Practical tips for the sustainable planning of your event in Berlin
Sustainable planning - this is how it's done!
The search for innovative solutions for Green Events in Berlin begins with the question of what sustainability actually means in practice for event planners and companies.
The Federal Environment Agency explains the term with a simple principle of action from forestry: anyone who uses natural resources should ensure that future generations can still benefit from them. This means that event organizers are encouraged to use resources responsibly and to pay attention to environmentally friendly and efficient concepts.
Strategic concepts that respect scientific findings, promote efficiency and minimize the ecological footprint
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Avoiding, reducing and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions
Selection of responsible, committed and regional event venues and service providers
Use of environmentally friendly means of transportation
Responsible use of resources, recycling and development of a circular economy
Respectful cooperation, knowledge transfer and mutual support
From planning to action
Sustainability works holistically. In order to effectively reduce the ecological footprint of your event, various aspects of event planning must be taken into account. These so-called fields of action are your scope for action.
The Sustainable Event Guideline identifies 13 of these areas of action (from accommodation to catering) and provides you with a structure for planning. Focus consistently on one area of action after the other and develop concrete, implementable measures for each planning component.
Areas of action Sustainability
Sustainable Event Guidelines and Supporter Patch
Use the guidelines as a planning document to develop and implement your events in a clearly structured and sustainable way. With the help of the Supporter Patch you can show your participants and stakeholders that you organise ecologically, socially and economically.
How much does your MICE event contribute to achieving your own and our global sustainability goals? What are the biggest emission factors of your event? What are they, how can they be quantified and, most importantly, how can you minimize them?
Sustainability starts with the little things! Our infographics show you the aspects you can tweak during planning to devise an event more sustainably. Here you can find great suggestions to become sustainably creative.
Sustainable Meetings Berlin helped me since the first moment on my project. They have been open to support and provide help to create Zero Waste Berlin Festival. Berlin is becoming a vibrant sustainable hub, and sustainable entrepreneurs like us need the city on our side.
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Green encyclopedia for event planners
What is sustainability? What does Sustainable Event Management mean? What is the aim of the CSR Reporting Commitment? You can find these and other terms related to sustainability in our green encyclopedia for event pl