BY KATIE BOONE
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY EXECUTIVE
As part of ICC Sydney’s commitment to sustainability we make continuous small improvements to deliver positive outcomes for the community and help organisations, delegates and event attendees to fulfil their environmental and socially conscious appetites.
Waste Reduction
Through collaboration with suppliers, our certified commercially compostable coffee cups can now be disposed in our organics bins. As we work to reduce single use items we have also removed coffee cups lids from our standard tea and coffee houses, with lids an opt-in at retail outlets.
Furthering our waste reduction efforts, from 2020 we are removing mints from meeting rooms, saving over 480,000 single use plastic wrappers heading to landfill each year. In addition notepads and pens will be set at the back of meeting rooms to minimise wastage.
Tackling carbon emissions
To assist clients, freight forwarders and contractors tackle carbon emissions generated from events, we are introducing an exhibition hall storage rate. Subject to availability, our Event Services team will be able to advise of onsite storage options up to four weeks prior to your event. Stored items will be locked down during operations days, with additional costs such as security applicable during move in and out. Taking advantage of the square metre storage rate will reduce the environmental impact and cost of transporting items offsite between move in and move out.