We don’t know about you – but 2019 has already been a whirlwind.

January started off slow and steady, slow meaning time to catch up on admin that normally takes a back seat.

Then February has seen us hustling… and hustling hard! Which is right up our alley. We love working with all our clients and their various projects.

But while we were taking it relatively easy in January, we thought it was a great time to get stuck into our website which we’ve been wanting to do for ages.

Our website is now updated, and relevant to who Shades of Green is right now, and where we plan on going.

So please pop over and have a look – and you know, if you have something nice to say, please do!

All our best,
SOG Team x

And just like that we are in to the third month of 2017, not leaving us much of a chance to capture all our hard work from the year gone by. In case you missed any of it, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 year:

54sqm BARD Exhibition Stand at the 34th World Congress of Endourology and SWL (WCE, 2016) held in Cape Town

“Now that the dust has settled I would to thank you & your team for putting together a very professional booth for us at the WCE.” Brendan Marshall, Business Unit Manager – BMD & BBS

“Just a big thank you from me too! The stand was perfect and looked really top professional – we most definitely made a statement.” Zandre van der Schyff, Business Unit Director – Prostate Brachytherapy & Bard Care

Flora wins Gold for the most innovative stand and Silver for the best custom stand at The Good Food and Wine Show in Cape Town.

54sqm CCG Systems Exhibition Stand at the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers Annual Conference (IMFO 2016) held in Durban. The CCG Exhibition Stand won a Gold award for best exhibition stand.

“Hi Kylie, thank you. We couldn’t have done it without you” Edeline Musadziruma, Business Development Administrator

Shades of Green had a few of their own highlights too:

Christmas came early for our Director Kylie and her family with the birth of their first born child in December.

Our lovely Nicole got engaged to her gorgeous fiancé in Thailand.

Shades of Green settled into a new home in the leafy suburbs of Hillcrest. We are now settled and looking forward to having friends of the industry stop in for coffee.

We released our new branding at the end of 2016 and will be rolling it out in the first half of this year. We hope you love our new logo as much as we do.

For more images of our 2016 year please view our Gallery.

2016 was an amazing year and we are so looking forward to the year ahead as our calendar is lining up with great things. We wish everyone a prosperous 2017 and hope to touch base with you soon.

Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and contact us for all your experiential marketing requirements, we turn concepts into reality.

After a productive and eventful 2014 and a bit of R&R over the festive season the Shades of Green team are feeling revitalised and excited for what 2015 holds. It has been a busy start to the year, with quite a few events and exhibitions under our belt already.

Shades of Green Exhibitions completed building the exhibition infrastructure for the JD Edwards Summit today. The summit is an event for Oracle customers and partners organised by Pottershand at Southern Sun Elangeni. The client requested an innovative way in which the Oracle partners could consult with their customers in an exhibition environment without using outdated shell scheme. Without hesitation we had an affordable and trendy solution for the client which worked within the confined space of a hotel (tension fabric branded backdrops).

Our team also completed an outdoor installation for one of our regular customers, PPC at the Shield Exhibition (MTN Expo Centre, Gauteng). The client wanted the space and freedom to network with some of the 300 members attending the exhibition, in particular to obtain leads and offer promotional prices. Shades of Green provided the client with a functional networking setup with a combination of low, soft seating for more consultative discussions and high casual seating to lure in the more discerning customer. We also built our innovative concrete block coffee tables and bar counter which PPC really love.

Shades of Green will be in Gauteng again this weekend for the Johannesburg CosRen Event as well as attending the Event Green Forum AGM.

We have hit the ground running and feel extremely positive that 2015 will be a year for great things. We look forward to working with old friends and making new ones so don’t hesitate to contact us to discuss your event and exhibition requirements for the year or better yet, come and have a coffee with us at our new offices in March.

Wishing you all an amazing, fulfilling and prosperous 2015.

Contact us for all your Exhibition & Event needs.

