Green Meeting: A Sustainable Event

Abstract:

With the expanding of the global meeting industry and focusing on environmental problems, Green Meetings, is becoming increasing important and got much attention globally. Based on the review of related literature, this paper proposes a comprehensive concept of green meetings, explains the characteristics and green standards, states the process of how to holding green meetings. Followed by these, outlook and suggestions are given bout developing green meetings. The overview indicates that the multiple effects of green meetings were given priority in the past. Newer approaches investigate green meeting more holistically and have reverted back to the concepts of sustainability development or to the stakeholder approach.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1073-1076)
• Pages: 2815-2821
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1073-1076.2815
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Meng Cai*, Jia Ni Tang, Kai Michael Griese
• Keywords: Climate Change, Environmental Consequences, Green Meeting, Sustainable Event

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