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Fostering a Sustainable Tomorrow

Together, We Can Make a Difference

We empower the cruise industry to adopt sustainability practices at events where its decision-makers gather, all while enhancing our environmental, social, and economic impact in our host cities.

Our commitment extends to all sectors influenced by the cruise industry, connecting them to networks and knowledge that will help them address their interconnected challenges.

The Faster Foward Programme

Our Pledges

We aim to become a zero waste and net zero carbon business by 2030. We’re accelerating our efforts via a structured programme designed to actively help our partners, customers and wider markets to achieve similar standards. By 2025, we aim to:

Be carbon neutral

Halve our waste

Embed sustainability

Help achieve the UN’s SDGs

Empower 1 million people

Make $5bn/year for host cities

Donate 1+% of pre-tax profit

Customers at carbon negative

Lead the way to net zero 2030

Our Three Core Aims

We believe a sustainable event must be:

1 Environmentally Responsible

Environmentally Responsible Events

We continually strive to become a "planet-forward" event organiser. Our main focuses are on waste, energy/carbon, water, procurement/materials and travel.

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Eliminating all single-use plastics

Installing refillable water stations

Using only reusable and recyclable materials

Offsetting emissions from staff travel

2 Socially Responsible

Socially Responsible Events

We are committed to conducting our business safely and ethically, are considerate towards wellbeing and accessibility, and create a positive measurable impact in the host cities of our events.

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Donate 1% of pre tax profit to community groups

Including a range of diverse topics & speakers

Highlighting accessibility features on event maps

Ensuring diverse representation in event photos

3 Encouraging Others

Inspiring Sustainability

Our goal is to fully integrate sustainability across our cruise brands by 2025, motivating the broader cruise industry to align their efforts with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

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Expanding sustainability led conference content

Increasing free educational conference content

Championing cruise sustainability success stories

Motivating partners to increase sustainability

The numbers

Of our Participants

86%

Feel it's important that our events are environmentally and socially responsible
68%

Say we have already met their sustainability expectations

On the show floor

Better Stands

In 2024, we're asking exhibitors to Take the Better Stands Pledge with us to stop using disposable materials. This switch up makes the whole experience easier, safer and more sustainable for everyone involved. You in?

Take the pledge

Woman painting a mural of a serene ocean scene

Share Your Story

Would you like to work with us on the sustainability of our events or perhaps share your own success stories and efforts? Contact the event team or reach out to Informa’s dedicated sustainability team for more information

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About us

The Informa Seatrade Cruise Portfolio includes a range of global exhibitions, conferences, intimate events, awards, news websites, blogs and publications that cover every aspect of the cruise and maritime industries.

About us