Canada is known worldwide for its beautiful and captivating natural environment. Canada Media Marketplace 2012 is committing to help protect the environment by instituting a significant number of green practices for our meeting. Our goals are to reduce waste and resource use by promoting recycling, energy efficiency, water conservation, air and water quality and environmentally responsible purchasing. To achieve these goals, MM has retained MeetGreen as its Green Meetings Consultant.

In 2011, we are proud to have been recognized with the IMEX 2011 Green Meetings Award (Small/Medium Category), the industry’s highest international honors for sustainable events.

Canada Media Marketplace sincerely appreciates VIA Rail Canada’s support of our sustainable meetings initiative for 2010. A green-minded company, VIA Rail continues to modernize its equipment, resulting in cutting fuel consumption by 25% and emissions by 13% since 1990. They’ve achieved this while operating 25% more trains and carrying 18% more passengers! Click to learn more about Via Rail Canada's Environmental Responsibility Program

MM is proud to have reduced our overall carbon footprint from 290 metric tons in 2008 to 72 metric tons in 2011. Although many decisions have contributed to a smaller footprint, selection of event destinations close to our media guests has significantly reduced air travel, our greatest source of emissions. All Partners have generously contributed to offset energy use by media guests that cannot be avoided, including travel and venue use. GHG emissions are offset through Offsetters, directly supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Canada. MM gratefully recognizes Tourism New Brunswick for sponsoring the purchase of Carbon Offsets for our Media Guests for the first two years of our green program.

Canada Media Marketplace’s green initiative was initiated thanks to sponsorship from the BC Sustainable Tourism Collective. Members of the BCSTC are: Canadian Mountain Holidays, Clayoquot Wilderness Resorts, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (BC), Rocky Mountaineer Vacations, Tartan Public Relations, and Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains.