Green By Nature: Green Events and Experiences; It Starts at Home; GPJ Australia Wins Award

Green Events and Experiences

Green isn’t just the colour or our logo, it’s also an important part of the way we do business here.

Event production can generate a surprising amount of waste so we’re always looking for new and smarter ways to reduce our environmental footprint here at the office and on site.

With the help of our suppliers and partners, we’re exploring ways to make events even greener without any change in quality. Some of our favorite solutions are:

Using recycled paper stock and vegetable based inks for print materials (or better yet, delivering delegate information packs electronically on recycled plastic USB sticks).
Thinking longer term to produce event items that can be reused year after year, such as signage and set pieces.
Using electronic, plasma screen signage instead of printing items that have such a short lifespan.
Off-setting carbon emissions from travel by purchasing CO2 credits or inviting out of town guest speakers and delegates to attend via web conference.
Carefully sourcing green alternatives for events such as reusable delegate bags made from organic cotton, substituting gifts (which too often find their way into the bin) for charity donations, and using green power generated from 100% renewable sources.

Sustainable Examples

Each of the projects below considered their impact on the environment as well as their design and execution. The way we see it, the smaller our footprint, the more experiences we can create.

Green Offerings

Waterborne Paint Technology: GPJ Australia uses more environmentally friendly paint solution for cabinets and joinery that beats virtually everything else available on the market today where applicable.

With 90% less solvent, Permahyd paint delivers brilliant results in fewer coats with high quality results.
Paper-free Events: While the paper-free office may seem like a distant dream, we can deliver events today that won't touch a single tree.

Using technologies such as online registration and evaluation, digital signage, SMS polling, and interactive response mechanisms, we can help you conserve resources and your guests won't miss a thing.
Hybrid Events: Many of the tools we take for granted today were unthinkable even just 5 years ago. We’re currently pushing the limits of what we’ve termed Hybrid Events; the fusion of real world experiences (and their benefits of networking and face-to-face contact), with virtual and online extensions.

Just like a hybrid car can reduce your petrol consumption and CO2 emissions, our Hybrid Events hold the promise of reducing paper consumption, travel emissions and even heating and cooling, all while creating a richer experience.