20 GREENMEETINGS AND EVENTS CONFERENCE 2013
The winners of the first „ Meeting Experts Green Award “
Premiere presentation of the Meeting Experts Green Awards
n The first ever presentation of the Meeting Experts Green Awards took place at the greenmeetings and events conference in Darmstadt , Germany , on the evening of 26 February 2013 .
The awards honour outstanding achievements in the area of sustainability by companies in the meetings and events sector and are awarded by an independent jury in five categories : Best Energy Management / Conservation of Resources , Best Sustainable Event , Best Sustainable Event Centre / Location , Best Sustainable Human Resources Management and Best Sustainable Company / Association .
The winner in the category Best Energy Management / Conservation of Resources was the Hannover Congress Centre ; the ICCA Green Traffic Project at Congress Center Leipzig was presented with the award for the Best Sustainable Event ; the Bregenz Festival House took the award for the Best Sustainable Location , artlogic Crewpool won the category Best Human Resources Management ; and BESONDERE ORTE Umweltforum Berlin GmbH was recognised as the Best Sustainable Company . n Jury included experts from the event sector and environmental institutions The members of the jury for this year ’ s Meeting Experts Green Award were : Anja Lindner ( Projects - Consulting - Organisation for Sustainable Catering and Events ), Professor Helmut Schwägermann ( Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences , Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences ), Professor Michael-Thaddäus Schreiber ( EITW - Europäisches