How can the exhibition industry and a country, region or city work together to facilitate sustainable development?
The 2017 UFI Sustainable Development Award is designed to recognise initiatives that combine the efforts of a destination (city, region or country level) in partnership with a professional exhibition operator (venue and/or organiser) to implement sustainability around an individual exhibition or a series of events.
Guidelines and Criteria:
Implementing sustainability within the exhibition industry requires many actors to work together – including the local authority where the exhibition is held. Local authorities can play an important role in various actions, from providing public transport for participants and handling waste, to engaging the local community.
This UFI competition is open to exhibition companies who have developed successful initiatives in liaison with their local authority, at city, regional or country level.
The 2017 UFI Sustainable Development Award celebrates initiatives that tackle environmental, social and economic issues with proven successful results. Collaborative entries, involving the local authority or its relevant department (convention bureau for example), are welcome, and replicable approaches and actions will be privileged.
For further information and the application procedure, please visit our website: www.ufi.org/sdaward.
For any additional questions, please contact: sdaward@ufi.org
Other UFI Awards for outstanding initiatives
The UFI Sustainable Development Award is one of UFI’s many annual competitions that recognize and reward people in the exhibition industry for successfully implementing creative and results-oriented initiatives. UFI’s awards celebrate excellence in areas ranging from marketing and education to trade fair poster design and sustainable development. More information on these UFI competitions is available at www.ufi.org/awards
This article was originally published on the UFI Live Blog: www.ufilive.org
