GO! Checklist
Category 5: Sustainable Event Management
Campus events of various kinds are constantly being organised by the university. With better and thorough planning, the negative impacts of these events on the environment, particularly the generation of waste, can be minimised. CUHK has adopted guidelines aimed at reducing waste, and has subscribed to the Environmental Protection Department’s Green Event Pledge.
We offer low-carbon or socially-responsible food options such as vegetarian dishes and fair trade, organic coffee, tea or snacks in our events.
We order and serve food portions appropriate for the number of participants. Where possible, we inform the caterer(s) to reduce the pre-ordered food portions when attendance is lower than anticipated.
We encourage participants to take away the leftovers, share with others or donate surplus food to charities.
- encouraging meeting attendees and event participants to bring their own water bottles, containers and/or cutlery;
- using reusable containers and cutlery to serve drinks and food; and
- not providing individually packed beverages and food items at our events.
We adopt measures to reduce waste at source, facilitate waste separation and arrange in advance for the collection of recyclables.