Small or young companies are faced with the issue of credibility, often challenged by competition from the “bigger” more “well-known” competitors. Although Shades of Green Events and Exhibitions are considered to be a fairly young business, the company itself has experienced rapid growth, challenging the stigma that bigger is better. The key to the company’s success has been a simple acknowledgement and rule that customers are the lifeblood of the business. The company prides itself in being owner run by someone who not only cares about every customer; she also has a passion for the industry. Kylie is known for keeping the most difficult client happy and handling the most “out-of-the-question” requests with ease.

For Shades of Green it is all about constant communication, attention to detail and generally going above and beyond to ensure the companies 100% success rate is maintained.

Shades of Green has worked with companies, associations, organisations and agencies from all industries, building exhibition pavilions at the last hour, supplying portable exhibition stands across the border, constructing exhibitions in the deepest townships and organising the most prestigious events. There really isn’t anything that Shades of Green can’t do.

When it comes to exhibition and event management, international or local, high end budgets or mall activations you can rest assured that your exhibitions or events are in the hands of real people who care about what you think.

To see what some of our clients think, have a look at the Shades of Green home page or contact us for references.

Earlier this month, Shades of Green placed a pledge on laps completed by a local Durban athlete and personal trainer, Mariska Grace for the WarriorXtreme24. The 24 hour obstacle race saw participants pushing their limits as they endured laps of a 5km obstacle course with 15 obstacles. The race itself was developed to test the toughest of athletes.

Mariska completed a respectable 13 laps over 17 hours, completing the race on the podium as the third lady. The funds raised will be used by KwaRescue (a project of KwaCare – a public benefit organisation) to renovate the children’s section at the Pinetown court making it easier for children affected by sexual abuse to testify.

Shades of Green looks forward to getting involved in many more CSI projects to ensure we make a positive contribution to the lives of those who need a helping hand and a little bit of hope.

For more information on how Shades of Green can deliver your exhibition or event in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, follow the link to contact us: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/contact-us/

Shades of Green Exhibitions has had a busy and creative exhibition year having managed various elements of exhibitions, activations and road shows for our existing and new clients.

To showcase a selection of 2014 exhibition stands we have updated the gallery to highlight our key exhibition services:

• Exhibition Management (management of exhibitions, from a single exhibition stand to a full exhibition)
• Exhibition Stand Building (portable, system or custom exhibition stands)
• Exhibition Design (3D renders and graphic design)
• Exhibition Infrastructure (shell scheme, marquees, flooring etc.)
• Exhibition Printing (digital and fabric printing)
• Exhibition Furniture and Specialised Décor (rentable or custom made)
• Exhibition Audio Visual (all technical equipment)
• Exhibition Staffing
• Exhibition Greening (Eco Audits & Carbon Foot Print Analysis)

Please contact Shades of Green Exhibitions for more information on the various packages on offer. Whether hosting a small stand at an exhibition, a complete exhibition or any exhibition related requirements – we have the right package for you!

Shades of Green Exhibitions are committed to delivering outstanding service and surpassing every client’s expectation. For more information on how Shades of Green Exhibitions can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders

A key element of event greening is waste minimisation and sustainable management. Recognising the importance of this the Event Greening Forum (EGF) KZN Team and friends on Friday, 15 August 2014 visited the Re- head office in Prospection, Durban for a tour of their facilities. Shades of Green Events – heading the EGF KZN Team – organised the site visit.

Re- is a national waste management solutions company that offers their clients innovative solutions to Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle and Recover product to ensure that sound waste management practices are implemented, thereby promoting environmental sustainability. A sustainability solution from Re- means less waste to landfill, less resource consumption and less harmful emissions. Their innovations include composting and biomass engineering of organic material, outlets for raw materials and diversion of suitable materials to animal feed, extraction of product for biofuel manufacturing and use of material as an alternative fuel resource. Re- focuses on the concept of circular economy, nothing wasted, everything repurposed.

Their approach fits within an increasing global trend to reduce, re-use, rework, recycle and recover waste products. One person’s waste can now become another person’s valuable raw material. Considering the cost, and sometimes-limited availability of original input materials the demand for recovered waste products are increasing. Where as basic waste management focuses on removing waste from the living and working areas in an environmentally acceptable fashion (including waste storage, collection, transport and disposal), this new approach promotes sustainability through providing creative waste solutions that divert waste from landfill and truly sees disposal as a last resort.

