On World Environment Day, Jun 5th, Eventex Awards have announced their new ‘We are green” initiative. The campaign is running under the slogan “Commit to greener events for a better world” and aims to raise environmental awareness, inspire a more sustainable approach in the event industry and build a community of green-thinking organizers, as the organization says.

As Eventex Awards says, it will be giving a “We are green” digital badge to any upcoming event that commits to implement at least 3 out of 10 green event practices. The badge is meant to represent the organizer’s green commitment and serve as an inspiration to others.

“Implementing green practices doesn’t necessarily mean extra expenses – some could even save you money”, says Simona Harizanova, Co-founder of Eventex Awards. For example, using badges and lanyards from recycled materials and asking attendees to return them, so they can be reused.

“We’ve always tried to adopt as many green practices as possible at Eventex Awards, like not using paper, throwing a 100% online award ceremony and giving out trophies made of recycled plastic for the last 2 editions of the competition”, Simona Harizanova says. “We believe that the “We’re green badge” will inspire more event organizers and together we will make a true difference for a greener world.”