We’re helping organizations create carbon neutral events.
Meetings, conferences, conventions and other events are sources of significant greenhouse
gas emissions. Electricity, heating and air conditioning, ground transportation,
air travel, paper and other materials are just some of the ways that our clients'
events are contributing to climate change.
Today, many meeting planners and program organizers are recognizing that their events
do not have to have a huge climate impact and, in fact, can play a positive role
by becoming carbon neutral.
The Plan-It Green program allows event organizers to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions from meeting activities, travel and accommodations where possible, and
to offset any emissions that cannot be reduced through other means. Creating a carbon
neutral event involves three steps:
- Apply a "green meeting" strategy to minimize
the meeting's overall environmental impacts.
- Estimate event emissions based the meeting functions required
as well as participants' travel and accommodation.
- Offset remaining emissions by purchasing verified carbon
offsets.
Plan-It Green Meeting highlights organizational leadership in greenhouse gas (GHG)
emission reduction and offsetting. They also help to educate, influence and engage
your audiences. The process of hosting a Plan-It Green Meeting or event can help
organizations understand more about their operational GHG emissions, and how to
deal with them.
Plan-It Green Meeting provides our members, meeting planners, program organizers
and guests the tools necessary to create a carbon neutral event. Using our
Event Carbon Calculator, you can determine the amount of carbon dioxide
your meetings and conferences are creating. It will then calculate the dollar amount
needed to offset your emissions. Your offset dollars will help reduce carbon dioxide
emissions through verified carbon offsets provided via our partnership with LEAP
and Carbonfund.org.