If you have any other ideas on how we can reduce APP’s carbon footprint, we’d love to hear from you. Please email us at events@qldguild.org.au.

• Travel with an airline that is carbon neutral or offsets their carbon emissions
• Travel to and from the airport with a group via bus rather than using individual taxis
• Use public transport or walk to and from the conference venue
• Bring a refillable water bottle and keep cup to the event
• Access the registration barcode via your mobile phone for self check in, rather than printing it out 
• Only accept promotional items from trade exhibitors that you know you will use in the future
• Download the mobile app and avoid printing out porgrams etc to bring to the event

• Selecting a vegetarian option for each lunch menu
• Using disposable cups, plates and cutlery made from recycled fibers or 100% recyclable materials
• Providing beverages in aluminium cans instead of glass bottles as aluminium is easier to recycle
• Ensuring the venue has standard general waste bins and recycle bins in all public areas
• Ensuring plastic water bottles are not used at the hydration stations in the venue

• Encouraging exhibitors to use promotional items with minimal or no packaging
• Requesting that promotional items (if necessary) are made from recycled materials
• Requesting that exhibitors separate reubbish and recyclable items during bump in and bump out
• Eliminating satchel inserts
• Placing collection bins for lanyards at exit doors for possible future re-use

• Selecting a carbon neutral airline and/or airlinr that offsets carbon emissions when booking speaker flights
• Requesting that suppliers and trade exhibitors use a single frieght forwarder for all deliveries, reducing the number of vehicles requiring access to the dock and minimising vehicle emissions

• Replacing all hard copy registration forms with online forms
• Allowing delegates to only print their name badge and function tickets once

APP2023 Sustainability Actions

The Pharmacy Guild is dedicated to continually improve its’ environmental impact and strives to demonstrate leadership in the area of event sustainability.

We have undertaken the following activities in an effort to implement more environmentally sustainable practices to reduce APP’s carbon footprint:

• Using electronic messaging only to communicate with delegates and potential delegates i.e. website, email, electronic newsletters
• Using recycled paper for any materials that must be printed
• Removing lunch tickets and replacing with an icon on name badges
• Encouraging the use of electronic signage to reduce production waste
• Encouraging reusable design for signage (i.e. not including dates and times)
• Using plasma screens or electronic signage to replace printed signs
• Reducing the number of pull up banners printed for the event
• Including all onsite information in the conference mobile app, which eliminates the need for a printed conference handbook and pocket program

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