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Ascend Global Media Team

The Ascend Global Media Team is a group of event professionals united behind a mission to positively and irreversibly change the technology sector in terms of the representation of women and people from minority groups.

The team runs five events per year: San Francisco (May), Houston (May), Amsterdam (June), Boston (October) and London (November). The USA events are all conferences and attract 1,000 attendees, 20 sponsors. The European shows host over 4,500 attendees and 100 exhibitors and sponsors.

The events include masterclasses, workshops and talks from inspirational speakers that connect women throughout the global tech ecosystem with one another. Speakers included C-suite executives from the BBC, Natwest, IBM, and other major companies worldwide.

 

CloserStill Media – Human Healthcare Portfolio

2022 was a significant year for CloserStill Media Healthcare division.

The portfolio consists of 20+ events, including primary and secondary care shows, dentistry and pharmacy events, therapy and residential care shows, and much more.

The NHS are the prime audience for these events, but the sector was hugely impacted by the pandemic. Pressures such as backlog of surgeries and appointments, impact on workforce, industrial action by NHS staff, and budget restrictions, all contributed to the many challenges the team faced when attracting key delegates to their events.

Additionally, CloserStill faced their own staffing issues, following huge employee losses as a result of pandemic.

Despite the challenges, CSM Healthcare Portfolio successfully delivered 22 events, including four new launches. The portfolio welcomed 850 exhibitors and 58k unique delegates. Furthermore, the team managed to deliver an average audience growth of 39%, and average 44% growth in show size.

A clear vision, strategy and plan of action were imperative in achieving the ambitious goals, but none of the results would have been possible without the sheer grit, determination and seamless collaboration of the CSM Healthcare teams, which is why they deserve to win the Best Event Team Award.

 

CTL Communications – Producer & Studio Team

CTL Communications is an award-winning agency delivering solutions to create impact and memories of a lifetime. We have a stellar, ever-growing team, but it’s not just who we are that makes us successful, it’s the culture and how we do it that makes the difference.

We spend time to understand our client’s audience and develop experiences based on real customer insights. We use our human instinct to develop emotional connections, creating magical moments at every touchpoint. Integrated with our producer teams are the creative experts in our studio, delivering everything from design and video to digital and production. Individually we’re excellent at what we do. Together we bring a powerhouse of skills and experience to the mix.

Our extended global team work on several hundred projects a year with special focus in pharma/healthcare. Our events cut through in a complex and busy world of multiple media and messages.

At CTL, we combine big agency ideas with small agency speed and client service. Last year, we won 13 awards in international competitions, set a Guinness World Record, and – through our work on global public health events – had a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

 

edie, edie 23

“The edie team were simply amazing at facilitating an exchange of ideas around sustainability that will echo for months and ultimately will make a positive difference – bravo.” Jason Danciger, Managing Director, Hana Group

This is the story of how a small-but-mighty team came together – for the first time – to transform a dwindling sustainability conference into a truly industry-leading, mission-driven experience; edie’s most successful event by every metric, and one which has tangibly made a real difference to the world.

Inspired by Netflix’s “radical candour” culture of open feedback, the new team was aligned around a common goal. We ditched egos, shared new ideas to meet the goals, and openly challenged each other – some of the most effective sales tactics came from the producer, some of the most innovative content formats came from editorial.

Everything changed within 6 months: Name, ticketing, content formats, features and partnerships. But our proudest team creation was our Mission Statement which set public commitments across D&I, greenwashing and action-oriented content.

We’re proud to have achieved record-breaking growth in revenue and a NPS of +48, with 93% of delegates stating it will have a positive impact on their sustainability strategy.

 

Incisive Media – Event Operations Team

10 talented, diverse individuals create Incisive Media’s Event Operations team. With a varied portfolio of events, market knowledge and a combined 32 years’ experience in the industry, each individual offers expertise and enthusiasm to our portfolio of events. Working across 6 brands in the financial services and technology markets, in one brand alone, we create experiences for almost 1000 delegates per year. The team are highly proficient, multi-taskers who are adept at juggling a variety of events simultaneously.

