Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 4, 2023
In our March/April 2023 issue of Meetings, we published an article on the problem of food waste at events. It unpacks why food waste is a problem and shares some insights into how to deal with it. However, there are many neat tips and tricks to...
Shanna Jacobsen | Sep 12, 2022
Selecting a ‘green venue’ is one of the simplest and most effective steps you can take to make your events more sustainable. To help you do this, the Event Greening Forum has developed this green venue checklist of questions to ask before you...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 11, 2022
One big positive for the events industry that came out of the global pandemic is a willingness to collaborate. And through collaboration, everyone has recognised just how powerful and beneficial it is – and can be. For this reason, Cvent...
Angela Barter | Jul 24, 2022
As activity within the events industry starts picking up, Angela Barter advises us on how to avoid the dangers of greenwashing. As event attendees, delegates, hosts, sponsors and partners become increasingly conscious of the environmental impact of...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 28, 2022
On 15 March 2022, the SA Events Council hosted the Road to Recovery webinar together with several business events industry role-players. Here is an overview of the discussions. Exactly two years after the declaration of a State of Disaster...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jan 24, 2022
The sustainability of an event may be a conversation that matters more going forward than it did before. theplanner.guru understands why. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, creating sustainable in-person events was an idea that more planners and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 9, 2021
Glenn van Eck spotlights the crucial role sustainability plays in how the events industry operates. Some senior event organisers have bemoaned the fact that they are bored with the whole ‘green agenda’ that keeps coming up. Take a moment to think...
Shanna Jacobsen | Feb 25, 2021
The event landscape is rapidly evolving as new ways to execute events are being established. “But one thing is for sure – event technology and innovation is likely to remain a cornerstone of the ever-changed event engage industry,” says Mike Lysko,...
Shanna Jacobsen | Dec 1, 2020
The theme of the Event Greening Forum (EGF) NPO’s virtual Master Class on 18 November 2020 was #BuildBackBetter: Creating the new normal for sustainable events. Three speakers from different corners of the world explored the topic from different...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 9, 2020
Vancouver-based Shawna McKinley has been described as an event sustainability solutionary. She spoke on the ‘Future of Sustainability’ at the Event Manager Blog’s virtual conference ‘The Future of the Event Industry’ on 31 July 2020, where she...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging the way we host events, most obviously through heightened health and safety standards. While the industry welcomes this adaption, there are some concerns that sustainable event practices could be abandoned in...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 23, 2020
UFI, the Global Association for the Exhibition Industry, hosts annual Sustainable Development Awards. The 2020 Award was designed to recognise companies that have implemented a successful waste management approach for exhibitions. ICC Sydney was...
