Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Earns Silver Green Globe Certification

The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre has become one of the first venues in the world to earn the prestigious Green Globe Silver Certification, an achievement that recognises its environmental leadership in the business events sector.

The international certification follows a rigorous audit of the centre’s environmental programs, assessing its overall sustainability policy as well as its compliance measures and performance.

Centre Chief Executive Ton van Amerongen said he was extremely proud of the centre’s new silver certification, which comes only two years after it became the first venue in Australia and one of the first in the world to achieve the initial Green Globe benchmark status.

“Over the last six years we have increased our recycling volumes by 184% a year and last year we recycled almost 50% of our exhibition waste stream. In addition, we led the market in such initiatives as our Green Event Ideas planning brochure, launched for clients in late 2007,” he said. “To have our efforts acknowledged with Silver Certification - the highest level of the Green Globe program - is a fantastic result.”

Recently the centre signed up for the 18-month New South Wales Government Sustainability Advantage Program in order to identify new measures that will help the venue and its clients work toward a better environment.

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