 

Incisive Media – Group Events Team

A tour de force performance from a committed and enthusiastic team who excel in solving challenges, working together effectively and delivering a top-notch schedule of events for their sponsors and guests. The secret of their success? People, people, people. The events team is made up of smart, enthusiastic professionals who share an entrepreneurial spirit and innovative culture.

 

The Assembly – CrimeCon UK

CrimeCon UK, established in 2021, is the leading true crime event in the UK for enthusiasts within the genre and industry professionals alike. It brings this riveting and rapidly expanding genre of entertainment to life in an immersive, engaging, and accessible convention. Over one weekend, more than 70 hours of true crime content is shared and features over 100 true crime contributors and experts. Documentary makers, experts, podcasters and law enforcement professionals have the opportunity to meet with true crime enthusiasts and share real life stories from survivors and victims’ families. The CrimeCon UK event team have come to expect the unexpected, but nothing could prepare them for CrimeCon UK 2022, when a fire at the venue halfway through the conference threw the schedule out of the window. From taking to the streets of London to organise our 800 guests to finding alternative venues and hosting a VIP dinner by torchlight – it was thanks to the incredible events team that the event was, regardless of the challenges, a roaring success. It was really an event organisers worst nightmare come true, but with agility, incredible partnerships and with creative thinking – every single attendee stayed for and enjoyed the journey.

 

World Hydrogen Leaders – Operations Team

The Operations Team for World Hydrogen Leaders organise and run a weekly digital training course or multi speaker online conference and 9 major networking congresses across Europe, Middle East, North and South America. The company has built a reputation for high end, premium events with lots of networking functions and dinners.

The team successfully ran all the events, all achieved or over achieved their targets, all were run to our internal cost targets and all achieved very strong customer feedback.

 

 

CTL Communications, An Iconic Launch

We were invited to deliver a launch event for the first treatment for an ultra-rare disease. Our mission was to deliver a 2-day live event to both in-person and virtual attendees, creating a truly memorable experience.

An iconic location goes hand-in-hand with an iconic event. Iceland, a country renowned for tectonic plates, energy and beauty, was selected as the host country. It served as the perfect representation of the brand – a force of nature providing hope for patients with a power beyond anything they had ever imagined.

But from cancelled site visit flights due to a sudden snowstorm, an earthquake forcing the team to halt the rigging of AV equipment within a lava tunnel, GPS magnetic fields wreaking havoc with kit, power surges shutting down multiple media servers, flooding and multiple electric shocks for the crew, there were numerous challenges to event delivery.

Trailblazers served as the creative thread, bringing to life this ground-breaking product as a celebration of new hope, and a unique tie-in for the brand teams leading the way to forging a flare-free future for patients. Emotive sessions, an immersive patient experience, a drone show and more, delivered an impactful launch event.

 

edie, edie 23

“’Inspirational’ doesn’t seem to do this event justice. I’ve never seen so much passion for climate and nature leadership in one place. edie 23 was the beginning of something big; a coming together of people with both power and passion to change the future of planetary health through the way we do business.”

This is the story of a transformation of a flatlining sustainability conference into a truly industry-leading, mission-driven climate action event; edie’s most successful event by every metric, and one which has made a real difference to the world.

With ambitious growth goals, we levelled up everything: a new name and strapline; new ticketing structure; new content streams; new session formats; new interactive features; new industry partnerships forged; a new event app launched; QR Coded content incorporated; and new pre- and post-event content packs developed.

The most important development was our Mission Statement, setting out commitments across D&I, greenwashing and action-oriented content, including a minimum of 50% women 20% people of colour on stage, and strictly no greenwashing.

After a monumental team effort, we’re proud to have achieved a NPS of +48, with 93% of delegates stating edie 23 will have a positive impact on their sustainability strategy.

