The Green Meeting Industry Council is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization. The Council is a membership-based professional organization which provides educational resources to planners, suppliers, and venues seeking to meet the ever-rising standards consumers set for sustainable meetings.

Vision
According to the Green Meeting Industry Council a green meeting incorporates environmental considerations throughout all stages of the meeting in order to minimize the negative impact on the environment.

By the year 2020 the Green Meeting Industry Council envisions a green meeting as an activity that:

• has zero net environmental effect.


• achieves full integration of environmental responsibility into return on investment analysis for the global meetings industry.


• is an accepted and standard industry practice, while 'brown' meetings are a thing of the past.


• achieves economic and strategic business goals and minimizes and eliminates environmental impacts and positively contributes to the environment and host communities.


• meets minimum green meeting practices as set out by the GMIC.

Education
The Green Meeting Industry Council promotes green practices globally by offering educational programs in the form of training workshops and online resources. The Council is in the process of partnering with educational institutions to develop an accredited curriculum at the university level for green meetings. Resources

The Green Meeting Industry Council serves as an informational resource to our members. Council board members are involved in a network expanding from North America to raise awareness and develop practices for green meetings. Certification

The Green Meeting Industry Council is partnering to support and develop environmentally responsible certification schemes for a variety of meeting industry components.

To take full advantage of the products and services provided by the GMIC become a member or supporting business.

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