Sustainable Meeting Guide 2
Overview
Green Meetings and Events are ways to conduct your activity within an environment thathas the least harmful impact possible. They incorporate the idea of sustainability and keepingthe world healthy for future generations. During this class we will learn about CSR and blendedvalues so that we can become successful Green people. We will learn about how previousgenerations ideas changed over time and how we can look today at the business' ideas and makeit green to reflect the need of our environment. Change will be a focus and how we can helpcreate this change of sustainability and expand it in today's world. We will focus on many aspectsthat are based on the Convention Industry Council Green Task Force guidelines for:
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Destination Selection,
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Accommodations,
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Meeting and Venue Selection,
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Transportation,
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Food and Beverage Selection,
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Exhibition Production,
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Communications and Marketing,
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On-Site office procedures
Sustainability within Corporations
Sustainability is
an active method that allows all people to recognize their abilities and to advance their quality of life in ways that concurrently look after and improve the earth’s life support structures
. Currently many organizations are going through a transition to sustainabledevelopment. That’s
when what you are trying to accomplish meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations
. This idea is important to have embeddedinto the core culture of the said organization. When sustainable development is brought into thecorporate light, whether it is a small town organization or global one, it’s important thatCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is considered. CSR is
the voluntary dedication to take principled action in corporate citizenship; to respect conscientiousness toward natural capital,business capital and human capital.
In other words a personable and environmental aim of thecompany that is gainful to the organization.When examining if a business encompasses the ideas in CSR you must look to the coreculture and examine them in regards to the 5 P’s: purpose, philosophy, priorities, practices(internal and external) and projections. The purpose is
the main reason as to why theorganization was created in the first place.
It’s important to understand why they are here so youcan organize the avenues for incorporating CSR. Then the philosophy
is the supreme value that identifies the nature and persona of the organization.
Different priorities are then formed fromthe first 2 P’s. The priorities
are different values that strategically direct how both the philosophyand purpose of the organization are put into practice
. When the priorities are put into practicethere are two areas to look for CSR, in the internal practices and in the external practices.Internal practices encompass a variety of things including: internal communication andtechnology, performance management, training and development, selection and relation toemployees and employee recruitment. With these in mind an organization should have in mindthe idea of a green team; employees within an organization that are familiar with the practices of
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