Green Meetings in Facts and Figures

Everything businesses need to know about green meetings.

The path towards green events is an easy one to follow – even for businesses. Here you’ll find key guidance, information, links and forms to help you plan your green meeting.

The Austrian Ecolabel has stood for environmentally friendly consumption for many years and is a tried-and-tested seal of sustainability. In the tourism sector, it demonstrates a commitment to climate protection, regional value creation and social responsibility. It also forms the basis of Green Meeting certification. You can read exactly what is required here.

Inmitten einer idyllischen Gartenlandschaft genießen drei Personen angeregte Gespräche und die warmen Sonnenstrahlen. Umgeben von üppigem Grün und bunten Blumen strahlt die Szene eine entspannte und einladende Atmosphäre aus, die zum Verweilen einlädt. — ©© Niederösterreich Werbung/Sophie Menegaldo

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The licencees

Who can certify a ‘Green Meeting’ or ‘Green Event’ for me?

Are you planning a ‘Green Meeting’ or ‘Green Event’? To do so, you will need the support of a so-called licensee who meets the criteria of the Austrian Ecolabel. They submit the application for the Ecolabel to the Association for Consumer Information (VKI). In doing so, they become a contractual partner of the Federal Ministry. The licensee is therefore responsible for ensuring compliance with and providing evidence of the criteria, as well as for the licensing of the event.

Our top partner, Mondial, is a reliable licence holder for your “Green Event”. Similarly, the teams at the Palais Niederösterreich, the Museum Niederösterreich in St. Pölten or the Römerstadt Carnuntum, amongst others, can certify your event at their respective venues as licence holders.

Several agencies throughout Austria are also able to certify meetings and events.

The criteria

Requirements and scoring system for a Green Meeting

Would you like to have your event certified as a ‘Green Meeting’ with the Austrian Ecolabel? To do so, various criteria must be met, which are organised into a points-based system. Data is entered very simply via an online platform run by the Federal Ministry. The system automatically calculates whether the current points total is sufficient or whether additional measures are required.

The requirements of the ‘UZ62’ guideline are met when the mandatory criteria are fulfilled and the event achieves the minimum number of points. The total number of points is calculated based on the options and offerings available at the event.

The criteria – general and specific

The criteria of Eco-Labelling Directive 62 are divided into two areas:

Basic conditions which the licence holder, as a company, must fulfil
Individual criteria, which vary depending on the event

Some of the criteria for events can be chosen freely. The key requirement is that a minimum number of points is achieved, which varies depending on the type of event. There are also bonus criteria, such as the organiser’s own initiatives, which can be awarded an extra point.

Points can be earned in the following areas: