1、Finding the future,togetherTowards a more sustainable B2B trade show industry in the U.S.and CanadaSeptember 2022Assumptions and limitations of this work are outlined on page 2.References can be accessed in the digital version by moving your cursor over the superscript number.1ContentsAbout the task

2、 force 1How can we continue to create value as an industry?2Executive Summary:Why this report and why now?3Value and opportunity in the U.S.and Canadian B2B trade show industry 6The U.S.and Canadian B2B trade show industry:the stakeholder view 8Material Impacts 1:Carbon emissions from participant tr

3、ansport 102:Carbon emissions from venues 123:Carbon emissions from logistics 144:Material waste from venues 165:Waste from GSC warehouses 206:Booth materials 22Our collective view as a group 26Creating an action list for change 28Passing on the baton 30Task force members Ben Wielgus Informa Cathy Gr

4、iffith Emerald Christian Druart UFI Courtney Muller SISO Board Representative Heather Farley SISO Board Representative (joined Nov 2020)Helen Sheppard RX (joined Nov 2021)Jyoti Chopra MGM Resorts (joined 2021)Katarina Tesarova Sands Kevin Bird Shepard Mariela Mcilwraith EIC CMP,CMM Marisa Heller Fre

5、eman(joined July 2020)Melinda Kendall Freeman(left June 2020)Nalan Emre IMEX(left February 2022)Nancy Drapeau CEIR IPC Rita Ugianskis SISO Board Representative (left Nov 2020)Roger Lehner IMEX (joined February 2022)Scott Craighead IAEE CEM (left Aug 2022)Sheila LeMaster GES CMP“When it comes to sust

6、ainability,what can we achieve together that we cant achieve alone?”That was the question that convened our task force of sustainability professionals and other leaders in the global B2B events sector in 2018.This informal collaboration comprised members from across the industry value chain,particul