Carbon neutral exhibition stand

In these times, it is important to make responsible choices that do their bit for the planet in business too.Exhibition stands designed and built by Messeforum Oy are created with the goal of reducing environmental impact and represent a responsible choice. When you order exhibition stand design and construction from Messeforum, your stand will be carbon neutral.

At Messeforum, sustainability is not an afterthought—it is genuine, measurable, and transparently reported. We are committed to carbon neutrality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the ISO 14068 standard and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). We have developed a carbon footprint management plan, which is reviewed and updated annually in line with the latest standards.

The emissions of all Messeforum exhibition stands are calculated in accordance with ISO 14067, the international standard for product carbon footprint assessment. Emissions are reduced through our own actions wherever possible, and any remaining emissions are offset through additional and reliable measures using the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). As a result of verified emissions calculations and reduction measures, completed exhibition stands are awarded the OpenCO2net Carbon Neutral label, which has been independently validated by DNV.

Learn more about our sustainability reporting on our Company and Sustainability page

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The emissions of our carbon neutral exhibition stands are calculated in detail

Messeforum’s carbon neutral stand is founded on Messeforum’s climate strategy and detailed analysis of the emissions caused by our operations. Our partner in calculating and analysing emissions is the expert company OpenCO2net Oy, which is specialised in encouraging responsible, carbon neutral business and calculating carbon footprints.

We have worked with OpenCO2net Oy to survey the sources of emissions in designing, building and dismantling our stands. The carbon footprint of each exhibition stand we build is calculated using an automated calculator that utilizes up-to-date emission factors from the OpenCO2 emissions database. The calculations are based on emission calculation standards.

The calculation of our carbon footprint incorporates all sources of emissions, including construction materials, furniture and equipment and their transport, the electricity used in the stand, business travel involved in construction on site and transporting waste for waste treatment or for re-use when the stand is dismantled.

Energy and materials play a key role in reducing the carbon footprint

We reduce the carbon dioxide emissions caused by our stands by improving the efficiency of our use of materials, choosing low-emission materials and encouraging a circular economy. We re-use materials and furniture as far as possible, while ensuring that our exhibition stands are always stylish and of high quality.

The electricity used in our stands is always from renewable energy sources where available. The waste from dismantling our stands is sorted and processed in line with the exhibition centres’ recycling programmes.

At the same time, we are also committed to reducing our carbon footprint in all our operations, e.g. including our own office environment in which we use only renewable energy. We also favour paperless and remote work.

Reliable and additional compensation with CO2esto’s emission cutter

Those carbon dioxide emissions that we cannot mitigate ourselves through our choice of materials, recycling or other means, are entirely offset for  each stand through a reliable offsetting channel using CO2esto’s Emissions Cutter. CO2esto buys emission allowances out of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and keeps the purchased allowances off the market.

EU ETS is an officially monitored system in which all the major European industrial players like airlines and industrial plants and power plants must participate and buy allowances for their activity. The amount of emission allowances available in the market is limited. When we purchase the allowances, we nullify them so that they are no longer available for other companies. Thus, another operator in the EU, for example the big industrial enterprises who can not buy as much of emissions any longer as before, must reduce its emissions and invest accordingly in new technologies with lower emissions in order to be able to continue its operations. Thus, along with our actions, emissions in Europe are reduced genuinely, additionally and reliably.

Choose a responsible exhibition stand builder who takes care of the carbon neutrality of your stand

We measure the carbon dioxide emissions of our exhibition stands precisely in accordance with the standards, from the materials of the stand to our team’s travel and accommodation. We minimize the emissions in many ways in different stages of the trade fair project. The rest of the emissions, which are impossible for us to influence, we offset entirely and reliably by byuing emission allowances off from the EU’s Emission Trading System (EU ETS) so that total emissions in Europe are genuinely and truly reduced.

Your company always receives a verified third-party certificate from us to show that the greenhouse gas emissions of your exhibition stand are zero. You can use the certificate, for example, to tell about your company’s responsibility at trade fairs.

Be a trailblazer with us and take over an environmentally friently competitive andvantage by ordering your company’s exhibition stand from Messeforum.

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