Sustainability Efforts at
Data Center Asia
We know sustainability is increasingly important to our attendees and exhibitors, as well as to our market as a whole. Running Data Center Asia gives us a lot of opportunities to improve our impact socially, environmentally and economically in Hong Kong.
We want to make our event more responsible and play a role in helping our markets improve its sustainably through connecting people with the networks and knowledge they want to help solve the big challenges in our sector.
Our Three Aims:
Help our markets through inspiring sustainable development
We focus on:
- Using our content to support the sustainability of the market the event serves
- Inspiring our suppliers, exhibitors and other stakeholders to deliver a sustainable event
- Developing market relevant partnerships with local academic institutions / agencies
Our efforts include:
- The onsite conference covers the topic of sustainability within the industry
- Communicating with our suppliers, exhibitors and stakeholders on how they can be more sustainable in their approach to the show
- Working with local academic institutions and agencies to spread our sustainable message
Run the event in an increasingly responsible manner
We focus on:
- Reducing our event’s carbon emissions
Creating less waste - Considering sustainability credentials of the items sourced for the event
Our efforts include:
- The feature areas on the show floor are carefully designed to generate minimal amount of waste
- Our catering contains locally sourced, seasonal and organic ingredients, using minimal packaging and providing a variety of vegetarian options
- We aim to have all the carpet, signage and paper used at the event is recycled
Run the event in a socially responsible manner
We focus on:
- Doing business safely and ethically
- Considering wellbeing and accessibility
- Creating a positive impact on our host cities
- Measuring our impact
Our efforts include:
- Your wellbeing is important to us – please join our networking receptions to network with peers
- We reduce local traffic congestion through encouraging the use of public transport
- We work with suppliers and locally owned businesses to ensure positive impact on the local economy
Attendee Sustainability Tips
While you are attending Data Center Asia, there are several ways you can reduce your carbon footprint:
Water Conservation
- Participate in your hotel’s Linen Re-Use Program — Did you know that you can often earn Rewards points for participating? Ask your hotel about their specific awards incentives!
- Take shorter showers to save water and time!
- Use a refillable water bottle and coffee whilst at the show and conference
- Take only what you need at food functions
- Make sure to download the official mobile app
- Ask for a recycling bag for your hotel room if one isn’t in place
Energy Conservation
- Turn off lights and thermostat when leaving your hotel room
- If exhibiting, be sure to power down your booth at the end of each show day
- Air Quality/CO2 Impact
- Carpool or take public transport to/from the airport and to/from your hotel. Make new friends and contacts while saving CO2!
- Take advantage of the free hotel shuttle or even better, walk if possible
- Offset your travel to/from Data Center Asia
Exhibitor Sustainability Tips
Reduce signage waste by:
- Encourage less printing and provide more information digitally when it comes to booth literature, fulfilling requests via email and website referrals
- If you must print, create reusable non-dated signs that can be used year after year
- Avoid foamcore signs and request recyclable material such as cardboard signage
Reduce booth waste by:
- BYOF! — Avoid carpet and bring your own flooring, like puzzle foam flooring that can be reused at all your shows
- Break down ALL cardboard boxes and put in the correct recycling bin
- Request additional booth bins for recycling and compost collection
- Use only compostable or recyclable serviceware for samples and give-a-ways
- Use the stickers provided at the Exhibitor Service Counter to mark your materials for recycling or donation
- Set a goal to leave no trace behind by shipping out all booth properties and packing materials and donating extra giveaways
Data Center Asia is part of Informa Markets and the Informa Group. Sustainability at Informa focuses on the long-term impacts we have on customers, colleagues, the communities we work in and the environment. Many of our stakeholders are clearly telling us that sustainability (Social, economic and environmental) is something that is no longer a nice to have but a necessary part of any event. We want to make sure we’re meeting those expectations, and we believe that being sustainable is the right thing to do. We also recognize that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognizing that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve. This is an ongoing process for us and we’re looking for ideas of how we can improve.
More information about our work so you can be found on the informa.com/sustainability, including our latest sustainability reports.