 

emap Publishing, Student Nursing Times Awards 2022

Student Nursing Times Awards is the biggest celebration of learners and educators in nursing and midwifery. 2022’s event was record-breaking in its engagement with audience and delivered many innovations in entry process, format, sustainability, marketing of the event, and the after-party. Achieving a 71% increase in revenue year on year and 900 people in the room representing a 32% increase versus budget, the team worked year-round to help the event bounce back from the pandemic. With an 80% reduction in printed materials, low-carbon-impact menus and ISO-accredited suppliers the event’s carbon footprint was dramatically reduced. 43% of attendees engaged with the mobile app, over 100 judges participated in the process, and an NPS score of +72 was returned by over 170 surveyed attendees. Responding to critical feedback from stakeholders in 2021, the event format introduced comedy breaks in the ceremony, a brand-new thrust staging layout, a themed and longer after party, shorter headline speeches, an increased focus on wellbeing and mental health, a celebrity voiceover, mid-dinner tableside broadcast-style interviews, voiceover descriptions of winning entries, and a comedy sketch introduction. The event was a huge success, exceeding expectations from even the most optimistic stakeholders, reflected in even better 2023 results so far.

 

emap Publishing, New Civil Engineer 50th anniversary

New Civil Engineer (NCE) is the official membership magazine of the Institution of Civil Engineers, which goes out to 50,000 people around the world, and it was celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022. It would have been easy to just do a supplement, but the team put on an outstanding event that brought all of that work to life and stimulated real engagement with NCE’s audience.

The event was lauded by both guests and sponsor and the imaginative displays that visually demonstrated NCE’s role in the industry over the last 50 years played a critical role at everyone of NCE’s events in 2022.

Not only was the event a success in terms of market satisfaction – and that wasn’t just down to the cupcakes – it was a huge financial success for the brand too.

 

Procurement Leaders, World Procurement Congress 2022

The World Procurement Congress remains the must-attend event for procurement leadership teams, providing inspiration and benchmarking through deep dive content, challenging discussion and social interaction.

With board expectations of procurement at an all-time high, WPC 2022 set out to explore how the function can further push the boundaries of influence and business impact, by helping delegates challenge the status quo.

The event caters to all levels of the procurement team with CPO specific content and networking tracks to ensure high quality discussion and relevant connections.

To give delegates an unforgettable experience we delivered experiential networking and brought rock and roll energy to the keynote stage with pyrotechnics and dynamic sting videos.

The event remained committed to inclusivity with all-female opening and closing keynotes in a traditionally male dominated industry.

 

Solar Media, Energy Storage Summit

Solar Media is delighted with the extraordinary growth in our Energy Storage Summit this year, representing a real step change in delivery for us as a company and our sector. It has been impressive to see the impact the team has made in preserving the quality of the event through considered and in-depth speaker engagement and extremely diligent client prospecting and relations.

The event’s considered planning and multiple satellite functions also contributed to serve the attendee experience, and we’re extremely happy to see robust growth, positive customer feedback and rebooking for 2024.

The impact this event has on the wider business is significant and serves as a blueprint for delivering high-quality large-scale conferences that we seek to replicate globally.

 

Wonder, Google Marketing Live

In the event of your submission being shortlisted we will publish a 200 word summary of your submission on our website and a photo of the event.

Google Marketing Live EMEA was the chance for Google to rethink and reframe hybrid events, encompassing a people-first philosophy – to engage, inform and entertain in a way that met and exceeded its audiences’ evolved expectations.

Wonder applied its philosophy of ‘whole-self design’, creating product experiences that encouraged exploration, networking moments that fostered togetherness and stimulating conversation that delivered longtail value.

A return to live through a refreshed outlook that helped build relationships, product understanding and future pipeline – all whilst hitting Google sustainability goals – GML EMEA 2022 represented the new benchmark for people-first business experiences.

