Venues and Events International has launched a sustainability and technology division as part of its
commitment to driving ESG initiatives.
The move follows the 2022 launch of Venues and Events International’s EVENTsmart product,
designed to help clients plan, deliver, and measure sustainability goals for their events.
Venues and Events International believes in its responsibility to run a safe and environmentally sound
business that supports the communities it works in, and promote good governance. This responsibility sits
alongside the business’s commitment to supporting client’s ESG aims through meetings and events
delivery.
Anita Lowe, Venues and Events International CEO, said: “We have a huge passion for sustainability and
governance, underpinned by investigating innovative ways of working in our own business, and for the
events we deliver for clients. We are in the privileged position of being able to encourage our industry and
supply chain in their ESG goals by promoting new initiatives, such as our EVENTsmart product.”
As part of this new division, Venues and Events International is focusing on innovative technology.
Lowe added: “With ESG as guiding business principles, we’ve set ourselves the target of being carbon
net zero by 2030, by working smarter, day-to-day. And it’s great to see initiatives like this supporting
clients, too. In the eight months since launching EVENTsmart, many clients have adopted it to achieve
detailed reports on their carbon footprint, and offsetting. In 2022, we successfully helped one client book
over 50 per cent of their meetings into sustainable venues and this target has increased to 70 per cent for 2023. Next on
our agenda is enhancing our support to our teams and individual employees in community work and
fundraising.”
