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.