PORTLAND, OR
The Green Meeting Industry Council is rolling out a wide-ranging professional education roadmap that puts practical resources behind the drive for green meeting standards.
The announcement comes just a week after the official publication of eight new standards[1] for sustainable meetings, released after years of development by the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and ASTM International.
The new roadmap calls for the association to develop and deliver nearly two dozen new training modules by July 2014, each addressing a key aspect of sustainable meetings practice at one of three levels of expertise: explorer, practitioner and leader.
The roadmap covers three key content areas: sustainability and industry standards, operations and examples, and innovations and next practices.
"This is our moment," said GMIC President Paul Salinger, vice president of marketing at Oracle Corporation. "Corporations and associations have been asking for a recognized standard to help define what makes a meeting more sustainable. Meeting professional, facilities, and destinations have been looking for the training and education to put those principles into practice. Now, APEX/ASTM is a reality, and GMIC is ready to deliver."
