VENUES works with all our clients - corporate, professional associations, non profit and private -
to produce a green event.

We have ensured that such a policy not only does
not increase your costs, but in fact makes your
event even more affordable, while providing you
with an excellent public relations tool - and a
healthier planet.

Aside from the traditional hosting costs, events also use many kilowatts of electricity, burn thousands of litres of fossil fuel and produce tons of landfill waste. Commonly, even more energy is burned by participants getting to and from the event than is consumed by the production of the event itself.

In 2008, VENUES commissioned an independent study of the ecological challenges facing the event planning industry which took a unique approach: transforming commercial activity into quantitative CO2 equivalent emissions results.

This allows us to calculate with more precision the exact impact your event will have, and enables us to develop both carbon-reduced and carbon neutral event proposals for you to consider.

Whether you are planning a full conference, an evening or other entertainment event, or simply enlisting VENUES expertise in the selection of an ideal site for you, we can help you develop an environmentally friendly project which you can be proud of.

Each event must be considered for its unique set of challenges, as well as how to best marry environmental goals with your organization's own philosophy and branding. Contact us directly for the solution which is right for you.

However, in general terms, you can get an idea of some of the approaches we take from the charts below:

• Reduce waste through the procurement process
• Provide recycling bins at all venues
• Reduce all non-essential energy use in regards to planning the event
• Develop alternatives for hardcopy prints, handouts
• Produce signs & banners from agro-materials
• Use bio-based inks, VOC-free paints for visual props, etc
• Donate or keep signs and banners for later re-use
• Utilize local acts and artists to reduce travel miles
• Produce promotional materials locally, sourcing those which employ sustainable methods in their production
• Use mass transit, and/or hybrid vehicles if possible, for all event-related travel requirements
• Create incentives for car-pooling when participants sightsee in the area
• Recruit local people if additional human resources are required
• Use video and teleconferencing when possible
  

• Incorporate all of the Carbon Reduced approaches
• Concentrate on HOW participants get to and from your event. First, reduce the overall consumption by:

• Calculate the remaining CO2 equivalents and utilize off-sets. VENUES will work with you to choose the most appropriate off set for your company's brand, from planting trees to funding wind and solar power, in the third world or here in North America. BE CAREFUL. There are less than reputable offset solutions in the market place. VENUES will help to ensure that your choice is a valid one.