Through a partnership with
InterContinental Hotels Group, Meeting Professionals International has
developed an online corporate social responsibility tool that planners
can use to benchmark their meetings against the APEX/ASTM Standard
Specifications for Environmentally Sustainable Meetings, Events, Trade
Shows and Conferences. It also evaluates companies' social policies,
community hours donated and other efforts. MPI's CSR/sustainability
tool is free to members; a fee has yet to be set for nonmembers. The
tool is available at mpiweb.org/Portal/CSR.