Reducing The Carbon Footprint Of Your Event

Reducing the Carbon Footprint Meetings Four You of your event When it comes to putting on events, whether large or small, it is more important now than ever to consider the ecological impact. As can be seen below, attendee travel and accommodation alone can have a significant carbon footprint. CARBON PRINT FOOT 200 20 10 5 100 65 150 24,528 50 100 10 5 0 50 35 75 9,246 20 50 5 0 0 30 15 25 2,875 6 0 0 0 5 5 10 398 10 Carbon footprints on a larger scale Total annual UK emissions Total annual worldwide of around 550m tonnes CO2 emissions around 34bn tonnes 3. million+ visitors Football World Cup South Africa SMIRATE 0845 2620004 LG LG EDFENERGY paddypower.com Fly Emicates to China LG LG 2.7m tonnes of CO2 5,400,000 (including construction, preparation, travel and accommodation) trees Il million+ visitors London Olympics 3.4m tonnes of CO2 6,800,000 (including construction, preparation, travel and accommodation) trees How to ensure your event is as eco-friendly as possible Travel V Encourage your attendees to use public transport where possible Catoring V Offer a small discount or gift to those who travel by public transport V Use local caterers who use produce from nearby suppliers, to cut down on 'food miles' V For those who are unable to use public transport, setup a car-pool initiative to cut- down on the number of cars being driven V Look for companies who specialise in supplying organic catering to the event V Ensure that your food is served on recyclable materials V Supply plenty of well-marked recycling bins Literature V Make sure that your invitations are sent out in digital formats, through email and social media V Employ mobile applications in place of printed hand-outs V Look into RFID cards and readers which allow attendees to collect information and contact details in a paper-less format At Four Pillars Hotels we recognise our responsibility to respect the environment and strive to achieve environmental best practice throughout our business activity. To help companies we work with reduce their carbon footprint, Four Pillars have teamed up with OxTreeGen (who create sustainable woodlands in the UK) to offer all our corporate clients the opportunity to mitigate their event's carbon footprint. For bookings or more information: FOUR Call: 0845 600 70 71 PILLARS HOTELS Web: meetingsfouryou.co.uk People Attending Short flights (less than 2hrs) Medium flights (less than 4hrs) Long flights (over 4hrs) Cars driven Trains taken How many hotel rooms? Total carbon footprint (in KGs) Trees planted for carbon neutral event 2] II I3D