 

Ascend Global Media, Women of Silicon Roundabout

Ascend Global Media’s flagship event, Women of Silicon Roundabout in London, has become the cornerstone of the global gender diversity movement in tech.

The theme for the 2022 Women of Silicon Roundabout event was Resilience: how women can stand tall in the face of the obstacles that still exist in the tech world – and overcome them. The keynote topics included the power of storytelling, the importance of authenticity, and how to go about building a personal brand.

The event included masterclasses, workshops and talks from inspirational speakers that connect women throughout the global tech ecosystem with one another. Speakers included C-suite executives from the BBC, Natwest, IBM, and other major companies worldwide.

The heart of the event was community building: developing a tight-knit network of women in technology who can help each other, as well as the girls and young women entering tech, to chart a bold career course and achieve their goals, whatever they might be.

 

BeSure Events, WellFest

The NHS trust wanted to recognise the incredible efforts that had gone into caring for patients over the pandemic and beyond, by creating something that would put their people at the centre. The original idea was based around an online single event, but slowly developed into to an all singing, all dancing three-day wellbeing and inclusion summer festival, WellFest.

The main aim of WellFest was to help improve and support the NHS colleagues’ social, physical, and mental wellbeing. Keeping that in mind, three different areas were created to ensure staff were provided with an all-rounded experience and able to relax, recharge and reconnect.

Over the three live days, 1500 colleagues from the 5 Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS trusts attended the festival, participating in 26 different activities options and attending talks from 12 different speakers. WellFest was the first of its kind but hopes to not be the last and leaves a legacy for all other NHS trusts to offer a platform to relax, recharge and reconnect with their colleagues and most importantly themselves.

 

emap Publishing, Construction News Awards 2022

Construction News (CN) is the UK’s leading publication for contractors/clients in the sector. Its annual awards have run for 27 years recognising the best in the industry. In 2022 the event broke its own records with regards to attendee engagement in entries, table sales, and the live-event. Thanks to innovations in format, sustainability, marketing and the overall event experience the Awards was financially successful beating optimistic targets and completed its effective bounce-back from the pandemic in style, attracting over 1250 attendees and a 44% increase in revenue year-on-year. Featuring a light show, LED blackout dancers, celebrity voiceover, rock-themed afterparty and celebrity host/comedian, the event’s attendee experience was improved and trended on Twitter. Improvement in marketing strategy reached 2.3m impressions with over 50% of web visits coming from direct and organic search. Successful entries were used as case studies in editorial and event content post-event, and attendees given the opportunity to find out more about each winner via our dedicated mobile app. A partnership with industry charity CRASH raised over £17k. NPS score was +33 from 72 responses and the event’s success in 2022 is already resulting in impressive 2023 sustained growth.

 

emap Publishing, Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2022

 The NT Workforce Summit & Awards addresses one of the biggest threats to the nursing profession, it’s workforce.  Thousands of nurses are quitting in their early careers or before retirement, leaving huge staff shortages.

This event is designed to help nursing professionals find solutions to workforce issues by bringing strong speakers, their experience and case studies to the masses via our free virtual event and in the paid for physical Summit and Awards taking place one week later, with the latter celebrating nurses and organisations that have made a positive impact in the nursing workforce.

The physical summit was dedicated to multiple round tables sessions, as well as securing expert moderators, our sponsors were also given the opportunity to host and ‘talk with’ their target market in a more intimate space.

The 2022 NT workforce event was our most successful event to date with revenue up 24% against budget and up 21% YoY.  Online attracted 1052 registrations with our physical summit reaching 300 delegates and the awards becoming our largest celebration ever, with 755 attendees (up 150% YoY).

Finally, our NPS scores were strong with the online conference at +67 and the physical event plus Awards, +48

 

Hyve Group, Africa Oil Week

Africa Oil Week puts Africa at the heart of everything we do.

