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2 - 4 December
ExCeL London

Our purpose and commitment to sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY AT ANTICIPATE LONDON

Beyond making our events as sustainable as possible, we are supporting the property community to become more sustainable as an industry.

We are committed to improving social, environmental and economic impact.

OUR THREE AIMS

Help our markets through inspiring sustainable development

Run our events in an environmentally responsible manner

Operate in a socially responsible and respectful manner at all times

HOW WE AIM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

  • Maintain a working environment that is welcoming and stimulating, enjoyable and rewarding, and which combines a level of personal freedom with opportunities to participate and exchange views and ideas
  • Attract and retain a diverse range of talent. We recognise the value that differences bring. Having a breadth of skills and experiences is both an essential business need and, we believe, the only right way to operate
  • Act in accordance with our Guiding Principles, as set out in The Informa Constitution, and in particular the principle that success is a partnership. 
  • Wellbeing room and prayer room available for all visitors 
  • Elevate personal profiles of Rising Stars finalists – health & safety professionals early in their careers
  • Engineers of Tomorrow initiative to promote apprenticeships in fire and security
  • Supporting Women in Health & Safety networking year-round and at the show
  • All exhibitors pledge to not use disposable stands, with all key elements of their stands either reused or reusable
  • All of our signage, carpets and features are designed to be reused or recycled
  • No event guides to be printed; all accessible digitally
  • Our event carpet will be re-used/recycled after the event
  • We are reducing the amount of carpet used this year
  • Limiting single-use items like lanyards, printed collateral
  • We ask exhibitors to follow our Better Stands programme. Watch the video below to find out more about Better Stands
  • Water refill stations are provided and we encourage visitors bring re-usable water bottles and coffee cups
  • Meaningful charity and not-for-profit partnerships
  • Engineers of Tomorrow initiative to promote apprenticeships in fire and security
  • Charity Partnerships with Mind, Mates in Mind, NHS Blood & Transplant, SCKIN
  • Supporting Women in Health & Safety networking year-round and at the shows
  • We’ll aim to carbon offset our own emissions by 2025
  • We aim to be zero waste and net zero carbon by 2030 or earlier
  • The venue and the event is powered with 100% renewable electricity
  • The ExCeL is first UK venue to be certified as carbon neutral
  • Using content to inform and educate about ESG and sustainability developments and guidance, including: 
  • Start the conversation: Mental Health & Wellbeing in the fire & security sectors, Mates in Mind
  • Using Smart Buildings to Achieve Carbon Net Zero delivered by Vanti MSI
  • Making ESG Core to the FM Role delivered by RICS
  • Carbon net zero, what’s coming and how FM will contribute delivered by Acclaro
  • Sustainable Procurement: Preparing for Scope Three Emissions delivered by CBRE
  • Case study –Retrofitting to Improve Sustainability in the NHS delivered by Emcor
  • Collaborating for a sustainability multiplier effect delivered by IOSH

DOING YOUR BIT TO HELP

FOR VISITORS

Bring a refillable water bottle to save plastic.

Support our charity partners by donating here - Mind, Mates In Mind

Recycle your waste onsite and in your hotel where possible.

Consider how you'll get to the event and if you can avoid air travel or take lower carbon transport.

Consider opting for vegetarian and vegan food options and avoid food waste.

Only take the give-aways or brochures you need and will use, consider if there are digital alternatives.

Only take the give-aways or brochures you need and will use, consider if there are digital alternatives.

FOR EXHIBITORS

Ensure your stand can be reused by either yourself or by your contractors.

Optimise your travel by consolidating your shipments and choosing logistic companies with strong sustainability credentials.

Think carefully about handouts, reduce them by going digital and source recycled, sustainably certified

BETTER STANDS

Better Stands is our landmark campaign to reduce the waste that stands and booths at exhibitions can create. We are working with customers to phase out all disposable stands at our EMEA events by 2024.

Plus, we are looking to expand this initiative to other regions and by co-ordinating with our peers and partners in the industry.

Better Stands also shows how sustainable business can be better business too. Reusable structures not only reduce waste but they can reduce the time it takes to construct and take down stands, reduce the cost of design and construction and allow for investment in higher quality and more successful stands.