Creating momentum for climate action in the events industry
Carrying our weight is only a start. We have pledged to be the most responsible and sustainable event agency in the Nordics. Based on the UN’s global principles and with a clear strategy going forward, sustainability is integrated into all parts of the organisation and in everything we do. Our ambition is to lead the industry forward. We do this by constantly educating, guiding and challenging our employees, customers and partners towards a more sustainable development.
Through knowledge we can change
We can influence on many levels. How we choose to produce, transport and consume; internally and in our customers’ projects is where we can make the biggest difference for the climate and our environment. We work proactively to reduce the negative environmental and climate impact from our own operations, and we strive for a circular thinking and efficient management of energy and other resources. For this, we set follow-up and measurable goals that are continuously evaluated and revised.
Our journey towards carbon smarter events
The environmental and climate impact is always weighed against the long-term sustainable outcome when we propose means of communication, target groups, location, transport and production. Through good planning and clear checklists, transports can be reduced and circular productions can be prioritized in order to save resources and reduce the projects’ environmental impact.
CO2 Calculator for events
The CO2 calculator is to help event organizers identify the climate impacts of their events and make the right choices. The calculated values are intended to serve as guidelines and draw attention to the climate impacts of event production. The climate impacts can be influenced through choices: minimizing travel, distances, materials and energy consumption. A good atmosphere and people coming together cause no emissions at all. We offer climate compensation for all our clients with every project.
REUSE RATE for exhibition productions
Participating in exhibitions is a big investment for a company. After intensive days at the exhibition centre, energies may run low but a wealth of promising leads awaits. After a well-deserved rest, it’s time to dig into the exhibition’s results. Before that, however, the exhibition stand needs to be taken down –– and this part unfortunately has a bad reputation of adding to landfills as a manifestation of throwaway culture.
REUSE RATE
Together with our CO2 calculator the REUSES rate is guiding our operations and making responsibility a way of operating together with our customers. At LIWLIG, we know what advice to give when it comes to making an individual exhibition stand less burdensome on the environment. We are familiar with internationally approved and certified materials, and prefer the use of digital surfaces.
As an example, when planning a trade show stand, we can already take into account the next fair – and the one after that – and thus optimize the reuse of materials. The best end result is reached when sustainability is already addressed in the project brief.
Clean up, reuse, recycle & compensate and improve
We commit to leaving things better than they were before we got there. This means cleaning up after our events, distributing excess food to charity and maybe donating the unused workshop markers to the local kindergarten. The last option after everything is compensation and in the Nordics our partner is ATMOZ Consulting and our compensation is directed towards the building of solar electricity.
LIWLIG whistleblowing channel
We at LIWLIG are committed to drive our company in a long-term and sustainable manner, and conduct our business ethically and in compliance with the legislation everywhere we operate. We take seriously any suspicions about potentially illegal or unethical practices, and we encourage bringing these to our attention, whenever there are grounds for doing so.
LIWLIG’s whistleblowing channel provides an opportunity to report activities that are suspected to be unlawful or otherwise unethical, or misconduct of our company’s policies, and that can harm individuals, LIWLIG Group or the environment.
LIWLIG’s whistleblowing channel for reporting misconduct complements the usual communications and reporting channels. For reporting any misconduct, primarily the route is to contact own supervisor, the supervisor’s supervisor or the Human Resources. Alternatively, the anonymous and confidential whistleblowing channel can be used. Our external partners can also use the whistleblowing channel to report any suspected misconduct.
Suspected misconduct and violations of our company’s policies can be reported in LIWLIG whistleblowing channel in https://liwlig.integrityline.com/frontpage.
We investigate and handle all reports received through the whistleblowing channel confidentially and take appropriate action based on the results of the investigation. Only the approved handlers can access the reports.