Following a 3 year gap and following the covid dust settling, the AOW organisers set about returning to Africa, embracing the global energy transition and growing the event to pre-pandemic levels.

 

The Assembly, CrimeCon UK

CrimeCon UK, established in 2021, is the leading true crime event in the UK for enthusiasts within the genre and industry professionals alike. It brings this riveting and rapidly expanding genre of entertainment to life in an immersive, engaging, and accessible convention.

Over one weekend, more than 70 hours of true crime content is shared and features over 100 true crime contributors and experts. Documentary makers, experts, podcasters and law enforcement professionals have the opportunity to meet with true crime enthusiasts and share real life stories from survivors and victims’ families.

Additionally, CrimeCon UK offers immersive experiences including the opportunity to step into the role of a Crime Scene Investigator, to meet some of the most talented police dogs in the business as well as to meet and greet emerging and established experts, our live podcast studio and access to V.I.P events.

CrimeCon UK engages with the true crime community all year round, with events & activations including our online book-club, in collaboration with Crime Monthly magazine, live speaker Q&A’s and ‘CrimeConversations’ the events very own podcast series. This builds a platform for future events and creates a ready-made audience of engaged enthusiasts, all looking to celebrate the genre.

 

1LoD

Following well published instances of misconduct within the financial services industry including LIBOR and mis-selling scandals, 1LoD was founded in 2017 by two financial services industry experts, Paul Hodge and John Baskott, on a mission to address cultural failings within the industry. Their goal was to restore the integrity of the industry by connecting risk and control practitioners through the highest quality events and information. During a period which has seen immense increase in non-financial risk spending, 1LoD has become the leading events company in the field attracting senior leaders from all major institutions globally. Designed by practitioners for practitioners, 1LoD has facilitated debate on best practice between thought leaders including regulators, financial services professionals and FinTech firms globally, helping to shape the future of the industry. 1LoD is synonymous with industry best practice and has firmly established itself as the “go to” event provider for industry professionals.

 

Audience

At Audience, we’re not afraid of growth, we embrace it. Our standout projects include showcasing Virgin Media (VM) as the industry leaders in broadband speed services in a world-record breaking event, delivering a world-first OOH 4D billboard experience with VM and enhancing innovation in the Deloitte Shared Services Conference (SSC) for our fourth returning year.

By championing what matters most, our people, we’ve secured a 99.6% retention rate and headcount increase of 33%. With a happy workforce, we’ve seen incredible adoption of our bespoke innovation model (designed in 2022), our new processes and software that encourage unique yet grounded design.

Going forward, we’ll maintain the momentum, aiming to continue soaring above and beyond the industry norm. We’ve implemented a stable growth plan that future-proofs our evolving inclusive community through well-being allowances, paid team volunteering days to a charity of their choice and investing in more unique training and development.

 

CTL Communications

CTL Communications is an award-winning agency delivering solutions to create impact and memories of a lifetime. We have a stellar, ever-growing team, but it’s not just who we are that makes us successful, it’s the culture and how we do it that makes the difference.

We spend time to understand our client’s audience and develop experiences based on real customer insights. We use our human instinct to develop emotional connections, creating magical moments at every touchpoint. Integrated with our producer teams are the creative experts in our studio, delivering everything from design and video to digital and production. Individually we’re excellent at what we do. Together we bring a powerhouse of skills and experience to the mix.

Our extended global team work on several hundred projects a year with special focus in pharma/healthcare. Our events cut through in a complex and busy world of multiple media and messages.

At CTL, we combine big agency ideas with small agency speed and client service. Last year, we won 13 awards in international competitions, set a Guinness World Record, and – through our work on global public health events – had a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

 

emap Publishing

Emap Publishing Ltd is an events and subscriptions business with a vision to create long-term profitable futures for the fantastic range of B2B brands.  Hosting a whole range of events from conferences to awards, to careers fairs, meetups and festivals such as the World Architecture Festival (WAF), emap Publishing delivers over 110 events per annum. Plus bespoke event solutions such as webinars, round tables, briefings, bitesize learning products and virtual events.

