These are the slides of the session I presented at the Corporate Responsibility Centre @IMEX11.

2. Sustainable Products
and How to source
them
Corporate Responsibility Centre (powered by GMIC)
@IMEX11

3. Roel Frissen, CMM
Managing Director
Corporate Responsibility Centre (powered by GMIC)
@IMEX11

5. What will you learn?

6. • How to minimise the carbon offset and the effect on the
environment when talking about badges, conference bags
and lanyards.
• Which options do you have? Materials, different ways of
production and even fair trade alternatives will be
discussed.

7. Three phases where you can reduce Carbon
off set:
• Production
• Transportation
• Waste

8. Production
• Where to produce?
• How is it produced?
• Who is producing?

9. Transportation
• From factory to port
• Port to port
• To the venue

10. Waste
• Design your materials that they wil be kept
• Look for a second life in the vicinity of the
venue
• Arrange collective recycling

11. Corporate Responsibility Centre (powered by GMIC)
@IMEX11

12. What CAN you do?

13. • Ask for sustainable materials
• Ask for circumstances in production
facilities
• Start early with your request
• Think of the second life of your products

19. Changing materials saves carbon offset and waste

20. Changing materials saves carbon offset and waste

22. And one step further, ...
Fair Trade

25. AND ...

26. Start by asking your supplier, how they can
help you in being more sustainable.
Simple questions often lead to great results!

27. Roel Frissen, CMM
Managing Director
Questions?
eee.am/roelfrissen
roel.frissen@parthen.nl
Corporate Responsibility Centre (powered by GMIC)
@IMEX11