NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau is committed to helping organisers and delegates reduce the environmental impact of their visit to NewcastleGateshead, but what are we doing ourselves?

    •  We are investing in our website to give every delegate who books accommodation via our online accommodation booking system the opportunity to pay a small donation to ‘offset’ the carbon dioxide produced by their travel to NewcastleGateshead

    •  Working with Nexus, our local transport operator, we have introduced NewcastleGateshead’s first Conference Travel Card to encourage delegates to use our excellent public transport system when they’re here

    •  We printed the latest copy of our newsletter, Creative Conferencing, on recycled paper

    •  We are committed to reducing the number of printed materials we produce, publishing more of our marketing material online or in electronic versions

    •  We have introduced a system in our office to recycle waste paper

    •  We are donating to CarbonNeutral newcastle’s charity to ‘offset’ the carbon dioxide produced by our travel when we exhibit at national and international exhibitions

    •  We are sourcing giveaways and promotional material made from sustainable materials

    •  We have undertaken a major cleanse of our database to remove out of date contacts and increase the number of e-mail addresses we have. This means that we can send more of our communications electronically reducing the amount of printed material we produce

    •  We made a donation to CarbonNeutral Newcastle's charity to offset the carbon dioxide produced by the travel of guests who attended the 2007 NewcastleGateshead Showcase at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art