The Bee’s knees sustainability blog

Expertise Brenan Dwyer Expertise Brenan Dwyer

Restoring balance

Water Resource Certificates® issued by Bonneville Environmental Foundation are an innovative solution to balancing water impact from event activities. Developed in partnership with Heather Schrock, Environmental Partnerships Director at BEF, this blog guides you through the basics of WRCs and their important place in a sustainable, balanced environmental portfolio.

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Choosing Green Venues

When events adopt sustainability goals such as reducing water and energy, they’re then tasked with finding host venues that have the systems in place to support such goals. We’ve compiled this guide for event planners on what to look for and which questions to ask when reviewing spaces for sustainability.

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DEI Is Sustanability

Learn why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is an important component of sustainability for the event industry – for planners, venues, event hosts. To achieve goals, serve our stakeholders, and target meaningful outcomes, we must consider the extraordinary range of difference in the human experience.

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Ahead of the Curve

When it comes to sustainable innovations, one thing that sets apart Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is its sophisticated exhibitor engagement programs. In 2023, Greenbuild and show partner U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched a new education module to advance exhibitor engagement further.

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Leading the change

Honeycomb Strategies compiled this guide to help you talk with your leadership team to gain support for sustainability programs at your event. We give you talking points, data-backed research, and a range of approaches from the Triple Bottom Line to targeting a next-generation audience to achieve buy-in.

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The Green Dividend

Myth: sustainability is more expensive that business as usual.

Truth: events and venues see cost savings from sustainable improvements in the short and long term.

In this blog, we break down some ways sustainability saves you money.

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