This document summarizes a webinar about the COP15 sustainability report and the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol project. The webinar featured presentations by Jonathan Cohen from Visit Denmark, Jan Christoph Napierski from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Guy Bigwood from MCI Group. They discussed the COP15 sustainability report, which evaluated the economic, social and environmental impacts of hosting the 2009 UN climate conference. They also presented on the Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol, a framework to help organize large, complex meetings in a sustainable way. Finally, they discussed the legacy of COP15 in making Copenhagen a leader in green infrastructure, business, transport, food, citizens and meetings.

1. Presentation by
Jonathan Cohen, Visit Denmark
Guy Bigwood, MCI Group Sustainability Director
Jan Christoph Napierski, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2. Objectives of webinar
Share performance data, learnings and conclusions
from the COP15 sustainability report
Share Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol
Discuss legacy of COP15 to the meetings industry
Answer any questions

3. Agenda
Background to CSMP project - Jonathan Cohen
COP 15 Event Sustainability Report – Jan Christoph
Napierski
CSMP - Guy Bigwood
COP15 and its legacy – Jonathan Cohen

4. Lotte Heather Steen
Whose speaking? Wagner Palen Jakobsen
Anders Emborg Signe Gaarde
Jonathan
Jan Christoph
Cohen
Guy Bigwood Napierski

5. OVERVIEW TO
THE CSMP
PROJECT

6. Copenhagen Sustainable Meetings Protocol
Brought to you by
Unique and innovative private-public partnership

7. Mission
SHARE
KNOWLEDGE
AND LEARNING
from the organisation of
COP15

8. Project Vision
ACCELERATE
THE TRANSFORMATION
OF THE MEETINGS INDUSTRY
TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY

9. COP15
SUSTAINABILITY
REPORT

10. What was COP15?
Conference of the Parties
Spring 2007 – Copenhagen selected as destination for COP 15
Took place 7th – 19th December 2009
Maximum expected audience – 15,000 people. Actual – 30,526
A total of 2500 meetings were held
90000 hotel room nights

11. 126 Heads of State

12. NGOs

13. 4000 Press
& Media

14. COP15 EVENT SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Sustainability Approach
Sustainability Actions and
Innovations
Sustainability Performance
- Economic, social, environmental
impacts
- Carbon footprint
- Performance against objectives
- Carbon neutrality Report follows GRI G3 guidelines
Key Challenges and Insights
14

15. Leadership
COP15 was not the
greenest conference
ever – it was created to
be as sustainable as
possible under the given
conditions of a large
international political
summit.’
Jan Christoph Napierski, Head of Section,
COP15,
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

17. Sustainability Highlights
Category Indicator Value
ECONOMIC Direct Investment for logistics €58 million
Savings through sustainability €562,000
Sponsorship in-kind €15 million
SOCIAL Suppliers signing human & 100%
labour rights clauses
Direct jobs created for event 8000
Health 99% smoke free
ENVIRONMENTAL Waste 103,720 tons
3tons/participant
Water 3million litres
92litres/participant

18. Event Carbon Footprint
2.16 tons Co2e per participant
22% reduction in local emissions
compared to normal conference in 2007

19. Benchmarking Performance

20. Sustainability Performance – key accomplishments
Climate Neutrality
- 100% of carbon emissions were
offset
1st United Nations event to
achieve BS8901 certification of its
management system
Supplier Eco-Certification
- 75% of the food and beverage
was certified organic: over 200000
meals
- 53% of hotels in the greater
Copenhagen Area and the venue
were eco-certified

21. Sustainability Performance – key accomplishments
Value Chain Management
- 20% reduction in CO2
emissions at the Bella Center
- 22% reduction in local
emissions
Local transportation
- 93% of the 33536
participants used public
transport

22. Performance against objectives
35 objectives
15 exceeded expectations
17 satisfied expectations
3 did not match expectations
- Venue waste management
effectiveness
- Photocoping machines and
recycled paper
- No reduction in infrastructure
water usage

23. Insights
Power of collaboration
Integrate sustainability into
contracting
Communication: Share
sticky stories
- 537.000€ saved by not giving gifts
- 11 sponsored students
External Certification
increases performance

24. Copenhagen
Sustainable
Meetings
Protocol

25. What is the Protocol?
A flexible umbrella framework that
can be used to organise large
complex meetings in a sustainable
way.
It integrates local and international
sustainability initiatives, standards,
systems and certifications
programs

26. How is the protocol to be used?
The protocol is a guide
for good leadership and
active engagement of key
stakeholders.

27. Simplifing the integration of standards

28. CSMP FRAMEWORK
GRI
APEX

30. Strategic Approach

31. Stakeholder Engagement

32. Operational Integration

33. Governance

34. CSMP FRAMEWORK
GRI
APEX

35. COP15 Legacy
Result from engaging the meetings industry,
authorities, businesses, universities, citizens etc.

36. Was it important and successful?
Source: Survey by Deloitte among 411 COP15 delegates

37. Copenhagen City leadership
Green Infrastructure
Green Business
Green Transport
Green Food
Green Citizens
Green Meetings

38. Green Infrastructure
• 96% of Copenhagen residents are connected to district
heating
• 22% of energy is from wind & biogas
• 56% Recycling, 39% waste to energy, 5% landfill

39. Green Business
CVB / NTO
Leadership
Policy –
Certification
Education
Business
Development
PR and
Communication
Outreach

40. Green Transport
40% go to work on bike
93% used metro to go to cop15

41. Green Food
Climate+: Municipality
implemented initiative
with over 100 restaurants
serving Climate Menu
Large scale organic food
capacity – parity pricing
(75% F&B organic at
cop15)

42. Green Citizens
Climate initiatives, e.g. Climate+
Frontrunner, Climate Street, Climate
Caravan, Copenhagen Climate
Council and the Climate Consortium
Related meetings, e.g. Scientific
Congress, Mayors Summit, World
Business Summit on Climate Change
and People Climate Summit
Outreach programs, e.g.
HOPENHAGEN LIVE, Greatest
Debate on Earth and the Bright
Green Exhibition

43. The meetings industry legacy for COP15
Engagement from tourism and meetings industry
A more sustainable meetings product
Knowledge of hosting sustainable meetings
PR and branding benefits
Copenhagen - Capital of Sustainable Meetings

44. CONCLUSIONS

46. For more information www.csmp.dk

48. Presented
Guy Bigwood, MCI Group Sustainability Director