Find sustainability certified hotels and venues, and make more sustainable choices when arranging meetings, conferences, and incentives in Norway.
Norway is a country of outstanding natural beauty – dramatic waterfalls, crystal clear fjords, majestic mountains, captivating wilderness, and spectacular glaciers – and preserving this unspoilt and beautiful landscape is key to encourage people to visit. This is why Norway is constantly working with sustainability – a work that also applies to the meetings industry.
Bergen Airport Flesland:
Holds an Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) at level 3+ Neutrality and ISO 14001 Environmental Certificate.
Transport to and from the airport:
Bergen Light Rail (Bybane) or Airport Express Bus that runs on green biofuel
Bergen City Center:
Everything within walking distance
City Bikes
Electrical or biofuel run buses
Electrical taxis
Congress centre:
Most of the conference and exhibition centres holds sustainability certificates.
Accommodation:
90% of the city´s hotels are easily accessible by public transport to/from congress and exhibition areas and the airport.
A very large proportion of the hotels have sustainability certificates.
Restaurants:
The Bergen region has several internationally renowned restaurants and a growing number of world-class chefs. Creative culinary artists who cultivate, develop, and pass on local food culture and gastronomy, and who combine local produce, seasonal twists and creativity exquisitely. In addition to the focus on high quality local food and gastronomy, 86% of Bergen’s restaurant have implemented measures to reduce their food waste.
Responsible suppliers:
A responsible supply chain within the travel industry where 90% of companies recycle their waste (on average, each company sorts at six different waste fractions!). And where 75% of the companies have taken measures to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information; http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Meetings/about-Norway/Sustainable-events/ or contact Magnus Brekke Nygaard, Project Manager Sustainability, on email magnus@visitBergen.com
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