Zurich honored as a sustainable congress city
Zurich is one of the most sustainable convention cities in the world. Compared with other cities, it achieves the third-best score in the Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS). The index promotes and encourages a sustainable meetings industry worldwide.
The city of Zurich plays a pioneering role in the organization of sustainable congresses. It achieves in the GDS Ranking the third-best score in comparison with other cities. GDS stands for Global Destination Sustainability Index. It promotes and supports the sustainable development of the international meetings industry and assesses the attractiveness of venues in four categories: Environmental Performance, Social Performance, Supplier Performance and Convention Bureau Performance. For example, the index counts the percentage of hotels that are less than half an hour away from a trade show location (Zurich: 98%) or how many hotel rooms in a city have a sustainability certificate from a recognized label (Zurich: 50%).
Martin Sturzenegger, Director of Zürich Tourism, is pleased with the ranking: "The result shows that we are on the right track. It reflects our understanding of sustainability. We set ourselves credible and ambitious goals on the levels of economy, ecology and society. Awareness of sustainable development - especially in tourism - is to be further strengthened among all stakeholders in the destination."
Source: Zurich Tourism
