Sustainability

5 Metrics to Focus on for Greener Meetings

The American Chemical Society’s ambitious event sustainability initiatives include reducing energy as well as food and plastic waste.

BY Kate Mulcrone October 21, 2025

Lifting All Boats

The first-ever Turning the Tide regenerative tourism summit brought together a mix of professionals from destination marketing organizations and municipalities along the Texas Gulf Coast to collaborate — even if they compete for the same business — on how to make sustainability the standard destination-wide.

BY Michelle Russell September 25, 2025

3 Ways This Global Festival for Professionals Embraces Sustainability

The natural environment is a key feature of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival experience — much of the event takes place outdoors. In keeping with that, the environmental impact of convening thousands of people in one place is top of mind for the organizers.

BY Michelle Russell September 25, 2025

Planning for Extreme Weather

A multi-disciplinary research report led by event sustainability expert Shawna McKinley offers a calculus of the risks posed to events by extreme weather — and the high cost of not planning for them.

BY Barbara Palmer August 25, 2025

Environmental Justice as Theater

Next month, Climate Week NYC is making a theater production part of participants’ learning experience. Here’s why.

BY Michelle Russell August 25, 2025

3 Smart Ways to Reduce Food Waste and Cut Carbon Emissions

From “Meatless Mondays” to “ganging” menus, easy ways to cut the carbon emissions of F&B at events from international science society planner Bel Hanson.

BY Barbara Palmer July 28, 2025

What’s Next for Convene 4 Climate

Tanya Popeau, PCMA’s head of global sustainability, shares how the Convene 4 Climate 2025 conference will build on the work of the first gathering.

BY Michelle Russell July 25, 2025

Sustainability Conversation Starters for Event Strategists

Marina Bay Sands’ executive director of sustainability on how PCMA APAC’s recent conference hosted at the Singapore venue showcased the potential for events to move the needle.

BY Michelle Russell July 24, 2025

New Sustainability Report Focuses on Events’ Carbon Emissions

All event emissions aren’t created equal. A new report looks at how event emissions vary by event type, and actions planners can take to reduce them.

BY Barbara Palmer June 23, 2025

Study Identifies 5 Top Sustainable Event Practices

A recent study of a year’s worth of meetings, events, and incentive programs spotlights the most common sustainable practices as well as those gaining greater attention among planners.

BY Michelle Russell June 23, 2025

Why Offsets Still Matter and Other Insights From an Event Sustainability Expert

Sustainability expert Thiago Araujo says it’s time to look beyond emissions and rethink how we measure — and reward — positive event impact in emerging regions like Latin America.

BY Magdalina Atanassova June 23, 2025

How Are Deep Cuts by the U.S. Government Affecting Meetings?

One slice of the current administration’s impact on the events industry.

BY Michelle Russell June 2, 2025

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