Tuesday, November 19 - MPIGNY Education Recap: "Sustainable Events"

Participants working through exercise designed to inspire new thinking about
building sustainable events in the short and long term.

 

Sustainable Events: How to Prioritize Environmental & Societal Benefits for Your Next Event

A capacity crowd of meeting professionals gathered on Nov. 19 at Convene at 810 7th Avenue for MPIGNY’s third education session of the year. There they heard Yalmaz Siddiqui share exciting industry best practices in creating sustainable meetings and MGM’s industry-leading approach to managing food waste to ensure its greatest value.

In a participant-driven exercise, meeting pros used an ingenious deck to stimulate thoughtful and practical conversation about bringing these concepts from the speaker’s platform into the real world of their events.

All planners received a copy of the deck, which can be accessed along with key takeaways in this short overview document here: MPIGNY Education Takeaways

Check out photos from the event here: November MPIGNY Education Photos

And this was the reaction in the room …

“Yalmaz Siddiqui, MGM’s VP, corporate sustainability, was inspiring and brilliant, talking about food waste, sustainability in the meetings industry. He made us realize that we are change-makers in our positions, and we owe it to the world and our conscience to propose at least one sustainable call to action each time we plan a meeting. Something as simple as completely eliminating plastic bottles at events and maybe even going one step further and awarding business to companies that are LEED-certified and green. Let’s not forget our role and impact.”

Daniele Menache
Managing Director, VP Global Head of Events & Sponsorships
AllianceBernstein

“Overall, the education session was excellent in my view from the guest presenter and the engagement working within our groups. The topic of sustainability is so important and front of mind right now, so to hear from someone with so much knowledge was appreciated. I loved the takeaway card deck (Sustainable Event Ideas). Great conversation piece and an excellent tool for me to use in planning my next meeting.”

Jennifer Rondinelli, CMP
Director, Education Operations
M·A·C Cosmetics