A green meeting or event incorporates environmental considerations to minimize its negative impact on the environment.

In 2003, the Convention Industry Council’s Green Meetings Task Force took the laudable initiative to create minimum best practices for event organizers and suppliers to use as guidelines for implementing policies of sustainability. The task force was composed of individuals from the EPA, the Ocean’s Blue Foundation, the Society of Incentive Travel Executive’s Green Meeting Group, the World Travel Organization, hotels, convention and visitor’s bureaus, convention centers, and meeting-planning organizations.

This resulted in the Green Meetings Report which TICA believes is best reference yet for green practices. TICA has obtained permission to feature the extensive document herein.CIC's website is www.conventionindustry.org

TICA fully supports sustainability practices and encourages members and planners to apply these guidelines whenever possible.