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COP15 - Climate Conference Stakeholders to launch Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol
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March 2010
Inspired by the imminent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15), in Copenhagen on 7-18 Dec. 2010, six key stakeholder organisations in Denmark have created “The Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol”.
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With a common vision for a more sustainable, responsible and ethical global marketplace, six Danish partners have joined forces to capture, share and improve on their learnings and experiences in preparing Copenhagen for COP15. The objective is two-fold: • Contribute to accelerating the transformation of the global meetings industry through sustainability • To further enhance Copenhagen and Denmark’s position as a prime host destination for sustainable meetings This initiative has been championed by leaders from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, VisitDenmark, the National tourism and meetings organisation, the City of Copenhagen, Wonderful Copenhagen Convention & Visitors bureau, leading pharmaceutical corporation Novo Nordisk, and professional conference organiser and sustainability consultants MCI Group.
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 The Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol will be a flexible umbrella framework that can be used to organize large, complex, multi stakeholder meetings in a sustainable way. It integrates local and international sustainability initiatives, standards, systems and certification programs and is a guide for good leadership and active engagement of key stakeholders in large meetings. It identifies innovative and synergetic strategies that catalyze sustainable development - for the benefit of the meeting organizers, delegates and host communities. This consortium recognizes that COP15 represents a unique opportunity to show that the biggest, most prestigious events can be organized in a sustainable way. It is the project partners hope, that the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol will serve as reference to spark sustainable development internationally. The protocol is scheduled for publishing on " World Earth Day", 22 April 2010. |
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Other partners
Lotte Kærgaard: City of Copenhagen, lokjae@tmf.kk.dk, tel. +45 3366 5982 Signe Gaarde: City of Copenhagen, sig@okf.kk.dk, tel. +45 3366 2283 Lise-Lotte Skovdal: Wonderful Copenhagen, lls@woco.dk, tel. +45 3355 7424 Lotte Wagner: MCI Copenhagen, lotte.wagner@mci-group.com, tel. +45 7022 2130 Heather Palen, Novo Nordisk, hpal@novonordisk.com, tel. +45 4444 8888
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