Green Meeting Industry Council

With a mission to transform the global meetings industry through sustainability, the Green Meeting Industry Council is at a moment of great opportunity.

More and more meeting and event professionals are trying to build some form of sustainability into the events they organize, the facilities they operate, or the products and services they supply. And there is growing interest in sustainable meeting standards, an area where GMIC and dozens of its members have provided standout leadership for a half-decade or more.

Increasingly, the global meetings and events community is turning to GMIC as the leading resource on sustainability. The Council supports the transition to a more sustainable industry through education, recognition of best practice, advocacy for international sustainable event standards and community support via chapters and partners.

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.

The GMIC seeks to inspire, educate and support leaders of all levels and disciplines who will manifest the transformation of the global meetings industry towards sustainability. We champion the implementation of sustainability practices and provide advocacy, education, resources, industry research and recognition of industry leadership.

Mission:

The mission of the GMIC is to transform the global meetings industry through sustainability.

Vision:

By 2020, GMIC envisions a transformed meeting and event industry, driving towards sustainability which:

• Achieves strategic goals that serve the economic, environmental, and social interests of allstakeholders.
• Incorporates the principles of sustainability as standard operating practice
• Integrates international sustainability standards into its management, organization and reporting
• Impacts positively on the local and global society through diversity and inclusivity
• Promotes health, wellbeing, creativity and business effectiveness

To help move closer to this vision the Green Meeting Industry Council is working to provide meeting professionals with resources, education, training and certification opportunities.

The Green Meeting Industry Council promotes the perspective that sustainability, and the demands it places on our society and industry to achieve it, requires us all to be part of the solution, even with the number of challenges we face. By working together, we can create sustainability and sustainable development in the framework of our events, and in our communities. 

As a baseline, sustainability requires that we source materials that fuel our society, and our events, in ways that are both ecologically and socially responsible. To achieve sustainability, GMIC believes that real leadership and a passionate effort to share knowledge will result in the increased profits, improved brand values, healthier communities, a productive environment.. and the gift of a good conscience for all.