Did you know that the carbon foot print of tourism and hospitality contributes a lot of pollution through transportation, accommodation, food and beverages, souvenirs, clothing, cosmetics and other goods? At SIBkenya we wish to reduce your footprint in meetings and communicate the new norms and have a great new marketing tool at the same time by:
- Offer to replace single use plastic bottled water with dispensers (use of glass), carrying one’s refillable water bottles (this helps to amount of water wasted)
- Recycling the waste of your event
- Replacing plastic straws by environmental alternatives or non – just ‘sip it’ 😉
- Use of biodegradable napkins, take-away materials, coffee/tea capsules, bags, packaging
- Use of biodegradable take-away
- Use paper badges (use recyclable paper badges)
- Offer fun key chords made of recycles paper
- Use daylight during event as much as possible – solar meeting
- Fresh flowers
- Offset your car emission by donation to (plant tree initiative)
- Having a nursing room (for breastfeeding, expressing milk) – to include and welcome nursing women as well.
- Suggest vegetarian delights!
- Get feedback online – live – from your audience by using technology to share: menti meter.
- Make sure you impose ‘good’ sustainable standards upon your suppliers
Personal touch, care for lower footprint of your meeting / event participants, alternatives to the norm and details in decoration will give your meeting a fresh feeling, cool environment, enhancing the mood and set a perfect ambience for any type of event.
Why sustainable meetings & events solutions are the best Marketing Communication tool:
- You show the appreciation for the time your guest takes to be here.The guest feels different – you have paid attention to details and paid attention to the impact of event on people and planet.
- Reduce footprint of guest – gives a feel good.
- Doing things differently brings inspiration and engagement and creates a Memorable event.
- Providing creative invitations, and reports will make you be able to start awareness formeeting / event pre and post as well.
