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For the first time in the history of EMWA, our conference was environmentally friendly. As described in the article
below, written by our Head Office, EMWA went to enormous lengths to product a greenier conference. Not only
did we replace the bulky and non-recyclable workbooks of previous years with reusable plastic ring binders, but
all materials used at the
conference were printed on recycled paper.
Our thanks to MCI for encouraging this move to greener behaviour!
EMWA
AUTUMN
CONFERENCE in
frankfurt goes
green!
I
thought I'd share with you what we have recently delivered for the EMWA Autumn
Conference. Hopefully some of what we have achieved will inspire you to be more
green
at
your next event!
The EMWA Autumn Conference, being held in Frankfurt
from Friday, was given the extra challenge of being as environmentally friendly
as possible. This meant that everything from badges to signage has had to be
either produced from recycled materials, recyclable or biodegradable. In this
short newsletter, I have highlighted a few of the items you might find
interesting and relevant to your clients!
A
Group Effort
This
was a true MCI group effort! PCO, IT and Marketing all worked hard to ensure
each individual deliverable met the brief. It goes to show that you can take a
few easy, and cost effective, steps to ensure your clients events are just that
little bit greener!
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CONFERENCE
FOLDER
At
previous meetings, a large wire-bound conference guide along with a bag had been
given to each delegate, but in order to try and be more efficient EMWA decided
to use bags already in stock and provide an empty binder for hand-outs.
We were able to recommend different folder options, including a recycled
plastic expandable wallet, but in the end EMWA opted for a 2D ring binder made
from 65% recycled materials with the tabs being made of 100% recycled
card.
Also, instead of a heavy and expensive conference guide a
mini-guidebook was produced and printed on recycled FSC and PEFC* approved
paper.
*FSC
and PEFC are accreditation's awarded to businesses that use paper sourced from
sustainable woodland.
PAPER
Delegates
to the EMWA conference can attend a number of workshops, it was important that
the handouts for each workshop were printed in advance. We sourced 100%
recycled oxygen bleached paper and made sure there was enough extra to take on
site!
BADGES
& SIGNAGE
The
badges we provide in-house already will biodegrade within 1-5 years, and our
signage supplier made sure all the foamboards produced were also biodegradable.
Also the card signage was printed on 100% recycled card.
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EMWA Goes Green
