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VENUES: The Venues Collection launches the Meetings for Change DDR and 24-hour rate package

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The Venues Collection has launched its โ€˜Meetings for Changeโ€™ day delegate rate (DDR) and a 24-hour delegate rate package to make it easy for event organisers to choose sustainable options for their meetings, training sessions and events. The packages focus on the recently launched Meetings for Change initiative, which is a five point charter focussing […]

EVENTsmart launches to help event organisers track carbon emissions

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If youโ€™re looking to ensure your meeting and events are more sustainable, a new solution has been launched to help. Greengage, an independent provider of advice and accreditation to the meetings and travel industry, has launched EVENTsmart, a carbon calculator for responsible meetings and events of all sizes. EVENTsmart is launched in response to demand […]

Five easy ways to make your next meeting greener

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Working sustainably is a goal for many business leaders in 2022, yet with all the other obstacles businesses have had to navigate in the last couple of years, it has been tough to keep the environment as a top priority. Creating and sticking to a company-wide environmental policy is a great start but creating that […]

IN PICTURES: PA Life Meet Up focuses on sustainability

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Over 60 PAs and EAs got together last week for the first physical PA Life Meet Up since before the pandemic. The event, which was bought together through a partnership between PA Life and Lime Venue Portfolio, saw the close network of senior PAs convene at Penethorneโ€™s Bar and venue at Somerset House. While the […]

Green Tourism and The Meetings Industry Association form strategic partnership to drive sustainability agenda

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Green Tourismย and theย Meetings Industry Association (mia)ย have secured an exclusive five-year partnership to drive standards for sustainable business meetings and events.ย  Following the launch of Green Tourismโ€™s โ€˜Green Meetingsโ€™ standard in June 2021, the mia has joined forces with thesustainability support programme. The partnership will help mia members secure Green Tourismโ€™s accreditation, which has a strict […]

Warwick Conferences awarded gold sustainability status two years running

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Warwick Conferences has been awarded the prestigious ECOsmart Gold Status by Greengage Solutions for a second year running. ECOSmart Gold Status, which is an industry standard accreditation, is awarded to meeting venues that are able to demonstrate their eco-friendly approaches in five areas. These areas include rooms and facilities, conservation of water and energy, waste […]

Q&A: Lime Venue Portfolioโ€™s Kerry Wright on how to make your meetings more sustainable

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We sat down with Kerry Wright, Head of Group Sales at Lime Venue Portfolio, to discover how the companyโ€™s Meetings for Change initiative can help take away your eco-anxietiesโ€ฆ Tell us about Lime Venue Portfolio and why youโ€™ve undertaken the Meetings for Change initiative. Lime Venue Portfolio is the UKโ€™s largest collection of diverse venues, […]

PA LIFE MEET UP: Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Last chance to RSVP!

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This is your last chance to RSVP for our exclusive Meet Up networking event for PA Life readers at Pennethorneโ€™s Bar, Somerset House,ย on Thursday 27th January 2022, courtesy of Restaurant Associates Venues, part of Lime Venue Portfolio. Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Introducing Ways to be Well. This event will be focused around food […]

Big Energy Saving Week: What your business can do to save money (and the planet!)

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By Gavin Scarr Hall, Director of Health & Safety at Peninsula As energy costs soar and bills rise, concerns are being raised about the number of people who could be facing fuel poverty. With a 45% to 50% hike expected in the spring, it’s not only will households that feel the pinch. Businesses will also […]

PA LIFE MEET UP: Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Have you secured your place yet?

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Donโ€™t forget to RSVP for our exclusive Meet Up networking event for PA Life readers at Pennethorneโ€™s Bar, Somerset House,ย on Thursday 27th January 2022, courtesy of Restaurant Associates Venues, part of Lime Venue Portfolio. Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Introducing Ways to be Well. This event will be focused around food in meetings and […]

Lime Venue Portfolio launches โ€˜Greenโ€™ website

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Lime Venue Portfolio is pioneering for greener marketing within the meetings and events industry with the announcement of a new โ€˜clean and greenโ€™ website for 2022. The brand was recently recognised for its sustainable education campaign โ€˜Beyond Foodโ€™, by The Drum, and is now looking to ensure its digital marketing supports the brands sustainability credentials. […]

PA LIFE MEET UP: Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Limited availability, so RSVP today!

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Donโ€™t forget to RSVP for our exclusive Meet Up networking event for PA Life readers at Pennethorneโ€™s Bar, Somerset House,ย on Thursday 27th January 2022, courtesy of Restaurant Associates Venues, part of Lime Venue Portfolio. Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Introducing Ways to be Well. This event will be focused around food in meetings and […]

PA LIFE MEET UP: Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ RSVP today!

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Donโ€™t forget to RSVP for our exclusive Meet Up networking event for PA Life readers at Pennethorneโ€™s Bar, Somerset House,ย on Thursday 27th January 2022, courtesy of Restaurant Associates Venues, part of Lime Venue Portfolio. Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Introducing Ways to be Well. This event will be focused around food in meetings and […]

PA LIFE MEET UP: Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Introducing Ways to be Well

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We’re delighted to announce an exclusive Meet Up networking event for PA Life readers at Pennethorneโ€™s Bar, Somerset House,ย on Thursday 27th January 2022, courtesy of Restaurant Associates Venues, part of Lime Venue Portfolio. Food in Meetings and Events โ€“ Introducing Ways to be Well. This event will be focused around food in meetings and events […]

Originโ€™All Launches at IBTM with Sustainable Community Zone

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IBTM last week saw the launch of a new community focused social enterprise for the meetings and events industry โ€“ Originโ€™All. The company works with local, destination-specific suppliers to create more authentic meeting and incentive programmes, ensuring that the value of the meeting stays within the local community while enriching the experience for delegates. As […]

Silverstone Conference & Exhibition Centre signs pledge for โ€˜Net Zero Carbon Events

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Silverstone International Conference & Exhibition Centre has signed the โ€˜Net Zero Carbon Eventsโ€™ pledge, a joint commitment across the events and meetings industry to achieve the targets laid out in the Paris Climate Accord. The pledge commits organisations to achieve โ€˜net zeroโ€™ by 2050, at the latest, and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The […]

Why sustainability is important for businesses โ€“ but planting a tree isnโ€™t the answerโ€ฆ

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By Neil Bradbrook, MD, Ahead Business Consulting As the dust settles on COP26, which rather predictably failed to fulfil hopes and promises, the obvious question is: what next? Pandemics excepted, COPs normally take place every year. COP26 was important โ€“ not because Scotland was hosting, but because it is five COPs on from Paris, where […]

Fira de Barcelona joinsย Net Zero Carbon Events commitment

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Fira de Barcelona has signed up to the “Net Zero Carbon Events” Commitment by the Events Industry Council (JMIC), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The initiative, which has been launched at the COP26 World Climate Summit, is the most global action […]