Meeting News - November 16, 2009 - (Page 10)

Meetings Spotlight Guardian Investor Services’ Green Mtgs. Effort Targets RFPs, Carbon Emissions Reduction Guardian Investor Services last month consolidated and centralized its meetings and events management team in order to standardize its meeting planning and purchasing processes and advance efforts to reduce carbon emissions generated from its meetings. As part of those initiatives, the New Yorkbased asset management subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is building a sustainability team to develop companywide programs as part of a broader corporate social responsibility effort. Internally, Guardian’s now-consolidated meetings team of eight has been at the forefront of using green practices. Three years ago, the company began using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 14-point green meetings plan that gives preference to hotels and meeting venues that are committed to environmental awareness and protection. Since then, the company’s meeting planners have adapted request-for-proposals forms to take into consideration the eco-friendliness of its service providers, including catering services, hotels and other venues. All contracts now have addenda that require suppliers to recognize their requests for greener services and facilities, according to Guardian Investor Services events marketing specialist Kim Boriin, who also is vice presi- Guardian Investor Services’ Boriin dent of education for the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners association and a member of several industry green practices development councils.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Meeting News - November 16, 2009

Meeting News - November 16, 2009
Table of Contents
Meetings Spotlight
Viewpoint
Event Profile
Construction Cites
Meeting People
Association Watch
Travel Dashboard
Dateline: Reno
Island Guide
South Regional

Meeting News - November 16, 2009