A virtual Festival is not safe from pollution, even if it's digital. Each year, we aim at limiting our footprint with the production of our environmental charter. Each exhibitors collaborating with also have to sign it, promising to do its part.
We are classified level 4 according to the responsible event management standard (BNQ 9700-253) given by the Reseau des femmes en environnement, which oversees the Conseil québécois des évènements écoresponsables (CQEER). This certification was obtained for the 2019 and 2020 Zero Waste Festival and also includes our digital compensation for this year’s virtual edition, for which we proudly offset all of our GHG emissions.
We want our exhibitors and suppliers to make sure to generate as little waste as possible during the production, transportation, and sale of their goods. For example : not buying cardboard boxes for the transportation of merchandise.
before and during the Festival. For example : cleaning up my e-mail inbox or closing my webcam when it is not necessary. Besides, the Festival undertakes to compensate for the GHG related to the digital pollution generated during the Festival. Please see our tips below.
even from a distance, during the Festival. The exhibitor or the supplier agrees to follow the logic of “refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and rot” and therefore to reduce to a minimum the products and waste he will generate.
The exhibitor or the supplier shall offer responsible delivery modes (i.e. by bike) or will compensate its greenhouse gases*, to the extent possible. If do you use a car, we invite you to pick electrical vehicles and/or to group your deliveries with other exhibitors
during the deliveries. The exhibitor undertakes to use eco-responsible packaging. We recommend prioritizing durable solutions (i.e. a deposit system) before thinking about biodegradable containers.
To reduce paper waste, the exhibitor or the supplier shall adopt its communication tools by prioritizing digital tools. He or she shall avoid using flyers, or shall produce the same in limited quantities, on recyclable or biodegradable support.
To offer the festival-goers products respectful of the environment, we undertake to prioritize suppliers that offer a maximum of organic products or products from sustainable agriculture.
Use of a reusable water bottle. *You can also compensate your transportation or digital pollution by consulting Carbon Boréale, planetair.ca or other similar websites.