LAS VEGAS
Caesars Entertainment has received the 2012 Silver IMEX Green Supplier Award for its commitment to environmental sustainability. The award was presented recently at the IMEX 10th Annual Gala Dinner held at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Germany.
Developed by IMEX and the Green Meetings Industry Council (GMIC), the Green Supplier Award recognizes environmental excellence and innovation within the meetings industry, and represents the highest accolade for environmental responsibility among meeting suppliers.
Caesars Entertainment’s employee-driven grass roots strategy, CodeGreen, seeks to make positive environmental and social impacts while reducing water, energy and waste consumption at each of its more than 50 properties worldwide. Caesars enables its efforts through its 70,000 employees, with many incremental actions incorporated into the company’s daily business practices and employee roles. These initiatives range from Power Down campaigns and shut down procedures in the company’s hundreds of food outlets and convention space, in-room temperature and lighting programs, and implementing a “water upon request” service program.
Additionally Caesars has expanded its educational reach through the industry-first CodeGreen Meetings & Events Certification program. To-date, more than 200 of the company’s meeting sales and services managers have completed the course and can assist meeting planners in making their programs more sustainable.
