Sustainability.
Our commitment to sustainability.
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Sustainability at ASIAWATER.
We are committed to ASIAWATER Expo & Forum having a positive impact on people and planet. We want to play a key role in helping the region’s water and wastewater service industry in working together to improve its own sustainability by connecting people with the networks and knowledge they need to help solve the big challenges of the future. Learn more below on our 3 sustainability focus area.
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Three of our
sustainability aims
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Embed sustainability into our brand by 2025 to inspire our sector to be more sustainable, promoting the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
We have been committed in inspiring sustainability, especially for the water and wastewater service industry that we serve, by promoting sustainability in all aspect of our event. Here are some of our efforts in driving sustainability-related content:
- Providing platforms for our exhibitors to showcase all the latest technology and solutions relating to sustainability for the water and wastewater industry.
- Bringing together industry thought leaders and experts to discuss on matters related to achieving sustainability in the water and wastewater industry through our conferences, technology seminars, and workshops.
- Integrating sustainability into our marketing content, promoting sustainability for both the water industry as well as in the trade events industry.
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Become carbon neutral, halve our waste, and save customers more carbon than we emit by 2025 as a steppingstone to being zero waste and net zero carbon by 2030 or earlier.
ASIAWATER is all about running our trade event in an increasingly environmentally responsible manner. These are the steps we have taken in ensuring that we run an environmentally responsible trade event to achieve our sustainable goals:
- Ensuring the carpet, signage, lanyards, woven bags, papers and other stationaries used at the event are made from recycled materials and it is recycled or reused at the end of the event.
- Carefully design our exhibition and conference areas to minimise waste.
- Minimising printable materials and substituting them with electronic/downloadable versions.
- Reducing local traffic congestion by promoting official hotels located near the event venue.
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Contribute value of at least 1% of profit before tax to community groups by 2025, champion diversity and inclusion and create value for our host cities
Aside from inspiring and operating sustainably, we are passionate towards championing organisations and activities related to environmental sustainability. Here are some of our efforts in contributing back to the community in the name of sustainability:
- Organising industrial site visits to water treatment plants faced with environmental and sustainability challenges, connecting them with technology and solutions providers specialised in sustainability.
- Working closely with our stakeholders and partners to organise or our annual river cleaning programme.
- Contributing manpower as well as financial support to organisations in support of their environmental activities.
Faster Forward.
ASIAWATER is part of Informa Markets and the Informa Group. Sustainability at Informa focuses on the long term impacts we have on customers, colleagues, the communities we work in and the environment. For this reason, Informa developed the FasterForward approach to sustainable business.
Informa’s aim is to become an ever more sustainable, positive impact business. Through the FasterForward programme, we are embedding sustainability into everything we do and seizing opportunities from helping our customers and markets do the same.
FasterForward is a structured three-part programme with ambitious commitments and a wide range of activities, covering Informa’s business operations, our brands and products and our broader community impact. To find more about our approach, follow this link.
When it comes to sustainability, we’re moving FasterForward.
Informa plc is ranked #1 in the media sector globally in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indices 2022. Read more here.
ASIAWATER Expo & Forum is now powered by renewable electricity, helping us in our journey to Net Zero.
Help improve the sustainability of ASIAWATER.
Visitor sustainability checklist.
As a visitor to our event you can contribute to our sustainability effort by taking these measures below:
- Consider how you'll get to the event and if you can avoid air travel or take lower carbon transport.
- Bring a refillable bottle to save plastic.
- Recycle your waste onsite and in your hotel where possible.
- Recycle your waste onsite and in your hotel where possible.
- Only take the give-aways or brochures you need and will use, consider if there are digital alternatives.
- Consider the environmental credentials of the hotel when deciding where to stay.
Exhibitor sustainability checklist.
As an exhibitor of our event you can contribute to our sustainability effort by taking these measures below:
- Ensure your stand is designed so that its structure will be used again by either yourself or by your contractors.
- For your travel and transport, choose the most sustainable option possible for your journey to and from the event. Consolidate your shipments and use logistic companies that have sustainability credentials.
- When purchasing promotional items, consider the amount you order, the environmental credentials of the materials they are made from, as well as whether they are useful giveaways that will be used long after the event is over.
- Help to support the sustainability of the local area by using local suppliers and considering the sustainability credentials of the hotels you book.
- Inspire the sustainable development of your industry by promoting your company’s and your products’ sustainability credentials.
- Select energy efficient, LED lighting and other equipment for your stand and be sure to power down your equipment at the end of the day.
- Reduce paper handouts by going digital and source recycled, sustainably certified paper options where printing is needed. E.g., FSC or recycled paper.
- Ensure you and your contractor are aware of and compliant with all health, safety, and security requirements.
- Think about what waste your stand will create and try to minimize it as much as possible. For the unavoidable waste items, try to ensure it will be recycled. Key items to consider include signage, carpeting, signal use of wood and packaging waste.
- Get involved with the numerous initiatives and conversations throughout the event which aim to help facilitate and inspire the sustainable development of your industry.
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