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Sustainability in Corporate Travel & Meetings Project ICARUS

Sustainability in Corporate Travel & Meetings Project ICARUS. The leading voice for sustainability in business travel and meetings, globally. Past. 2006 ITM Conference Green-wash Need for information Call for standards Government Funding

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Sustainability in Corporate Travel & Meetings Project ICARUS

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  1. Sustainability in Corporate Travel & MeetingsProject ICARUS The leading voice for sustainability in business travel and meetings, globally

  2. Past • 2006 ITM Conference • Green-wash • Need for information • Call for standards • Government Funding • Launch 21st March 2007

  3. How Sustainability Works in Corporate Travel Stakeholder Support Health and Wellbeing Human and Labour Rights Safety and Security Climate change Resource Management Environmental Protection Biodiversity Demand Management Operations Resources Risk

  4. What does Project ICARUS do? • Provides guidance to those wishing to act, and influence over those who feel they don't need to act!!! • Key components: • Provide a forum for sharing and driving global best practice, policies, tools and innovation in sustainability • Inform, educate, and advise about the importance of the social, environment and economic aspects of sustainability • Continually develop the definitive source of toolkits, information, network and events • Recognize global/regional organizations and individuals who excel in this field via buyer & supplier medals and awards

  5. Project ICARUS CHARTER • Economic • Create a positive outlook that’s good for business • Create a positive financial return • Encourage ethical behaviour • Environment • 4. Educate on the risks and opportunities of climate change • 5. Think wider than just carbon emissions • Encourage measurement, targeting and demand management • Social • Improve corporate risk management and compliance • Recognize that employees are key stakeholders • Improve risk management, philanthropy and community support in order to benefit companies and stakeholders • Encourage learning and recognize success and best practice

  6. Project ICARUS Organization Structure

  7. Recognition and Awards • Created to recognize professionals who are committed to making sustainability a core function within their organization and are leading the way by actions to deliver best in class sustainability programs • Why? • To encourage commitment and continued development of sustainability programs on a personal level • To support sustainability at a corporate level by developing and implementing industry best practice • To recognise people and organisations that are demonstrating success and delivering best in class and outstanding travel programs

  8. Gold Medal Program - Buyers and Suppliers • 2 levels: • Commitment: • Organizations can make a public statement of commitment to start to implement a sustainable business travel and meetings program and to move towards gaining a Project ICARUS Gold Medal • Gold Medal: • Given on provision of evidence of industry leadership and actions, as well as commitment to stakeholders • Assessment Criteria • Regional and global submissions are undertaken through a set application format and each entry will need to be supported by evidence to support each claim

  9. Gold Medal Recognition Programme • Gold Medal: • Committed:

  10. Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards • The Project ICARUS Global Advisory Board will recognize travel buyers and suppliers who can provide evidence of: • best in class delivery of the key principles of sustainability in travel and meetings programs • and/or • outstanding contribution to furthering the goals of sustainability in travel and meetings programs • ‘Outstanding Achievement Awards’ will be made annually on a regional basis to recognise leading travel buyers who have made a special contribution during the year • In addition: there will be ‘Global ‘Outstanding Achievement Awards’ announced at the GBTA Annual Convention

  11. Project ICARUS – Going forward • Global Solutions – Local Commitment • Creating a new Project ICARUS website within the GBTA Foundation site • Building a network of sustainability practitioners and experts • New toolkits, Benchmarking tools, Research and Reports • ICARUS zone at 2012 GBTA International and GBTA Europe Conventions • Sustainability to be built into Academy leadership programs • Program of on-line webinars • Access to global information

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