Sustainability at Seatrade Cruise Global
Sustainability is increasingly important to our attendees and exhibitors, as well as to our market as a whole. Running an event with such an international audience gives us ample opportunity to improve our impacts environmentally, socially and economically in Miami.
We are committed to making Seatrade Cruise Global as sustainable as possible. This extends to helping improve the sustainability of all the sectors the cruise industry touches through connecting people with the networks and knowledge they need to solve their biggest challenges.
Our Three Aims
We believe a sustainable event focuses on three key aims:
Economic
We help our markets through inspiring sustainable development.
We focus on:
- Using our content to support the
sustainability of the cruise market - Inspiring sustainable efforts from our suppliers, exhibitors and stakeholders
- Developing market-relevant partnerships
Environmental
We run our events in an increasingly environmentally responsible matter.
We focus on:
- Reducing our event’s carbon emissions
- Creating less waste
- Considering sustainability credentials of the
items sourced for the event
Social
We consider how we run our events in a socially responsible manner.
We focus on:
- Doing business safely and ethically
- Considering wellbeing and accessibility
- Creating a positive impact in Miami
- Measuring our impacts
How this manifests:
- Increasing our sustainability-related conference and free show floor theater educational content
- Offering pre-show/onsite interviews with new exhibitors to increase exposure and market literacy for those entering the industry
- Our Professional Women in Cruise luncheon in partnership with WISTA (Women's International Shipping and Trading Association)
- Our partnership with Mercy Ships
- Our partnership with PangeaSeed
How this manifests:
- All Seatrade Cruise Events are powered by 100% renewable electricity
- Seatrade Cruise Review will be carbon neutral by the end of 2022
- Onsite printed event materials have been cut by 80% and anything remaining is printed on 100% recycled FSC paper
- Staff travel is carbon neutral
How this manifests:
- Wheelchair-friendly venue with reserved seating for disabled attendees in conference
- Room 243 onsite is reserved for nursing mothers.
- Accessibility features highlighted on all floorplans and maps
- Any/All leftover food from Seatrade Cruise Global is donated to local charities
- Any/All remaining materials schools can use are donated to the Education Fun Miami, which distributes the materials among local schools.
Our Partnership With Mercy Ships
We are proud of our continued partnership with Mercy Ships as Seatrade Cruise Global's official non-profit/charitable partner. Mercy Ships is an international charity currently operating the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world, providing humanitarian aid including free healthcare, community development projects, community health education, mental health programs, agriculture projects, and palliative care for terminally ill patients. Mercy Ships has operated in more than 57 under-resourced nations and 18 developed nations around the world, with a current focus on the countries of Africa.
To read more about their work, visit their website.
Our Partnership With PangeaSeed
We are proud of our new partnership with Pangeaseed as Seatrade Cruise Global's official sustainability partner. Pangeaseed is an internationally engaged nonprofit organization acting at the intersection of culture and environmentalism to further the conservation of our oceans. Their mission is to empower individuals and communities to create meaningful environmental change for oceans through science, education, and ARTivism (S.E.A.). Examples include creating large-scale public murals; supporting young, emerging artists to create environmental art; and teaming up with biologists to research endangered scalloped hammerhead sharks.
To learn more, visit their website.
Sustainability at Informa Markets
Our events are part of Informa Markets and the Informa Group. Sustainability at Informa focuses on the long term impacts we have on our customers, colleagues, the communities we work in and the environment.
Many of our stakeholders are clearly telling us that sustainability (social, economic and environmental) is something that is no longer a nice-to-have but a necessary part of any event. We want to make sure we’re meeting those expectations and we believe that being sustainable is the right thing to do.
We also recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognizing that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve. This is an ongoing process for us and we’re looking for ideas of how we can improve.
To find out more, visit our website which includes our latest sustainability reports.
Informa and its events have received numerous awards and recognition including:
Contact and Share Your Story
Would you like to work with us on the sustainability of our event? Would you like to share your own story and efforts? Contact the event team or reach out to Informa’s sustainability team for more information: [email protected]