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London wins bid to host 2023 Ecocity World Summit

Event Industry News

London has shown its leadership by committing to a Green New Deal to help London become greener and fairer – creating new jobs and skills for Londoners and ensuring London becomes a net zero-carbon city by 2030 and a zero-waste city by 2050.

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Why Climate Change Matters for Every Leader

Associations Now

Climate change disrupts supply chains and access to resources; associations themselves have a harder time guaranteeing that their conferences and events will be free of weather-related challenges.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.24.17

Reid All About it

Presenter: Robyn Mietkiewicz, senior director of global meeting management, Meeting Sites Resource. – Meetings 2050: How to Stay Ahead of Change in Events and Tradeshows. Learn which key hotel contract performance clauses are often overlooked, and methods to calculate damages and verify amounts due via an audit. 1 CMP credit.

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RX names Helen Sheppard as new global sustainability director

Event Industry News

RX is a founding partner of the pledge, signed in November 2021, and commits the event industry to achieve net zero by 2050, at the latest, and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In this newly created role, Helen will focus on RX’s commitment to the UFI Net Carbon Zero Event pledge.

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A Spotlight on 10 Top Impact Investors Driving Social Change

NXUnite

Aligning Values and Finance: Impact investing allows businesses to align their financial resources with their values and missions, ensuring their investments have a meaningful impact on the world. They also pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. TPG Rise Climate is their dedicated climate impact investing product.

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New Climate Advocacy Group Has CEO Pedigree

Associations Now

The new group is aiming for an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050—a less-aggressive goal than the Green New Deal, which aims for net zero emissions by 2030, but is roughly similar to what was pitched during the Obama administration. In comments to Axios , Jamie Gentoso, the CEO for U.S.

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Five for 2023: Michael Begley, managing director of venuedirectory.com, shares his top wishes for the new year

Event Industry News

However, with the ONS confirming earlier this month that we’re in a recession, resources are being squeezed tighter than ever, and the outlook is not as rosy as we may like. Instant book also takes the pressure off venue staff – and this is vital at a time when resources are squeezed beyond belief.