Venues and Events International have launched a Sustainability and Technology Division as part of its commitment to driving ESG initiatives.
The move follows the launch of Venues and Events International’s EVENTsmart product, designed to help clients plan, deliver, and measure sustainability goals for their events.
Anita Lowe, CEO, Venues and Events International, 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”. Having recently relaunched its booking portal with the enhanced Instant Book feature, the agency is working with clients on further enhancements to ensure client efficiencies and cost savings.
Lowe added: “With ESG as guiding business principles, we’ve set ourselves the target of reaching Net Zero by 2030, by working smarter, day-to-day.
“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% of their meetings into sustainable venues and this target has increased to 70% for 2023. Next on our agenda is enhancing our support to our teams and individual employees in community work and fundraising.”
