Our commitment to sustainability
Shaping the laboratory industry for a sustainable future.
At Informa, we achieve sustainable commercial success through thoughtful market focus and superior results for our customers. Being a sustainable business is central to how we run our events, how we make decisions and how we do business every day.
Our continuing evolution is fueled by insight, innovation, and collaboration. We are proud of our commitment to having a positive environmental and social impact on both the communities and industries we work within.
Building the future
We know how sustainability is increasingly important.
Running Asia Health gives us lots of opportunities to improve our impact environmentally, socially and economically in our region. We want to make the event more responsible and play a role in helping the market improve its own sustainability through connecting people with the networks and knowledge they want to help solve the big challenges in the laboratory sector.
FasterForward
FasterForward is Informa’s approach to sustainable business.
Our aim is to continually enhance our sustainability efforts and promote positive impact in all aspects of our business.
Through the FasterForward program, we integrate sustainability into all our operations, and actively seek opportunities to support our customers and markets in doing the same.This structured three-part program comprises ambitious commitments and a diverse range of activities focused on improving our business operations, brands and products, and community impact.
When it comes to sustainability, we’re moving FasterForward.
Sustainability in action
Asia Health is committed to running events in a responsible and sustainable way. Here's what our attendees have to say about our sustainability efforts.
Attendees agreed that Asia Health and Medlab Asia is environmentally and socially responsible.
Attendees found the event improved their job effectiveness and efficiency through knowledge and networking.
Attendees felt Asia Health and Medlab Asia exceeded their expectations for environment and socially responsibility.
Our three aims
ECONOMICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
SOCIAL
1. Inspiring sustainable development
How we do it:
- Amplifying diverse voices: We believe in the power of diverse perspectives to drive meaningful change through forums and events.
- Powerful content: Sustainability isn't just a buzzword - it's a way of life. We create and support the sustainability of the markets we serve by creating content that educates, inspires and motivates.
- Inspiring stakeholders- we inspire and empower our suppliers, exhibitors and stakeholders to make sustainable choices and take meaningful actions.
- Developing market relevant partnerships- we partner with industry leaders to drive change for a more sustainable future across our industry.
2. Running a environmentally responsible event
We focus on:
- Partnering with eco-conscious suppliers: We work with suppliers who share our values and have sustainable practices in place.
- Reducing event carbon emissions: We encouraging our attendees to use public transport or carpool therby optimizing transportation logistics.
- Minimizing waste production: Creating less waste as much as possible by using recyclable materials and implementing waste reduction strategies throughout the event.
- Prioritizing sustainable sourcing: Considering sustainability credentials of the items sourced for the event such as food, beverages and promotional items to ensure they align with our commitment to sustainability.
Running a socially responsible event
We focus on:
- Doing business safely and ethically- We prioritize safety and ethical business practices in everything we do, because it's the responsible and sustainable way to operate.
- Considering wellbeing and accessibility- we prioritize accessibility and wellbeing, ensuring that our event is all inclusive, beneficial and all enjoyable for all attendees.
- Creating a positive impact on our host cities- we work closely with our host cities to create events that have a lasting positive impact on the community and the environment.
- Measuring our impacts- we believe in being transparent about our performance & measure our impacts and report on our progress, so we can continually improve and strive to do better
How can you support sustainability
We are working with exhibitors, event partners and attendees to make Asia Health and Medlab Asia 2023 a sustainable event. As part of this plan, we have developed suggestions and tips for building a successful healthcare and laboratory event.
Contact us and share your story
Would you like to work with us on the
sustainability aspect of our event? Would you like to share your own story and
efforts? Got an idea? Contact the Medlab Asia team for more information
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