In terms of event management, this points to the importance of effective planning re waste minimisation and management. Event organisers should aim to minimise waste (i.e. no bottled water); and to thereafter focus on the effective management of waste through for example re-using products (i.e. USB flash drives made from recycled materials or biodegradable materials such as bamboo or printed branding materials that can be re-used), and recycling (i.e. recycling bins to collect paper, plastics and so forth) and arranging for the recovering of waste that cannot be re-used. Again, disposal should remain a last resort.

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

In honor of August being women’s month The Umhlanga Magazine decided to:

“show the diversity and talent of the local ladies in our town and thought [they]‘d profile 4 lovely business ladies that have broken the mould and are doing something unique, creative and somewhat different and in this following a career path that is their true passion.”

The 4 ladies profiled include the Directors of Shades of Green Events, Jenny Kervarrec and Kylie van Staden.

Shades of Green Events are committed to delivering exceptional service and surpassing every client’s expectation. For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management

Shades of Green Events is the event organiser of the 5th Annual South African Chefs Association (SACA) Hospitality Golf Challenge scheduled to take place on 30 July 2014 at the Durban Country Club. The Golf Challenge is held in support of the World Chefs Tour Against Hunger. The event is open to all players and also offers networking and marketing opportunities for businesses.

To enter or to obtain more information please contact Kylie on kylie@sgevents.co.za.

Shades of Green Events are committed to delivering exceptional service and surpassing every client’s expectation. For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders

Shades of Green Events are committed to delivering exceptional service and surpassing every client’s expectation. For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management

Shades of Green Events recently launched a Wi-Fi Solution for events and exhibitions. The Wi-Fi Solution not only allows our clients to offer free Internet connectivity to their visitors or guests with speeds of up to 5MBPS, but to also obtain valuable marketing leads and business intelligence reporting shaped to each client’s specific needs.

Marketing leads – extracted during the registration process – allow clients to following the event directly market to their visitors and guests. Business intelligence reporting on the other hand allows clients to understand their potential customers to a fine point through analytics that cover:

• Demographics (age, gender, residential area, etc)
• Lifestyle interest (technology, sports, dating, etc)
• Site traffic (usage by day, time of day, return rate, etc).

Please contact Shades of Green Events for more information on the various packages on offer. Whether hosting a small stand at an exhibition, complete exhibition, a product launch or a weeklong event – we have the right package for you!

Shades of Green Events are committed to delivering exceptional service and surpassing every client’s expectation. For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management

Join Shades of Green Events in celebrating Earth Hour by switching all non-essential lights and appliances from 20:30 to 21:30 on Saturday. There is however no reason to twiddle your thumbs in the dark during Earth Hour this year.

Here are 10 fun things to do:

1.  Play with sparklers. Take long-exposure photos of your efforts.

2. Play board games by candle light (using beeswax candles).

3. Get closer to nature and go star gazing. For the more energetic people moon dancing will be an option.

4. If you have kids, get out the camping gear and reminish about a time before electricity.

5. Play a REAL game of hide and seek.

6. Have a South African Braai with your friends (using sustainably harvested wood) or have a romantic dinner by candlelight with tasty dishes based on the WWF’s livewell principles. Download their dinner party guide. And while you’re at it, take advantage of the combined romance of candlelight and eco-chivalry to pop the question.

7. Have an acoustic music night – pull out the guitars and other music instruments. Remember to practise without looking at your hands.

8. Debate whether one hour can trigger social change.

9. Go to bed early. Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. And maybe start a pool on whether there will be a baby spike in nine months.

10. Make streetlight shadow puppets (yes, the streetlights stay on, for safety).

For more information on Earth Hour visit their website: www.earthhour.org

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

During the recent Event Greening Forum (EGF) Annual General Meeting Shades of Green Events Director, Jenny Kervarrec, was invited to serve on the EGF Management Committee. Jenny will also Head the KZN EGF Team.

