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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