Bienfair are committed to organise a sustainability-compliant event by reducing the environmental impact of the ESG for SMEs Conference
This shall be maintained through the
- Documentation of policies, procedures and audits
- Awareness and training among staff
- Communication and engagement of suppliers and meeting participants
- Auditing, evaluation and reporting.
The objectives of our commitment are to
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions at our events wherever possible.
- Ensure no solid waste from our events is causing pollution or other harm to the environment and local populations
- Ensure event activities do not contribute to or exacerbate local air quality issues.
- Ensure water conservation at our events and avoid the release of untreated wastewater into the environment
- Avoid adverse impacts on biodiversity from event operations.
At a minimum, we will
- Design booths and displays for reuse
- Prohibit the use of disposable PVC and polystyrene materials including PVC decals, foamcore signs, and foam packing materials. Non-recoverable materials would be packed in and packed out
- Not provide any single-use plastics
- Reduce use of disposable shipping materials and plastic packaging.
- Participate in venue recycling programs.
- Ensure that paper use is minimized by limiting the printing of conference materials, and encouraging attendees to access event documents digitally
We welcome your suggestions on ways to improve the sustainability compliance of this event.
