Use a Dali lighting system (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) which is designed to work in conjunction against external daylighting levels.

Divert 100% of their waste from landfills, of which 63% is recycled, and the remaining is used to create energy for community housing and businesses.

Has hydration stations throughout the venues to allow refills.

Charging stations will support EV guests visiting the venue.

Survey their air quality to help people stay healthy.

Use smart metres to monitor and reduce their energy usage wherever possible.

Bacteria consume the food they waste via anaerobic digestion, creating renewable energy in the local community.

Repurpose their waste oil into biodiesel, which reduces carbon emissions by 88% compared to fossil fuels.

Use combined heat and power to generate energy for our venues.

The architectural design was based around using as much natural daylight, natural cooling and heating as possible

Provide ongoing environmental awareness training to their staff.

• Where possible, we swap out high-carbon foods like beef and lamb for lower-carbon meats and prioritise vegetarian and vegan options, along with using seasonal and local produce to help lower the carbon footprint of the event. Food waste is a huge problem at events and a surplus of all options is no longer possible. There will always be food available for delegates but it’s possible popular choices will run out.

• We focus on a paperless event experience and do not provide printed agendas/programmes. All of our event marketing is online.

• For a number of years we have been providing facilities to refill water bottles. We will no longer supply single-use plastic water bottles.

• All marketing materials promoting the event are conducted electronically.

• Conference registration is entirely online, and booking confirmations are electronic.

• Conference delegate badges made of paper (FSC certified) and no plastic badge wallets are used.

• We reuse stock conference lanyards.

• We are working with sponsors and exhibitors to minimise materials they, or delegates, dispose of whilst at the conference.

Use public transportation or the city bikes instead of taking taxis, where possible.

Calculate your carbon footprint using the WWF environmental footprint calculator. Whether you’re able to attend or not, it’s a great tool for tracking your impact on the planet, and learning about what changes you can make to limit it.

Please make sure to deposit your lanyard and badge in the reuse boxes provided at conference registration.

There will be water fountains at key points, please bring a reusable water bottle with you.

Be thoughtful about all conference-related printing that you do, and aim to reduce this where possible. Agendas and floor plans will be provided on the app and we will be providing free wifi, so there is no need for printing.

Pens and paper will not be provided to delegates to encourage the re-use of both paper and pens. Delegates should bring notepads made from scrap paper or utilise digital notes features on handheld devices.

Alternatively, use the ‘notes’ feature on the digital conference platform instead of using a pen and paper to take notes. This feature will allow users to add personal notes for each session and email a copy as a spreadsheet