The new report covers elements corresponding to waste administration, power and water utilization, occasion design and likewise social impression.
Ahead of its May commerce present, happening 23 – 25 May, the IMEX Group has printed its first ever externally-verified Sustainability Report for IMEX Frankfurt.
The IMEX Group has tracked and printed the environmental efficiency of its American present, IMEX America, since 2012 however in the present day’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 meant to measure and enhance the present’s environmental impression.
The report can be an essential milestone in IMEX’s Pathway to Net Zero.
In working with an exterior authority to validate outcomes, this report represents an essential sustainability step for IMEX and establishes the benchmark in opposition to which all future IMEX Frankfurt exhibits can be measured. Previous environmental experiences for IMEX Frankfurt have been carried out by IMEX employees solely.
The new report covers elements corresponding to waste administration, power and water utilization, occasion design and likewise social impression.
IMEX Frankfurt is at the moment 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 power 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 power affect
As properly 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 first-rate instance of a long-term shift is the present’s power use. Since 2012, IMEX has labored carefully with host venue Messe Frankfurt to realize 100% renewable electrical energy use. As a end result, Messe Frankfurt has now adopted 100% renewable sourcing as a regular 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 power
- 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 commonplace 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 all the time a collaborative effort and IMEX Frankfurt isn’t any exception. The IMEX crew led by its inside ‘green squad’ – a employees crew who work carefully 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.
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