Uniting accessibility and sustainability under the banner of creating a great experience for participants, PCMA’s Convening Leaders 26 took “Sustainable by Design” to a new level. We unpack event accessibility with John Sage of Accessible Travel Solutions and how we worked together to support this year’s Convening Leaders become the most welcoming to date.

If you've ever looked at your dashboard readouts and thought: "How on earth do I turn this into an interesting story?" this is for you. We'll walk you through step by step of how to take your data and transform it into narrative magic.

How do we make trade shows less wasteful? Part of the answer is to involve exhibitors in smart booth design. Honeycomb Strategies is one of four qualified firms in North America to conduct Better Stands audits and confer its rating system. As we help events, contractors, and exhibitors build better booths, we want to share what Better Stands is, what its process is, and how it can help the events industry towards less waste and more circularity.

Venue Sustainalytics published its first set of industry benchmarking data for the calendar year 2024. Its industry report and dashboard, both publicly available and free, reveal hundreds of interesting data points, correlations and findings. We review a few of the top takeaways and underline the importance of this groundbreaking benchmark, a partnership of Honeycomb Strategies, IAVM and TSNN.

Here are 5 ways new technology can work to help sustainable outcomes at events. From waste to accessibility to sponsorships, new tech is enhancing the event experience and can deliver green outcomes. We look at the benefits as well as the drawbacks of what’s current and upcoming in smart event tech.

We’re revealing 5 ways to look at event data that finally tell us what the numbers mean. Using examples from HIVE, award-winning Honeycomb Insights for Venues and Events dashboard, we’ll share five readouts that help you interpret and actually understand your data so your events can go beyond baseline and start making sustainable progress.

Behind each great event is the organization planning it. Associations, production companies, planners, and corporate offices all create impact beyond what happens on a trade show floor or on the stage at a conference. Learn from our work with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) about strategies for successful greenhouse gas emissions in their year-round work.

Celebrate and engage your fans with a Green Game! This free resource and Green Sports Alliance webinar walk you through three expert case studies and provide a wealth of ideas and practical steps to implement your team’s first sustainable fan activation.

When inventorying event materials, RSAC 2025 Conference encountered a potential bump in the road around leftover branded merchandise. With great teamwork and a quick pivot, they turned the problem into a values-based solution, creating quick wins for sustainability and the community. Here’s how they partnered with a community organization to support STEAM education while diverting waste from the landfill.

Carpet might not be the most exciting thing that comes to mind when you think about event sustainability, but its footprint is bigger than you’d expect. In this blog, we follow the full life cycle of event carpet with a fun, interactive infographic that traces its journey from manufacture to disposal, and lay out what smarter choices mean for events.