Czapska, Michalina (2024) To what Extent can Conference Organization Become Environmentally Sustainable? Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
Academic and professional conferences are a valuable setting for researchers to exchange their findings and improve their fields. Yet, with the long travels, high greenhouse gas emissions and an extensive use of resources, conferences prove to have significant impacts on the natural environment. Due to the unfolding climate crisis, the conference industry should put more attention towards transitioning to more sustainable practices. Areas which require most urgent attention include travel, catering and infrastructure. Based on a literature review of previous conferences and environmental policies, like the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals, I analyze ways in which those events could become more eco-friendly. Also, I recognize the importance of technological developments that the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to. Key solutions include using low-emitting transportation, sustainable venues, eco-friendly catering methods, and enabling an online attendance setting, while highlighting the involvement of local resources and people across all of those sectors. However, due to the limited existing literature on this topic, this paper encourages further investigation in this field, by recommending scholars to extend existing findings and develop further practical solutions to enable the conference organization to become more environmentally sustainable.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Faber, N.R. |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2024 11:52 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2024 11:52 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/443 |
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