Serving communities across construction, healthcare, fashion, retail, motoring, finance and food and drink to name just a few, emap Publishing’s awards and conferences are market leaders and form a significant part of today’s business, having transformed from a publishing company to a multi-platform business with branded events as it core.

 

First Event

Now 21 years old, First Event, based in Yorkshire, is taking the industry by storm. In 2021 we became employee-owned, meaning every employee is also a shareholder. Our whole 68-strong team has a stake in providing clients with the very best experiences.

In the last year, we have grown our turnover by 175%, from £8 million in 2021 to £22 million in 2022. We’ve grown our workforce by 50%, from 46 in 2021 to 68 in 2022. And we’ve grown our customer base from 42 active clients at the end of 2019 to 117 active clients at the end of 2022.

But it’s not just about the numbers. We’re investing in innovation, creating dedicated web, app and client services teams to provide a more complete service. We’ve invested in an in-house production studio, facilitating high-quality virtual and hybrid events. And we’ve put sustainability at the heart of all we do, with dedicated sustainability experts on every project team from day on and reporting the carbon footprint of every event we create.

We ’ve also developed an  in-house training platform, to ensure that every area of our agency is growing and progressing and that First Event is always future-ready.

 

Healthcare Conferences UK

Healthcare Conferences UK Ltd provides national CPD conferences and masterclasses for healthcare professionals and managers, to support development in their role and in the care they and their services provide. We are passionate about improving quality in health and social care. We look for outstanding and new practice and drive forward improvements through the sharing of good practice at our events. Our ultimate goal is that the learning from our events will improve patient care, safety and outcomes.

 

Kisaco Research

Kisaco Research works with the early adopters and leaders of niche, growth markets to drive their respective industries forward. The company was founded in 2015 and between 2021 and 2022, the workforce has grown 125% from 48 to 110 employees. In Q3 2022, our first employee engagement survey led to so many great programs that support flexible working and wellness. To name a few:

–              Hybrid and flexible working – flexi hours and relaxed Friday’s

–              Employee Assistance Program

–              Extra annual leave days for birthday’s, time off in lieu

–              Annual wellness budget and wellness calendar

Kisaco Research serve six markets – Drug Development, AI & Tech, Legal, Women’s Health, Beauty, Health & Fitness and Animal Health. Our markets sell the event to one another, so we’re letting them tell you about our outstanding success:

“What would I say to people that are not at this event? Shame on you – everybody else is!” Zoetis

“If you are thinking about attending in the future, the main thing to ask yourself is, how much can you afford not to know what other people are doing in this space and how they are looking at these problems?” Siemens

 

Public Sector Network

Public Sector Network (PSN) is a social learning platform that exists to help governments globally break down silos, collaborate, and work together for better outcomes for citizens.  Our mission is to give public sector professionals a single place to unite, share ideas, and get free, unlimited access to the latest information about critical topics transforming the government landscape.

Our government-only network allows members free access to various insightful events, including conferences and exhibitions, roadshows, intimate training courses, online webinars and hybrid events across major cities worldwide.  As a certified B Corporation, we balance purpose with profit and maintain the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability.

At PSN we believe in the power of events, so much so that we run over 250 events a year globally in person, online and in hybrid streamed formats.

Event management is the core of what we do; and something we are really, really good at!

We deliver services in 5 countries across the Globe – Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States of America and the United Kingdom with a valuable (and growing) shared services team based in the Philippines supporting the wider business.

 

BDC London – A Platform for Good

Sustainability at the BDC goes back to 1989 when the company established its charitable arm, the Morris Charitable Trust, to support those facing hardship or working to improve health, education and the quality of life in the local community in which it operates. Over the past thirty-seven years since being founded, the BDC’s activities in relation to sustainability have evolved into an integral part of its day-to-day operations, on a continued journey of serving its community, prioritising its people and delivering on commitments to improving its environmental impact.

