Introduction for our 3rd Workshop, part of our Meetings Go Green programme.

1. MEETINGS GO GREEN
Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Smart
Purchasing & No-waste Communication
DO Eat
Coduco
Delta Lloyd Life
Freeman Greenwood
CAP Conseil
Biorganic Factory
Thibaut Gilquin
Jonathan Martens
Siviglia Berto & Ellen Van Den Brande
Dan Azria
Marie-Hélène Dembour
Isabelle Ratzel

2. « Smart purchasing & No-waste
communication»
14/04/2016
A project of
With the support of

3. Meetings go Green Project
The MPI community brings together more than 18,500 meeting
planners and industry suppliers worldwide
Between November 2015 and June 2016, MPI, YUZU and
21SOLUTIONS decided to educate planners and suppliers of
events to increase the waste prevention and implement a better
waste management policy
In order to make events more sustainable
Thematic workshops Audits of events
Guidance documents

4. Meetings go Green Project
This project is funded by Brussels Environment and managed
by the Brussels Waste Network.

5. What's E-waste ?

6. How to reduce E-waste ?

7. How to reduce E-waste ?
The materials, supplies and products used to produce an event all have the
potential for negative environmental impacts.
Through environmentally preferable purchasing reductions in these impacts
can be achieved back up the supply chain.
Options to reduce environmental impacts of purchasing can be achieved
through such things as :
 using products which have an eco-label
 including organic, fair trade, FSC or other sustainable forestry products,
VOC free, environmentally safer cleaning agents, PVC-free paints,
sustainably produced foods, products made from sustainable and
recyclable materials, etc.

8. Menu
9.00 Welcome
9.15 Speakers
 Jonathan Martens /Coduco: Sustainable purchasing policy
 Siviglia Berto / Ellen Van den Brande - Delta Lloyd Life: Teambuilding
zero waste in the Mountains
 Marie-Hélène Dembour /CAP Conseil: Sustainable trade, responsible
supply chain
 Thibaut Gilquin /DO Eat: Edible and creative containers
 Dan Azria /Freeman Greenwood: Sustainable communication
10.30 Coffee Break
 Isabelle Ratzel: Owner/Manager Biorganic Factory
 Aïko Vanholder: Event Manager Biorganic Factory
11.00 Questions / Answers
11.30 Workshops
12.15 Conclusions
12.30 Lunch time

9. Objectives of this 3rd Meetings Go Green
workshop
Our Meetings Go Green workshop will help you grow your
knowledge on sustainable or smart purchasing & no or zero-
waste communication.
 What's the best practices in eco-purchasing and
communication ?
 How to conduce waste in a revalorization system before and
after your event ?

10. Workshop
 What's YOUR best practices in eco-purchasing and
communication ?
 How do YOU conduce waste in a revalorization system
before and after your event ?
 What’s YOUR biggest challenge?
 How to get/manage eco-friendly –sustainable goodie bags?

11. MEETINGS GO GREEN: TODAY’S SPEAKERS
Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Smart
Purchasing & No-waste Communication
DO Eat
Coduco
Delta Lloyd Life
Freeman Greenwood
CAP Conseil
Biorganic Factory
Thibaut Gilquin
Jonathan Martens
Siviglia Berto & Ellen Van Den Brande
Dan Azria
Marie-Hélène Dembour
Isabelle Ratzel

12. Next Workshop
16 Juin : Smart Waste Sorting & Recycling at Thon hotel
Bristol Stéphanie during the Industrie Meeting Day
Come and learn about waste minimalization:
• How to set up an effective waste sorting procedure?
• What are the concrete solutions for recycling?
• How much does it cost?
• Which stakeholders offer innovative waste sorting solutions?

13. Thank you all for your attention !!
Enjoy your lunch !