Sustainability

Reaching Your Sustainability Goals Starts With Your RFP

A panel of experts offer their advice on how to write RFPs that enable planners and their partner venues to collaborate on producing events with a smaller footprint.

BY Barbara Palmer May 23, 2025

How Is the Events Industry Responding to the Rollback on Climate Action?

The overall trend is forward motion, says Honeycomb Strategies CEO and industry expert Lindsey Arell — and some organizations are accelerating their efforts.

BY Barbara Palmer May 23, 2025

Designing a More Natural Convention Center for Austin

The redevelopment of the Austin Convention Center aims to support the human ecosystem in downtown Austin and reinforce a connection to nature.

BY Barbara Palmer May 23, 2025

What’s New at PCMA edUcon 2025

Traci DePuy, PCMA’s chief marketing officer, shares how changes made to this signature mid-year conference — along with a healthy serving of only-in-Louisville activities — will enhance the participant experience, June 1-4.

BY Michelle Russell May 19, 2025

Will This Be the Greenest Convention Center on the Planet?

The Austin Convention Center has set its sights on becoming the first zero-carbon convention center certified by the International Living Future Institute.

BY Barbara Palmer April 21, 2025

Climate Psychology and the Events Industry

Acknowledging what people may think and feel about climate change is the first step in making meaningful progress in the events industry and beyond.

BY Michelle Russell April 17, 2025

No Wasted Food, No Wasted Dollars

A planner asks: Can I ask a venue to donate food if I am below my F&B minimum?

BY Barbara Palmer April 17, 2025

Conference Bags That Change Lives

Seattle’s Refugee Artisan Initiative provides employment and job skills training to refugees, while diverting thousands of pounds of textiles and other materials from local landfills.

BY Barbara Palmer April 17, 2025

Meet Tanya Popeau, PCMA’s New Head of Global Sustainability

Convene talked with Popeau about her experience in leading initiatives with a strategic focus on innovation, what excites her about her new role, and where she looks for inspiration.

BY Barbara Palmer March 24, 2025

Addressing ‘Prolifically Problematic’ Food Waste at Meetings

The most commonly wasted foods are bread, pastries, and fruit — a great place for planners to begin developing food-waste prevention practices.

BY Barbara Palmer March 24, 2025

Sustainability Solutions Startups for the Win

At the SXSW Pitch Competition this month, three startups devoting time and energy to sustainability solutions were named winners, with another earning special attention. Plus, we spotlight a Travel + Leisure Global Visionary Awardee whose eco-friendly initiative for hotels makes it easy for guests to give back to the local community.

BY Michelle Russell March 20, 2025

How the Circular Economy Is Driving Creativity at Meetings

Realizing our planet has limited rather than endless resources has the opposite effect on our creativity, making us more rather than less innovative.

BY Michelle Russell March 18, 2025

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