The Bee’s knees sustainability blog

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Building a sustainability Team

Discover how your organization can lead the charge in sustainability by forming a dedicated "Sustainability Team" - a multidisciplinary task force that brings together diverse expertise to drive meaningful environmental change. This collaborative approach enhances your company's sustainability efforts and encourages employee engagement and innovation.

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All About Engagement

Engaging stakeholders in sustainability is crucial for strategic success, cost savings, and enhancing the bottom line. Our latest blog explores the importance of stakeholder engagement and offers practical tips for effective communication and collaboration.

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Closing the Loop

Brochures, construction materials, coffee cups, food scraps, tote bags… event waste can be diverse and extensive. We use the Zero Waste Hierarchy as one tool to reduce and dispose of event wase - find out how it works!

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Inclusive Events

A sustainable event includes an atmosphere where everyone feels welcome and comfortable. Here are a few practical ways to make events more accommodating to people with sensory challenges or neurodiversity.

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Eco Friendly Elegance

From eco-friendly carpets and flooring to recycled furniture, innovative signage, and creative balloon alternatives, we delve into how sustainable choices can elevate your event's style while reducing environmental impact.

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step-by-step guide to eic sustainable event standards

Certifications legitimize your organization’s sustainability efforts. One notable and popular program, the Event Industry Council’s (EIC) Sustainable Event Standards has grown in popularity for Events, venues, general service contractors, and vendors/suppliers. Here’s a step-by-step process that Honeycomb Strategies recommends for pursuing certification.

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Choosing Green Venues

When events adopt sustainability goals such as reducing water and energy, they’re then tasked with finding host venues that have the systems in place to support such goals. We’ve compiled this guide for event planners on what to look for and which questions to ask when reviewing spaces for sustainability.

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DEI Is Sustanability

Learn why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is an important component of sustainability for the event industry – for planners, venues, event hosts. To achieve goals, serve our stakeholders, and target meaningful outcomes, we must consider the extraordinary range of difference in the human experience.

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Carbon Management 101

Test what you already know about carbon emissions, then read about our answers to see how you did. Learn how intersecting event choices inform a comprehensive strategy for sustainable event management.

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Sip, Save Repeat

With nearly 70,000 people expected to walk through the doors of the Anaheim Convention Center for the 2023 Natural Products Expo, event organizers partnered with r.world to implement reusable cup service to avert single-use cup waste.

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