MeetGreen® Calculator Background

The MeetGreen® Calculator was originally developed in 2005 as a tool to satisfy the needs of our own clients. While MeetGreen® has been planning, consulting for and evaluating meetings with a sustainable mindset in one form or another since our inception in 1994, we wanted to take advantage of emerging technologies and develop a way to track our clients green practices and note improvements in annual meetings from year to year. As our clients became more engaged in green meetings, they began to ask if they were doing enough, and wanted to measure the improvements they were making over the years as a way to track their ROI and benchmark their progress. It became increasingly clear that measurement was becoming the next big thing in green meetings. We saw the value such a tool would provide to other planners, conference directors, and other organizations, and with that, the MeetGreen® Calculator was created.

Theory Behind the Numbers

Based on MeetGreen®'s unparalleled knowledge of sustainability in the meeting industry, the MeetGreen® Calculator is the most comprehensive green meeting measurement tool available on the market today. The original MeetGreen® Calculator was developed by MeetGreen® and reviewed by a five member technical advisory committee (TAC). The TAC members were individuals with extensive and varied backgrounds in the environmental and sustainability industries.

The MeetGreen Calculator was developed anticipating the APEX/ASTM Standards, integrating what is understood to be included. It also allows you to earn points for policies, procedures and measurements that are part of BS8901. We've expanded the tool to assess over 160 event management practices and measurable outcomes related to sustainability across the following the ten key categories, including aspects of the British Standard (BS 8901) for Sustainable Events and APEX/ASTM Green Meetings and Events Standards:

Several of the reports included with the MeetGreen® Calculator show your conference data compared against other events. The other data represents diverse events, ranging from 400-9,000 attendees (both domestic and international), covering several industries, which include varying degrees of environmentally responsible event practices and policies. The composite total score produced by the Calculator is created by calculating a total percentage score based on the total points possible within the Calculator. The graph below shows a breakdown of how the points are distributed within the individual categories:

The Calculator & the MeetGreen® Method

The MeetGreen® Calculator is a powerful tool, especially when used in conjunction with the MeetGreen® Method and our full array of tools. The Calculator's purpose is to capture your event data and give your organziation an easy way to benchmark your successes and see how to expand your green meeting work. All our tools are designed to help your organziation be as successful as possible in meeting your greening goals for your events. Read more about the MeetGreen® Method here.

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