Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has created the MICE Venue Sustainability Playbook to help venues manage their carbon emissions. Photo Credit: Pexels/Utpal Sarkar
Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has created a playbook offering practical recommendations for MICE venues to enhance their energy efficiency, waste management and water conservation efforts, in line with advancing their sustainability ambitions.
The MICE Venue Sustainability Playbook aims to help venues manage their carbon emissions and features a decarbonisation framework, best practices from purpose-built MICE venues and international counterparts, and a consolidation of government support schemes to drive decarbonisation across Singapore’s MICE venues.
STB has also launched the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) Attraction Criteria, the world’s first global standard specifically designed for attractions, which follows on from those developed for hotels and tour operators, destinations and MICE.
STB’s chief sustainability officer, Ong Huey Hong, said: “These initiatives are pivotal in positioning Singapore as a leading sustainable urban destination and demonstrating our commitment to sustainability. By developing world-class standards and providing the industry with practical tools, we are not only enhancing our own tourism sector but also contributing to global sustainability efforts in tourism."
The initiatives were announced last week at the GSTC Global Sustainable Tourism Conference, which was hosted in Singapore. Both are aimed at supporting the Singapore Green Plan 2030, which seeks to galvanise a whole-of-nation movement and advance Singapore’s national agenda on sustainable development.
During the event, to reinforce STB’s commitment to supporting the reduction of carbon emissions at business events, conference delegates were encouraged to offset the carbon footprint from their air travel by purchasing quality carbon credits through a credible offset project.
Delegates who took part received a pre-loaded value souvenir card for use on Singapore’s public transport. This initiative aimed to create awareness of the carbon emissions impact of air travel and encourage delegates to take ownership of their own emissions, thereby fostering a greener, more sustainable delegate journey from start to end.