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• Case study of how to create a sustainable region or destination
• Examples from Scandinavia• Applicable to any destination• Highlights leadership role of CVB
Agenda
“The question of reaching sustainability is not about if we will have enough energy, enough food, or other tangible resources …
The question is:
will there be enough leaders in time?”
Dr. Karl Henrik Robèrt, Founder The Natural Step
Workshop to create a shared
vision of Success
Step 1: Gothenburg, Sweden 2010
Step 1: Gothenburg, Sweden 2010
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CO-CREATING THE VISION
Step 2: Reykjavik, 2011
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1. Created input for development of a sustainability charter for members
2. Brainstormed and prioritized actions that could be undertaken by destinations
3. Generated input for the creation of a common sustainability measurement framework
Step 2: Workshop results
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Launched the Scandinavia Sustainable Meetings Accord
Launched a common set of performance indicators
16 destinations provided data to benchmark sustainability performance
Workshop to discuss implementation
Step 3: Tampere, Finland 2012
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Accord – common commitment, shared responsibility
1.Engaging our clients, partners and other interested parties in dialogue about sustainability2.Educating, sharing knowledge and recognizing best practice.3.Encouraging and supporting private-public collaboration with other destinations4.Providing resources to planners to identify responsible, sustainable and certified suppliers
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Accord – common commitment, shared responsibility
1.Advocating efficient, equitable and more sustainable use of resources.2.Facilitating the increased use of environmentally friendly transport3.Calculating the CO2 footprint of a defined Scandinavian meetings industry and aiming to reduce this by 20% by 2020.4.Upholding the highest standards of honesty and fairness and thus maintaining a society with integrity and strong ethical standards.5.Giving back to the community
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UNIQUE
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Hardware: Infrastructure of city-Recycling -Carbon Emissions-Public Transport
Software: Meetings industry commitment-% certified venues/hotels-CVB sustainability communications-CVB support to help clients be sustainable
SCANDINAVIA DESTINATIONS SUSTAINABILITY INDEX
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Destination Index
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Hardware
2012 Scandinavian Destination Sustainability Index
STOCKHOLM
REYKJAVIK
TRONDHEIM COPENHAGEN
GOTHENBURG
AALBORG
STAVANGER TAMPERE UPPSALA
ESPOO
MALMÖ
KARLSTADAARHUS
HELSINKI OSLO
TURKU
Climate Leaders
100% cities have climate plan5.48 t/co2 average per capita emissions 33% Average 2020 co2 Reduction Target 49% Average Renewable Energy Mix65% average waste diversion rate for the city
64% of Congress and Exhibition Centers are eco-certified
100% Copenhagen, Oslo, Gothenburg, Helsinki, Stavanger, Uppsala
59% of all hotels are
eco-certified
Trondheim 95%
Gothenburg 87%
Stockholm 83%
Stavanger 80%
Malmo 81%
POLICY
Only 25% of CVBs have a publicly
available sustainability
policy
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63% Put basic sustainability
info
on web
38% provide
green guides
31% supplier lists
25% offer to
ols to clients
CVBs need to do more to help clients be more
sustainable
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Collaboration
Real success is driven by public private partnerships
Case study: Denmark Use the 2012 Danish Presidency of the EU to inspire
greater collaboration, innovation and sustainable development of the meetings industry.
Deliverables: draft
www.sustainableeventsdenmark.org
DSEI, the result and how to…
http://da.video.eu2012.dk/video/4850225/our-journey-to-make-the-eu
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• Aarhus– No economic driver. No ”pyramid”– 44% of city hotel rooms certified– Increase in certified rooms by 150% in 2013– 360 focus. Also outside the meeting room
• Support to Local Champions GoGreenAarhus day, Aarhus sustainbility festival, Northside Festival
Local Conditions, Denmark
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Our local champions creating a local market
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go:sustainGothenburg Sustainable Meetings Project
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Market and Gap Analysis
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Green Destination Infrastructure
Industry Thought Leaders
Developing Leadership
Copenhagen
London
Amsterdam
Budapest
AthensBangkok
Stockholm
Seoul
ParisBerlin Vienna
Performance Leadership
Process Leadership
Project Architecture
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Private-Public Top Down – Bottom Up Approach
Collaborate Plan
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HOW DO WE BECOME the WORLD´s LEADING SUSTAINABLE MEETINGS DESTINATION?
go:sustain
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go:sustain RESULTS SO FAR
100% Venues Certified
87% Hotels Certified
50% Taxis Certified
450 Attendees at
Sustainability Day
All city events (7)
certified
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A framework for success
Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol
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10 Recommended actions
Lessons learned on the journey
1. Collaboration improves results, reduces work and lowers cost
2. Sustainability strengthens community
3. Competition is a driver
BEWARE!IT’S EASY TO GET LAZY
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• Challenges– Climate fatigue– ”Non believers”– Lack of expertise in organisation
• Multiple stakeholders needed
• The 2012 benchmark– 2013 and forward?
• Facilitation for those involved and invitation to those who are not
• Danger of those with least ambition to set the tone
SSMA, what now?
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• Religion?– No, it’s business.
• USP and advantage on international level
WHY?
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