HAC Launches Green Key Meetings Program

April 4, 2011

The Hotel Association of Canada, in partnership with MPI Foundation Canada, has launched the Green Key Meetings Program.

As an extension of the existing Green Key Eco-Rating Program, the new Green Key Meetings Program will provide travel, meeting and conference planners with a sense of a hotel or resort’s level of commitment to environmental issues as they relate to meetings.

The Green Key Meetings Program evaluates a hotel’s meeting and convention operations on a scale of one to five, with five being the highest ranking. Results are based on a thorough evaluation of the hotel’s sustainability efforts in the following five areas:

1. Core (Carbon, Energy, Waste, Water, Air Quality),
2. Communication (Information, Training),
3. Activities, (Purchasing, Auditing Community),
4. People (Health), and
5. Ancillary Services (Exhibitions, Audi/Visual).

Upon completion of the Green Key Meetings assessment, the property is awarded a ranking and is listed on the program’s website.

For more information, please visit greenkeymeetings.com.