The aim of the EGF is to promote and embrace sustainable and ethical business practices within the events industry in South Africa, with an initial focus on meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions and events. For more information on the Event Greening Forum in KZN, do not hesitate to contact Jenny on jenny@sgevents.co.za

For more information on the EGF please visit their website: www.eventgreening.co.za

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

Waste management is a crucial part of a sustainable event or exhibition. On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 Shades of Green Events will attend the launch of the 2014 Waste Management Awards competition. The event will take place at the Assagay Hotel outside Durban. Winners of the 2012 Waste Management Awards will be asked to do a 5 – 10 minute overview on why they feel they performed well in their category, touching on their strongest points. Feel free to view the programme!

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

To visit our latest Gallery of work follow this link:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/gallery/

Join the Climate Reality Leadership Corps at their next training scheduled to take place 12 – 14 March 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The training will focus on the science of climate change, how to talk to people across the continent about the ways climate change affects them personally, and what can be done to address this challenge.

For more information visit the link below:

http://climaterealityproject.org/africa-training/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your events in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link:

Corporate & Social Events – Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can help with your exhibition stand requirements follow this link:

Custom & System Exhibition Stands – Exhibition Management & Exhibition Stand Builders:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

To visit our latest Gallery of work follow this link:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/gallery/

As the year ends and the New Year beckons we have a desire to start the year off the way we mean to end it “bigger, better, smarter”.  Most of us have New Year Resolutions that include diets, fitness, financial savings, holiday plans and so the list goes on. We have to wonder if any of those resolutions include ways to be “greener” at home and at work or if it’s just another white elephant that we like to pretend doesn’t require our attention.

Shades of Green Events would like to give you the opportunity to actually commit to a resolution without giving up the things you love (like chocolate or TV) which requires little effort with a lot of reward. Here are our top 5 tips to starting the year off in a greener more sustainable way:

1. Buy a glass bottle and fill it up with tap water (don’t buy bottled water when there is no need).

2. Keep re-usable shopping bags in your car and one folded in your handbag.

3. Give “Meat Free Monday” a go!

4. Use plastic containers instead of plastic sandwich bags.

5. Create a paperless environment – do you really need to print?

Shades of Green Events and their staff have already committed to being a company that is working towards a greener environment and hope that their suppliers, clients and friends of the industry will do the same. Here is to greener pastures and a fantastic 2014.

Contact Shades of Green Events for all your 2014 Event, Exhibitions, Eco-Policy Development and Carbon Footprint Requirements.

Shades of Green Events was recently joined by a new part-time Junior Account Executive, Nockey Mkhize. Nockey joined the company on a contract basis to assist with various upcoming events and exhibitions. Nockey has a passion for events – especially sustainable events – and therefore was happy to join Shades of Green Events in this new venture.

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Stands: Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

Shades of Green Events is assisting the South African Chefs Association (SACA) in organising its 4th Annual Hospitality Golf Challenge scheduled to take place on 21 August 2013 at the Umhlali Country Club. The event is open to all players and also offers networking and marketing opportunities for businesses. A percentage of entrance fees and cash sponsorships will be donated to the Wildlands Conservation Trust – a Non-profit Organisation and Registered Charity.

For more information contact Jenny via email: jenny@sgevents.co.za

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Stands: Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

Earlier this year Shades of Green Events organised the FirstNet Data Centre Launch Cocktail. See the link below for a video that First Technology produced:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE_JGWTrPI4

Alternatively visit our gallery to see some photos taken at the event:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/gallery/

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Organisers: Event Planning & Event Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Stands: Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

You’re invited to the Green Business Breakfast in Durban!

