Sustainable Planning – Policies & Procedures

Policies and Procedures

Sustainable Planning – Don’ts and Dos –
Look to the Standards On: Policies and Procedures


Don’t convene a green team for each event!  If your sustainability checklist has this, run the other way!  Planners don’t need the extra work of managing a committee to plan a sustainable event. This is not required by the standards.

Do comply with planner requirements of APEX/ASTM standards! Start by reading the planner requirements near the beginning of each of the 9 standards that can be accessed at www.conventionindustry.org/StandardsPractices/APEXASTM/GettingAPEXASTM.aspx. If you read the standards, you’ll know what is expected, so you can build or buy a set of policies and procedures to meet the requirements.  

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