What is Sustainable Meetings Berlin?

For responsible and transparent corporate governance, behavior across all levels of the company must comply with statutory requirements. In addition, there must be a code of conduct for all staff members representing stakeholder interests, e.g., shareholders, employees, customers, suppliers and investors. In this area of sustainability, the focus is primarily on a company adhering to mandatory statutory and sector-specific provisions and regulations, while also looking at how far other vital and, as a rule, self-regulatory ethical standards and requirements are met.

In their core business, companies, as a matter of principle, ought to operate successfully in economic terms, yet also demonstrate social and ecological responsibility. Their products and services should contribute to a sustainable development safeguarding the basis of life for future generations. Companies can demonstrate their responsible approach - an issue which is increasingly in the public eye -, through such means as, for example, transparent cost management and an equitable pay structure.

This main area considers the environmental management of the participating companies. Environmental management is the section of organizational management concerned with operational and official environmental protection, i.e. those business activities, products and services which impact the environment. In this area, the key indicators relate to cutting emissions, waste management and the safe treatment of hazardous substances.

Sustainable companies think beyond their own immediate issues and actively support society in their own surroundings. This main area focuses on a cross-section from a company’s smallest unit, e.g., promoting employee potential, to such universally accepted social values as anti-discrimination and diversity management or corporate involvement in civil society, for instance, donation policy.