Commitment to Sustainability
International Energy Week (IEW) is part of Informa Markets and the Informa Group. Sustainability at Informa focuses on the long term impacts we have on customers, colleagues, the communities we work in and the environment. We know sustainability is increasingly important to our attendees and exhibitors, as well as to our market as a whole. Running IEW gives us lots of opportunities to improve our impacts environmentally, socially, and economically in our host cities. We want to make our event more responsible and play a role in helping our industry improve its own sustainability through connecting people with the networks and knowledge they want to help solve the big challenges in our sector.
Our three sustainable aims
Learn about our aims to a sustainable future
Help our industry through inspiring sustainable development:
We focus on
- Using our content to support the sustainability of the market the event serves
- Inspiring our suppliers, exhibitors and other stakeholders to deliver a sustainable event
- Developing market relevant partnerships
Run the event in an increasingly environmentally responsible manner:
We focus on
- Reducing our event’s carbon emissions
- Creating less waste
- Considering sustainability credentials of the items sourced for the event
Run the event in a socially responsible manner:
We focus on
- Doing business safely and ethically
- Considering wellbeing and accessibility
- Creating a positive impact on our host cities
- Measuring our impacts
Our commitment towards a sustainable future
Waste Reduction
At the event, we will implement water refill stations to reduce plastic bottle usage, utilize recycled packaging for meals and beverages, provide recycling bins on the show floor, and ensure that carpets, signage, lanyards, woven bags, papers, and other stationery are made from recycled materials that can be recycled or reused after the event.
Reducing Carbon Footprint
We aim to reduce local traffic congestion by offering shuttle bus services to and from our venues while promoting official hotels located nearby.
Digital-First Approach
We will use paperless registrations for the event, provide digital versions of information materials for attendees, and implement ENERGIPULSE as the show directory for visitors to easily access information about the exhibitors.
Informa’s aim is to become an ever more sustainable, positive impact business. Through the FasterForward programme, we are embedding sustainability into everything we do and seizing opportunities from helping our customers and markets do the same.
FasterForward is a structured three-part programme with ambitious commitments and a wide range of activities, covering Informa’s business operations, our brands and products and our broader community impact.
When it comes to sustainability, we’re moving FasterForward.
Sustainability in Informa Markets
At Informa Markets, many of our stakeholders are clearly telling us that sustainability (social, economic and environmental) is something that is no longer a nice to have but a necessary part of any event. We want to make sure we’re meeting those expectations and we believe that being sustainable is the right thing to do.
We also recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognizing that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve. This is an ongoing process for us and we’re looking for ideas of how we can improve.
More information about our work so far can be found at https://www.informa.com/sustainability including our latest sustainability reports.
