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Confex partners with Meeting Needs charity

International Confex has confirmed it will be partnering with Meeting Needs in 2019. The event industry charity was founded by leading figures in the meetings and events industry.

Meeting Needs aspires to raise funds for charitable causes relevant to the events industry.

“Meeting Needs is a fantastic charity supporting some extremely worthy causes and it is always great to see the event industry unite, leaving aside all thoughts of competition, to achieve great things.” Liz Agostini, event director of International Confex, owned by Mash Media Group.

The Meeting Needs activation will be based on the incentivised walkway at International Confex where those who wish to support will be required to gather stamps on their Confex ‘passport’.

International Confex has supported Meeting Needs in the past with the pedometer challenge where a donation was made to the charity for every visitor who walked more than 5,000 steps.

International Confex takes place at Olympia London, 26-27 February. Visit www.international-confex.com to register.

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ABPCO launches sustainability report and roadmap

Timed to coincide with the opening of the COP24 climate talks in Katowice, Poland, ABPCO has released a report and Roadmap for the creation of a more sustainable events industry.

Following attendance at a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) workshop in Paris in October titled: “Leveraging Sustainable Procurement Practices to Transform Tourism Value Chains”, ABPCO and its members gathered to consider the areas where the industry can have the most significant impact on the creation of a sustainable future.

Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, ABPCO identified a desire for the industry to do more in areas of:

  • Responsible production and consumption
  • Quality education and partnerships
  • Reducing inequalities

The UNEP workshop in Paris also highlighted an opportunity for the event industry to collaborate closely with the wider hospitality sector in the following key areas:

  • Phasing out single-use plastics
  • Sustainable food procurement
  • Circularity in the supply chain

ABPCO’s report and Sustainability Roadmap were launched at IBTM last week alongside attendees from UNEP, Positive Impact and other industry leaders focused on sustainability.

“COP24 will ensure the world is focused on sustainability over the coming days so there was no better time to launch both our report and Sustainability Roadmap,” comments Heather Lishman, ABPCO’s Association Director, who has been leading the project on behalf of the association.  “We have worked with members from both the supply and demand side of the industry to identify where we can have the greatest impact, whilst ensuring the whole sector continues to deliver maximum value for those looking to use events as a means of education, communication and business development.”

Positive Impacts Fiona Pelham comments: “ABPCO has shown significant leadership by attending, contributing to and communicating about a UN environment event on behalf of the global event industry.  ABPCO members should be extremely proud that their association is taking leading action to protect our future and the future of the Events industry.”

The Sustainability Roadmap and Report are both available via  https://www.abpco.org/news/