Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Earns Silver Green Globe Certification
Posted July 14, 2009 , trackbackThe Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre has
become one of the first venues in the world to earn the
prestigious Green Globe Silver Certification, an achievement that
recognises its environmental leadership in the business events
sector.
The international certification follows a rigorous
audit of the centre’s environmental programs, assessing its overall sustainability policy as well as its compliance
measures and performance.
Centre Chief Executive Ton van
Amerongen said he was extremely proud of the centre’s new silver
certification, which comes only two years after it became
the first venue in Australia and one of the first in the world to
achieve the initial Green Globe benchmark status.
“Over the last six
years we have increased our recycling volumes by 184% a
year and last year we recycled almost 50% of our
exhibition waste stream. In addition, we led the market in such
initiatives as our Green Event Ideas planning brochure, launched
for clients in late 2007,” he said. “To have our efforts
acknowledged with Silver Certification - the highest
level of the Green Globe program - is a fantastic
result.”
Recently the centre signed up for the 18-month New
South Wales Government Sustainability Advantage Program in order
to identify new measures that will help the venue and its clients
work toward a better environment.
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