Last year the BDC passed twelve years as a carbon neutral venue, releasing its Net-Zero target of before 2030 and sharing learnings with the wider industry and external stakeholders. BDC also set out to become a B Corp, presenting to the local business improvement district, Angel.London, on the benefits of doing so, which resulted in a collaborative network of SMEs in the Borough taking on the challenge themselves.

The business has reduced its carbon footprint by 66.7% between 2018/19 and 2021/22 and is implementing the support needed for events to be able to tackle their own emissions, through measurements to benchmark, clearer communications and working on a venue specific guide.

 

IET London: Savoy Place – Ongoing Sustainability Improvement

IET London: Savoy Place is committed to sustainability and reducing its environmental impact. From 100% renewable electricity to our zero-waste policy and sustainable catering options, we strive to provide the best events not just for our clients, but for the environment too.

In 2022, we became one of only a handful of venues to secure the prestigious Greengage ECOsmart Platinum Award. The award reflects the extensive measures we have taken to fully embrace environmental sustainability. We have also achieved the Silver Investors in the Environment Accreditation, and are aiming to achieve ‘Green’ status by 2025.

The building is equipped with energy-efficient lighting, heating and cooling systems, and smart building management systems to ensure energy is used efficiently. Solar panels have been installed on the roof to generate renewable energy, and rainwater harvesting is in place to reduce water consumption. And when it comes to catering, we source sustainable and ethically produced products, and prioritise local suppliers where possible to reduce carbon footprint.

Staff are continually educated in energy-saving best practices. There’s no on-site parking, and people are encouraged to travel by public transport to events, cutting out a key source of emissions entirely.

 

Informa Group – Informa Event Sustainability ‘The Fundamentals’

Nearly 400 events in Informa now measure and improve their ESG scores through Informa’s innovative, open-sourced Fundamentals system. It works with events to improve their sustainability across 12 key areas.  That’s an improvement of nearly 400% in 4 years since launch and ongoing improvement in scores by events.

 

Lambeth Palace

The Lambeth Palace Estate is the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury and is the centre of the Archbishop’s Ministry. Lambeth Palace has a proud heritage of providing hospitality at all levels since 1397, from Archbishops setting up soup-kitchens at the Palace gates, bringing the Community together post wars and even entertaining royalty at garden parties.

Lambeth Palace has a well-established history of sustainable and environmental practice and leads venues across the United Kingdom and internationally in proving that historic venues do not have to choose between preservation of heritage and sustainability. Palace Public Occasions, the trading arm of the Church Commissioners (Charity number 1140097), was set up in 2011 as a not for profit to allow the Palace to trade commercially. We host approximately 650 events per year, and they are a mix of internal, corporate, charity and community.

Ethical and sustainable practices have always been rooted into our ethos over 900 years of existence. We are proud to be leaders for the historic building community in how we operate with sustainability at our heart. Our practices are guided by our central procurement department, our ethics department and also our onsite sustainability working group.

 

SLX – Holistic Company Sustainability and Social Value Initiative

Over the past 40 years SLX has been an established market leading technical hire business serving the Broadcast, Live Events, Theatre and B2B markets. We are proud to cultivate a supportive and caring culture for everyone who works with us, and the care we show to all our clients has allowed us to develop strong ties with a wide range of industries.

We have built a strong, deeply passionate and skilled team who constantly strive to push the boundaries of what is possible for events of all kinds. We ensure considerations for sustainability are embedded into our business operations and into our event life cycles so we are able to create sustainable solutions that meet both our, and our clients’ sustainability goals.

In May 2022, we were the first in our industry to win the inaugural TPi Green Award, the first to publish an impact report detailing our carbon footprint and commitments to the future and the second in our industry to gain B Corp accreditation, yet with the highest score.

