Case Studies
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Oracle OpenWorld
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$850,000 in net costs avoided through sustainable practices at Oracle OpenWorld 2009.
- 140 tons of material diverted from landfill by reducing materials used, expanding reuse and maximizing donation, recycling and composting, achieving 60% waste diversion. That’s equal to 10 garbage trucks of trash!
Live Earth
What happens when performers across 7 continents come together for 24 hours
of music to focus the world's attention on protecting the planet? An amazing
story emerges of people dedicated to green working with one another to make
sustainability real for 80,000 concert-goers and 2 billion spectators, worldwide.
MeetGreen® was responsible for greening the high-profile Giant's Stadium concert:
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Assembling an 800-person volunteer army to provide education about a pioneering recycling and composting program for Giant’s Stadium, including full conversion to compostable service ware.
- Achieving a 76% diversion of event waste from landfill.
Canada Media Marketplace
Think it’s only large events that have an impact? Not true! The Canadian Tourism
Commission’s Media Marketplace is a 500-person event that continues to add value
through event sustainability by:
- Contracting to achieve 100% compliance with sustainable venue, catering and guest room practices at no additional charge.
- Improving to 72% of all menus sourced within 100 miles of the meeting destination.
- Contributing $4750 of materials to local charities post-event.
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Earn four IMEX Green Meeting Awards, the highest global accolades for event sustainability.
- Independently certify compliance with the BS 8901 Sustainable Event Standard, the first conference and event team in North America to do so.
- Introduce industry-first mandatory minimum sustainability requirements for exhibiting companies.
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Transformed venue waste management practices to improve facility baselines as much as 46%. This amounts to less than 1.5 lbs of trash per event attendee for this 3500-person event!
- Improved to providing menus with 31% certified organic content.
- Reduced paper use to save 26 trees, and $6000 against budget.
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