American Express Meetings & Events has signed the Net Zero Carbon Events pledge, a joint commitment across the events industry to achieve the targets laid out in the Paris Climate Accord. Photo Credit: Adobe/narawit
American Express Meetings & Events, the meetings and events
management business of AMEX GBT, is developing a common framework for
measuring events’ greenhouse gas emissions and build an industry-wide
roadmap towards net zero by 2050.
American Express Meetings and Events has committed to the above after
it signed the Net Zero Carbon Events (NZCE) pledge, a joint commitment
across the events industry to achieve the targets laid out in the Paris
Climate Accord.
Eloísa Urrutia, head of M&E Sustainability, Amex GBT, said:
“Meetings and events play a pivotal role in bringing people together and
connecting us all. We believe that human connection shouldn’t come at
the cost of the environment. This is why we’re pleased to sign this
pledge and actively collaborate with NZCE initiatives, including
developing a common framework for measuring events’ greenhouse gas
emissions and building an industry-wide roadmap towards net zero by
2050.”
The NZCE pledge, which has the support of UNFCCC Secretariat (United
Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change), was launched at the UN
climate summit COP26 in Glasgow in 2021.