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n Best Sustainable Event Centre / Location Sustainability has been high on the daily agenda of the winner in the category Best Sustainable Event Centre since 2008 . The Bregenz Festival House in Austria has put all three pillars of corporate social responsibility – environment , efficiency and social involvement – under the microscope , giving equal weighting to each and enjoying great success .
Other nominees in the Best Sustainable Event Centre were the Mainz Congress division of mainzplus CITYMARKETING GmbH and Congress Centrum Alpbach .
BTME Certified is a sponsor of the Meeting Experts Green Award in the category “ Best Sustainable Event Centre / Location ”. BTME Certified GmbH & Co . KG has its headquarters in Bad Kreuznach , Germany , and has been the official and exclusive hotel certification company of the VDR travel association since 1 May 2011 .
n Best Sustainable Human Resources Management The award for Best Sustainable Human Resources Management was presented to artlogic Crewpool . The company trains specialists , offers its employees a wide range of training courses and is committed to the area of occupational health and safety in every area . The environment is another aspect of its business that artlogic Crewpool takes very seriously - the company is carbon neutral thanks to its participation in carbon offsetting projects , use of renewable energy , investment in paperless office technologies and employment of local crews .
Further nominees in the category Best Sustainable Human Resources Management were the Hannover Congress Centre and Eurogress Aachen . n Best Sustainable Company The winner of the category Best Sustainable Company is BESONDERE ORTE Umweltforum Berlin GmbH , which received its EMAS certificate in 2012 . Ever since it was founded , the company has focused on a sustainable ecological approach and the introduction of a professional environmental management system .
Other companies recognised in this category were CAMONSITE Conference and More GmbH and HypoVereinsbank / UniCredit Bank AG .
The new Meeting Experts Green Award is organised by the GCB German Convention Bureau e . V . and the European Association of Event Centres ( EVVC ) and will be presented every two years at the greenmeetings and events conference . www . meeting-experts-award . de

Kap Europa congress centre in Frankfurt announced as the venue for the greenmeetings and events conference 2015

n Green credentials prove decisive as construction of the new Messe Frankfurt congress centre continues

T he next greenmeetings and events conference will take place in Messe Frankfurt ’ s new “ Kap Europa ” congress centre February 9 - 10 , 2015 . The announcement was made by the conference ’ s organisers , the German Convention Bureau ( GCB ) and the European Association of Event Centers ( EVVC ), at the closing ceremony of this year ’ s greenmeetings and events conference 2013 in Darmstadt , Germany .

Matthias Schultze , Managing Director of the GCB , was delighted with the choice of venue . “ Once again , we have succeeded in finding an ideal location for the greenmeetings and events conference ,” he said . “ The Kap Europa congress centre will meet outstanding