Sustainability – EASR 2024

Conference Venue Sustainable Actions & Policy

What is Sweden ranked in sustainability? Sweden is ranked second after neighbour Finland. Sweden ranks high in Affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) and Reduced inequalities (SDG 10), where the goals are estimated to be on track to reach the goals in 2030.

gu.se/en/humanities

PCO Sustainable Actions & Policy

Meetx Works towards Sustainability—From the Big Picture to the Details. The sustainability work and societal commitment of Sweden Meetx are founded on the progressive adaptation of operations and the endeavour to integrate sustainability into our range of products and services.

meetx.se/sustainability

Host city - Gothenburg

Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the world’s most sustainable destination, according to the Global Destination Sustainability Index. Gothenburg has been awarded by Global Destination Index as the world´s most sustainable destination for 7 years in a row. And when Lonely Planet unveiled its Best in Travel 2021 list, Gothenburg was named the world’s Best Sustainable City Stay!

The Global Destination Sustainability (GDS) Index compares cities to determine how well they meet a long list of sustainability criteria in four different categories: social, supplier, convention bureau and environmental. The GDS-index was created to help Destinations, Convention Bureaus, Event Planners and Suppliers drive the adoption and recognition of sustainable practices in their city and in the global events industry.

Read about Gothenburg and Sustainability in the following link.

goteborgco.se/en/sustainability/the-worlds-most-sustainable-destination/

Global Carbon Footprint Stats

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is known as a greenhouse gas (GHG)—a gas that absorbs and emits thermal radiation, creating the ‘greenhouse effect’. Since the Industrial Revolution, however, energy-driven consumption of fossil fuels has led to a rapid increase in CO₂ emissions, disrupting the global carbon cycle and leading to a planetary warming impact.

EASR 2024 efforts to reduce carbon footprint / Environmental policy

Green meetings are based on a sustainability framework which balances environmental, economic and social impacts in the context of an Association’s business needs.

The conference is working towards having a limited impact on the environment through careful consumption of energy and resources. This includes amongst other things to electronically circulating meeting materials, online file sharing, not produce unnecessary conference material and products and if so choose environmental friendly and socially friendly products as well as providing healthy food and hosting meetings and social events in central locations. Although hosting an entirely sustainable meeting does take work, it’s worth the effort, and implementing some environmentally friendly practices can make a positive impact and generates sustainable solutions.

These guidelines are provided for coordinators, committees and contractors to the Conference and aim to educate and inspire continued mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. These guidelines will be continually evaluated as technologies and mitigation options continue to change.

We hope and think that EASR 2024 will inspire to a sustainable focus on organizing this event in the future as well.

If you have any questions or suggestions to the sustainability work for the conference you are most welcome to contact us on: easr2024@meetx.se

Please participate in a climate friendly way!

EASR 2024 cares about sustainability!

Some of the things we do:

The venue, the hotels and social events are all located in the city center please try to walk when you can.
The Hotels are chosen that have effective and comprehensive environmentally-friendly policies and operations.
At the venue, only vegetarian food will be served.
All coffee/tea served at the “fika” breaks (coffee breaks) will be organic and Fairtrade
All social events venues have been chosen that are considering the environment, serving MSC certified fish and using locally produced products if possible.
Swedish tap water is of such a high quality and tap water stations will be available throughout the venue.
All delegates will receive a bottle for water to use during the conference.
The venue is providing waste separation bins in the conference area and the waste from other bins will be sorted later at the waste station.
Printed materials are kept to a minimum and all printed paper provided by the conference such as the program is made of certified paper (Svanen). Conference materials such as abstracts and proceedings are provided online.
No Conference bags will be produced.
Conference delegate badges made of paper (FSC certified) and no plastic.

What you as a visitor can do:

There are excellent bus shuttles from Göteborg Landvetter Airport.
In Gothenburg we walk! The venue is located in the city center, all hotels and social venues are located by walking distance from each other – walk and explore the city, use the public transportations or the city bikes instead of taking taxis. Read more here >>
Please follow the waste separation instructions at the venue and at your accommodations when available.
Swedish tap water is of such a high quality, choose this instead of bottled water. Tap water stations will be available throughout the venue. Use your bottle and fill up with tap water.
Choose vegetarian options for your lunches and other meals if possible, Gothenburg is a great city for vegetarian food. Read more here >>
To get an idea of Gothenburg’s sustainable city attitude please see this guide. Read more here >>

Climate compensation for traveling to the conference

Travel has a major impact on the environment and the climate. Of our consumption-based emissions, i.e. the emissions of greenhouse gases that are linked to how we consume, travel accounts for about a third.

When registering to the conference as a participant we offer the possibility for climate compensation for your travelling to the conference. At the end of the year, the conference organiser Meetx climate-finances a selected project (via ZeroMission) with the total funds from all conference participants that have chosen to climate compensate their traveling.