Date: Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Time: 07:30 for 08:00 am

Venue: Gateway Hotel, Umhlanga

Cost: Sponsored by the Event Greening Forum

Please RSVP by Monday, 16 July through clicking on the following link:

www.sgevents.co/public/invitation/response/?token=ec4a8c2ecc6711e2a68a6a83f6aa2e9e

Programme

7.30am – 8.00am: Registration & Breakfast is served

8.00am: Grace Stead, Vice Chairperson of the EGF – Welcome and Introduction to the Event Greening Forum

8.15am: Jenny Kervarrec, Shades of Green Events – Hosting Green Events in Durban

8.45am: Gunther Beissel, Eco Chef Sustainable Food Service – Sustainable Catering

9.15am: General Discussion on the EGF & Event Greening

9.45am: Tour of Gateway Hotel’s Green Facilities

10.30am: Event ends

We recently updated our Photo Gallery – showcasing some of the work we’ve done.  The photos on the Gallery are of various exhibition stands, activations, events and green policy development that Shades of Green Events managed and implemented. Have a look by clicking on the link below:

Shades Of Green Events – Gallery

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Planning & Event Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

The Tourism Indaba returned to Durban for its 21^st year earlier this month. Indaba is one of the largest tourism marketing events in Africa and is held in the Durban ICC precinct annually in May attracting over 11000 visitors.

With over a thousand exhibitors from Southern Africa, Shades of Green Events were delighted to participate as a service provider to a selection of venues, tour operators and provincial government agencies. The services offered to these clients were fully inclusive of:

• Stand conceptualisation and design
• Artwork design
• Print and application
• Construction of both custom and system stands
• Furniture supply
• Décor elements
• Trussing
• Audio Visual
• Health and Safety compliance
• Electrical instillation

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Planning & Event Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

As a member of the Event Greening Forum (EGF), Shades of Green Events, would like to encourage our partners, service providers and clients to participate in the Green Office Week.

This year Green Office Week takes place from 22 – 26 April 2013.  It is both a campaign and a cause. As a campaign it aims to sensitise as many people as possible about the need to become more eco-friendly and sustain changed behaviours. As a cause it plays a national role in alerting all people at work to the need of showing more respect to our planet’s survival.

Each day of the week carries a different green theme to focus on. Download the Green Office Week toolkit on the EGF link below. The toolkit provides ideas and advice about what to do for each day:

http://eventgreening.co.za/news/green-office-week-2013/

The themes for each of the days are:

Monday, 22 April 2013 – Saving water

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 – Reducing carbon emissions

Wednesday, 24 April 2013 – Saving electricity

Thursday, 25 April 2013 – Reducing waste

Friday, 26 April 2013 – Greening your events

To find out more about the Green Office Week visit the following website: www.greenofficeweek.co.za

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can assist you with regard to events management, exhibition stands and exhibition management, environmental policy development or carbon footprint analysis, visit the links below:

Event management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition stands and Exhibition management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

Environmental policy development: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/environmental-policy-development/

Carbon Footprint Analysis: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/carbon-footprint-assessments/

Hosting a green (or eco-friendly) event often has negative connotations of being more expensive and requiring more effort than hosting a traditional event. It might require more effort to become familiar with the various elements of hosting an event in an eco-friendly manner, but sustainable event and exhibition management companies like Shades of Green Events are ready to assist in this regard and will ensure a professional outcome. Also, the effort will be well worth it since applying reliable, eco-friendly techniques to your event or exhibition can save you money and the added benefit is publically demonstrating your company’s commitment to sustainability, which is great for Public Relations.

Greening your event and saving money in the process

There are many aspects of an event that can be reduced, omitted or sourced locally in order to lessen the impact on the environment and result positively on the bottom line. This can be achieved through applying greening practices. Three examples are:

• Waste minimisation (serving tap water rather than bottled water; electronic registration processes; distributing event materials electronically on USBs rather than printing materials; and so forth)
• Energy efficiency and renewable energy (Conserve energy through utilising energy efficient equipment; select a venue with natural light that does not require electronic lights to be switched on during the day; and so forth);
• Green transportation systems (choose a venue within walking distance from the hotel; make use of shared transportation between the airport and hotel; rent eco-friendly vehicles; and so forth)

Hosting an event in an eco-friendly manner is a long term investment in your company’s image – it will create lasting impressions on your clients and other key stakeholders. The advantages are endless and are evident from the simplest applications. Shades of Green Events looks forward to enhancing your brand and exceeding your expectations when it comes to planning your next event or exhibition.

