MIO-ECSDE increasingly holds Annual General Meetings (AGMs) virtually, having face to face events only every 2 or 3 years.
Staff are encouraged to use video-conferencing (including for Board meetings and AGMs, which are now held physically only every 2-3 years). Moreover, a thorough green events policy requires venues to apply eco-standards and provide plastic-free catering services and locally sourced food.
This is a very simple practice that reduces travel and meeting-related GHGs emissions. As an environmental organisation, MIO-ECSDE ‘walk the talk’ and the AGM lead by example from the highest level of governance, which might encourage staff and stakeholders to reconsider face to face meetings.