Ginny Stratton

Ginny StrattonSustainability Initiatives Managerginny.stratton@globe.ca

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By Ginny Stratton
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Ginny Stratton is Principal of Strategin Solutions.Recent work includes the implementation of green event guidelines for Live Earth New York and conducting a sustainability assessment of IMEX 07â€"The Worldwide Exhibition for Incentive Travel, Meetings and Events.Since 2005, Ginny has developed and implemented sustainable event management strategies for several large scale international events including GLOBE 2006, the third session of the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum (WUF3), and EPIC 2007â€"The Sustainable Living Expo.Her efforts to ensure WUF3 embodied principles of sustainability were recognized through the IMEX 2007 Gold Green Meeting Award and earned a 4 Star MeetGreen Certification from Meeting Strategies Worldwide for excellence in green meeting practices.She can be contacted at info@strateginsolutions.com.

Now we have a solid basis for improving our environmental performance in the future," said Ginny Stratton of Globe Foundation of Canada. "We are ecstatic to know that the host of practices we employed resulted in the highest possible MeetGreen rating and hope that the results of our efforts will create a legacy for future organizers of the World Urban Forum."

Barbara Maple, Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre and Ginny Stratton, now of Strategin Solutions collecting the Gold IMEX Green Meetings Award from Shawna McKinley, GMIC and Ray Bloom, IMEX.

Picking up the Gold Award on behalf of the Globe Foundation was Barbara Maple, President of the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre who was a key partner in the delivery of the event and Ginny Stratton of Strategin Solutions who was responsible for the event.
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Commenting on the work that went into the conference and on winning the Gold Award, Ginny Stratton, formerly Sustainability Initiatives Manager of the GLOBE Foundation of Canada said "Winning the IMEX Gold Green Meetings Award demonstrates that an event as large and multifaceted as the World Urban Forum has the ability to promote best practice in sustainability not only in the cities and communities that are the focus of the Forum but also in the events industry.

- Ginny StrattonEvent Greening CoordinatorThe GLOBE Foundation of Canada

Managers - Emily Buckles, Esther Mendez, Ginny Stratton, Liz Zimmerman