 

Spaces at The Spine (Royal College of Physicians)

Spaces at The Spine offers world-class dynamic spaces for conferences, workshops and dining, as well as event production services to accommodate virtual and hybrid events.

The venue is housed within The Spine, the new northern home of the Royal College of Physicians in Liverpool, and it was launched in September 2021. Located in the heart of Paddington Village, Knowledge Quarter, The Spine is the healthiest building in the North West and one of the healthiest in the UK.

Sustainability is at the very core of the venue’s operation and day-to-day business, and sustainability strategies are an integral part of the venue’s design. In fact, The Spine has been designed to be one of the healthiest buildings in the world: in 2022, it achieved BREEAM Outstanding and it is on track to achieve WELL Platinum.

Its impressive internal biophilic sky garden reconnects people with nature and creates a healthier and happier environment that has been proven to reduce stress. Spaces at The Spine supports 10 concepts of the WELL Standard (Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind and Community), making it a dynamic, forward-thinking venue of the future and a beacon of excellence in Liverpool.

 

Sustainability at Hyve’s Global Natural Resources Events

Since Covid, Hyve’s Global Natural Resources Events Operations Team have put sustainability at the core of everything they do.  This has resulted in their feature areas being totally transformed with their look and feel whilst using sustainable South African pine which is fast growing and is the only mainstream construction material that can claim to be almost infinitely renewable.  The design means they can be flat packed with a lower carbon footprint in transporting and packaging.  The versality of design has also allowed elements to be mix and matched across their past three shows meaning no waste or new construction materials being used.  Other measures have seen over 10,000 sponsored water bottles not going to landfill, delegate bags created from PET giving an extra life to 147,000 plastic bottles, donations to local schools for unwanted materials, turning recycled paper into seeds and vegetables to feed 1,500 children and Sales Lounges being converted to classrooms for disadvantaged children in local Townships to name just a few!

 

The Venues Collection: Championing the industry on food and food waste

As a UK venue group, we are committed to educating and enabling our clients to make more informed choices and to make holding sustainable events as easy as possible. We were the first venue chain to introduce carbon labelling on menus so that organisers could make wise choices, and we are on track for this initiative alone to stop 60,000kg of CO2e from being created per year.

We believe that lots of small initiatives add up and that everything we do enables event organisers to run more sustainable events. The initiatives we have implemented include empowering and inspiring our chefs to get creative with food waste, launching our Meetings for Change DDR and 24hour rate, ensuring our menus contain at least 80% British ingredients, reducing red meat on our menus, focusing on plant forward meals and implementing CO2e reporting for each of our venues. Our venues have achieved the silver Green Tourism & Green Meetings accreditation and Venue Directory’s Green Accreditation.

The combination of these initiatives and more means we ‘punch above our weight’ and are leading the revolution in the conference & events world.

The Venues Collection has become the go-to in the events industry for easy, sustainable meetings.

 

Wyboston Lakes Resort – Room2Grow

The commitment of Wyboston Lakes Resort to sustainability has been widely recognised and accreditations include, Platinum from Greengage Eco-Smart, a Gold Award from Green Tourism and the IACC Gold Star.

These have been earned through a wide range of energy and waste reduction initiatives. So far, in only five months, 11,500 eco-conscious guests staying at Wyboston Lakes Resort have chosen to have a tree planted on the resort instead of having their room cleaned under Room2Grow, the resort’s new initiative offered to those staying more than one night.

Wyboston Lakes Resort published a 4-year Green Energy Roadmap as the foundation for its plan to become self-sufficient by producing its own green energy using the natural resources available at the Resort, which will help to achieve its 2040 Net Zero Carbon Emissions target. The total investment in the development is likely to be more than £5m.

Zero waste was sent to landfill since 2015 and the aim to ensure that no food waste goes off-site. All electricity used on the site is generated from renewable energy sources, saving more than 1,300 tonnes of Co2 emissions.