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BUILDEX Alberta
October 23 & 24, 2024
BMO Centre at Stampede Park
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Sustainability Mandate

Prioritizing sustainability is critical to the BUILDEX team, and parent company Informa as we understand the environmental impact of the events industry. BUILDEX strives to identify, understand and address these impacts to achieve continual improvement year after year.

Not only are we committed to running our events in an environmentally and socially responsible way, but we also strive to go further and inspire the sustainable development of the industry we serve, and the community we foster. BUILDEX Alberta is powered by renewable electricity, helping us in our journey towards Net Zero. 

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Our Progress

  • Forming a successful partnership with Habitat for Humanity to collect building material donations for reuse. Read more here.
  • Eliminated printed show guides from the event
  • Removing the aisle carpet from all annual BUILDEX events.
  • Tracking all wastage and energy use from our events.
  • Reducing materials and giveaways (“swag") ordered for the event.

Goals

Here at BUILDEX we have a lot of goals, some short-term whilst others are looking forward into the future. Over 80% of our attendees say it is important that our event is run in a sustainable way, and we agree.

This year, BUILDEX Alberta will focus on three fundamental goals:

  1. Improve Waste Diversion: 
    Reduce single-use plastics through the use of refillable water stations located on both the show floor and in session rooms. Please bring a refillable water bottle with you!
  2. Increase Representation: 
    Our goal is to guarantee a balance of different genders, races, ages, ethnicities, abilities, and educational backgrounds across the conference speaker faculty.
  3. Create Greater Local Impact: 
    Establish a new impactful partnership to support wellbeing, equality, accessibility, and respect for all through a local community organization in Calgary.

Venue

BMO Centre & Properties for over 110 years have been stewards of Stampede Park, which houses 35 acres of naturalized space nestled along the Elbow River. Rich with biodiversity, native vegetation and local pollinators, the land and aquatic ecosystems are protected and continue to thrive due to numerous ongoing conservation programs and partnerships. The centre has invested in youth, to help build stronger communities. The educational programs support over 29,000 students from rural and urban classrooms across Alberta in professional development and sustainability related programming. The venue strives to be a leader in responsible consumption by first seeking to reduce the amount they use, and second to source reusable, recyclable or compostable materials wherever possible. Numerous recycling and composting initiatives have been launched, driving their waste diversion rate to over 78 percent. 

TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP!

Attendees

  1. Travel to BUILDEX using public transit or carpool.
  2. Bring a reusable water bottle to refill.
  3. While on-site please use the waste/recycling/composting bins correctly.
  4. Scan the QR codes onsite to access the online show planner.
  5. Support our community partner.
  6. Attend the content based around sustainability.

Exhibitors

  1. Reduce physical handouts, opt for a QR code instead.
  2. Reuse and recycle your booth and signage. Create signage without dates so it can be reused.
  3. Avoid materials such as foam, plastic, and chemicals or adhesives.
  4. Use energy efficient LED lights whenever possible to highlight areas and products within your booth, while keeping energy consumption minimal.
  5. During Move-In/Move Out ensure you utilize the cardboard & hard/soft plastic recycling bins. If elements of your display cannot be recycled — consider donating re-usable material to companies like Habitat for Humanity.

FasterForward to Zero

FasterForward is Informa’s approach to sustainability, moving faster to become a zero waste and net zero carbon business.

A series of activities and commitments carried out between 2020-2025 will ensure our events become ever more sustainable, delivering a truly positive impact to the markets we serve. We will also actively help our partners, customers and wider markets to achieve the same.

Our FasterForward commitments include:

  • Become carbon neutral across our events by 2025
  • Halve the waste generated through our events by 2025
  • Embed sustainability inside 100% of our events by 2025

See the full list of commitments and find out more

    

DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY AT BUILDEX

For BUILDEX to remain relevant for the next generation of leaders, we must push diversity hard at every turn, changing established thinking. And giving access to opportunities where you can learn more about each other and topics that drive change is our goal. Everything we do goes towards creating the ultimate experience: making a safe, inclusive space for people to gather and celebrate together.

CODE OF CONDUCT

TREATY NUMBER 7

BUILDEX Alberta is taking place in the BMO Centre at Stampede Park which is located on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, Siksika), Îyâxe Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki, Goodstone) and Tsuut’ina First Nations. Calgary is also Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6. These lands have always been a gathering place, and we are proud to continue this tradition.