1) Recycling: We recycle plastics, paper, glass, food waste and ink cartridges within our office. We also use glass milk bottles which are picked up and reused.
2. Responsible resourcing: We evaluate our choices when ordering supplies for the office including recycled paper, pens and notepads. Our office electricity is powered by Octopus Energy, supplying us with 100% green electricity.
3. Onboarding: Sustainability is now part of our induction process for new members of staff when they join the company. We hold regular team meetings to discuss improvements and new initiatives for both the office and our events.
4. Recharging & Transport: We have installed an electric vehicle charging point for staff and visitors. We also take part in the Cycle to Work scheme encouraging our staff to reduce emissions by travelling to work by bike instead of car.
5. Event Sustainability
a. Contractors: We challenge our suppliers to be sustainable, actively choosing our contractors wherever possible, to ensure our events are as sustainable as possible including using recycled carpets and building our show and feature areas from reusable materials
b. Venue Initiatives – The NEC, Birmingham has a substantial sustainability policy which includes:
i. Selling reusable cups and giving discounts to customers who present their own
ii. NEC is a zero top landfill venue with an average recycle rate of 80%
iii. Waste does not travel more than 30 miles from site to minimise carbon emissions
iv. Discarded items are donated to local community groups for reuse
v. Pallets are taken to a local company to be repaired, redistributed and reused in the transport industry
vi. Food wastage is taken to a plant where it is composted. The resulting methane is used to generate electricity to power the local sewage plant
vii. Glass wastage is taken to a processor to be recycled in to glass bottles and road building.
viii. We have a fleet of waste vehicles on site, so no unnecessary travelling takes place, minimising emissions
c. Show guides – In 2023 began the process of moving our events away from using a printed show guide by reducing the number we printed.
6. Carbon Offsetting – for every business flight we take we offset our carbon by planting trees in A Caledonian Forest
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Trees For Life
Here at Messe Frankfurt UK, we are all about conserving and protecting our enviroment. That is why we have set up a 'Trees for Life' campaign.
With each donation contributed to this campaign, a tree in the Caledonian Forest (Scottish Highlands) will be planted. It will be a sapling grown from locally collected seed and will be one of a number of species we plant such as Scots pine, willow, birch, rowan, hazel, alder, holly, aspen and bird cherry. Once the trees reach maturity, natural regeneration will go on to create the wild forests of the future for generations to enjoy.
Recharging & Transport
We have installed an electric vehicle charging point for staff and visitors.
We also take part in the Cycle to Work scheme encouraging our staff to reduce emissions by travelling to work by bike instead of car.
Our office is also well located for our staff or visitors to take advantage of public transport, rather than driving.