Munich/Austin –March 14, 2012 – amiando (www.amiando.com), one of the leading online registration and ticketing tools worldwide, announced today that it launches amiando Green Ticketing at this year’s SXSW interactive festival.
amiando’s online event management software allows event organizers and delegates to be more environmentally-thoughtful. Not only is amiando’s online registration system completely paperless, amiando now allows delegates to buy CO2 certificates in order to compensate for their carbon dioxide emissions impact that is caused by their travel to and from the event.
Green events
Green events adopt environmentally friendly measures wherever it is possible. The main goal is to reduce their carbon footprint, which is the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the particular event. There are multiple ways to make an event greener such as saving energy, recycling, paperless online event management systems and the minimization of carbon dioxide emissions for travelling delegates. amiando takes responsibility and supports this idea: It provides event organizers with an online registration system that minimizes the environmental impact that results from an event and its delegates.
Paperless registration
amiando’s online event management systems allows for a complete paperless and environmentally friendly attendee registration process. All information and documents including the registration confirmation and tickets are sent via email automatically. Furthermore amiando’s entry management software allows the validation of registered attendees without the need of a printed ticket.
Compensate your carbon dioxide impact
Attendee travel to and from an event accounts for a large majority of the overall carbon dioxide footprint of an event. amiando now allows attendees to compensate their CO2 impact by offering the chance to buy CO2 certificates when registering for an event. The price for each CO2 certificate depends on the individual attendee’s travel distance as well as the type and the length of the event. The compensation amount is used for reforestation projects in Costa Rica that compensate for the attendee’s calculated carbon dioxide emissions. Organizers and sponsors can have a share in making event management greener by paying the total cost for compensating the event’s carbon dioxide footprint.
“Event production and attendee travelling make events a relevant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. As the tool of choice for thousands of event organizers we see it as our responsibility to act environmentally thoughtful. Therefore we are very happy and proud to help both event organizers and delegates to reduce an event’s carbon footprint”, says Felix Haas, CEO amiando.