For more information on how Shades of Green Events can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Planning & Event Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

Soccerex, the global leader for the business of football returned to South Africa with a new event – The Soccerex African Forum. The two day event was held in Durban from 23 – 24 October 2012 at the Southern Sun Elangeni and will return to Durban as an annual event for the next two years.

Shades of Green Events was appointed by Scan Display Solutions (whom were awarded the tender with Soccerex African Forum for 2012) to manage the exhibition component on behalf of Scan from appointment to completion. Shades of Green Events provided a full exhibition management service and in particular the role included but was not limited to the following:

• Infrastructure – managing all infrastructure requirements and coordinating the design and production process.
• Quotes – preparing all quotes for the client on Scan’s behalf.
• Exhibitor and Service Provider Management – coordinating all queries and sales related to service orders including exhibitor manual development.
• Communications – coordinating all suppliers on behalf of Scan Display.
• Client Management – attending meetings and handling all requests for the client.
• Finance – managing all aspects of finance from budget, invoicing to debt collection.
• Reporting – preparing a full cost analysis report for Scan Display.

Shades of Green Events was thanked by both Soccerex and Scan Display for their efforts and in particular going the extra mile to ensure a successful exhibition was achieved.

“From the feedback already received from different levels of attendees the event was a huge success and therefore we are very happy. We could not have done it without you guys and I want to thank you all and each member of your team who helped us in making the event a success – each of the features you were involved in looked fantastic so thank you.” Joe Martin, Exhibition Manager, Soccerex, UK.

For more information on Shades of Green Event’s exhibition management and other services relating to exhibitions visit:

http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

Shades of Green Events looks forward to making your exhibition a stress-free experience.

Shades of Green recently featured on the Event Greening Forum’s website. The article titled New ‘Green Kids’ on the Block reflects on how Shades of Green emerged on the events and exhibition scene during 2012. Visit the link below to read the article:

Event Greening Forum: http://eventgreening.co.za/news/new-green-kids-on-the-block/

For more information on how Shades of Green can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Event Planning & Event Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibition Planning & Exhibition Management: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/

An independent eco-label – titled the Eco-Choice Africa (ECA) eco-label – has been introduced on the local scene to offer internationally competitive recognition for the local manufacturing sector in developing and marketing environmentally responsible products. The label offers certification of the environmental status of a range of consumer goods. It also recognises the potential impact of manufactured goods on the environment and in some cases, consumers. For more information on the ECA eco-label, read the article below:

Eco-label recognises earth-friendly manufacturers, published online in Green Times

The ECA eco-label is key in hosting green events and will be followed closely by Shades of Green in terms of event planning, event management and event greening. For more information on how Shades of Green can assist you to host your event in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following link: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

In addition to event planning, event management, exhibition planning, and exhibition management, Shades of Green offers event greening and exhibition greening. Event and exhibition greening is “the process of incorporating social, environmental and economical responsible decision making into the planning, organisation and implementation of, and participation
in, an event [or exhibition]. It incorporates sustainable development principles and practices in all levels of event [or exhibition] organisation, and aims to ensure that an event is hosted responsibly” (Gauteng Green Events Guidelines ).

Why should you green your event or exhibition?

• Reduce costs: It can reduce your event or exhibition cost
• Reputation: It can enhance the reputation of your event/exhibition and accordingly your company since it shows you are serious about tackling climate change and presents a great PR opportunity
• Attract Investors: It can attract sponsorships for events and exhibitions and it can attract investors for companies since investment portfolios now include climate change risks (companies are often expected to show their carbon footprint reduction strategies to manage these risks)
• Carbon Tax: South Africa is looking to introduce a carbon tax in the near future towards becoming a low-carbon economy. Reducing the carbon footprint of your company’s events and exhibitions now (early action) can assist you in having to pay less carbon tax when it is implemented (long-term benefit)
• It is the right thing to do for the future of our planet.

For more information on how Shades of Green can deliver your event or exhibition in a professional, socially and environmentally responsible way, visit the following links:

Events: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/corporate-events/

Exhibitions: http://www.shadesofgreenevents.co.za/exhibition/