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Sustainability and Environmentally Responsible Efforts

ACP strives to minimize negative impacts on the environment and promote sustainability at its Internal Medicine Meeting. Efforts by ACP and its site partner at the 2024 Internal Medicine Meeting include:

  • Eliminating or significantly reducing printed materials such as the Scientific Program, newspaper, handouts, brochures and other materials and offering digital materials and electronic delivery of information.
  • All meeting badge lanyards are made from recycled plastic.
  • Eliminating previous meeting offerings such as tote bags.
  • When feasible, retaining signage for future meetings.
  • The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC):
    • Is certified LEED Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, which stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”, is an internationally adopted “green building” rating system, which evaluates a building’s environmental footprint in terms of its resource consumption, waste management practices, and overall operational efficiency.
    • Has a state-of-the-art Lutron Lighting System installed throughout the facilities and sensor-controlled lighting in all meeting rooms. To improve building efficiency, lighting and HVAC are reduced during show move-in and move out. In a year alone, 1,300,000 kwH were saved due to LED lighting upgrades at the BCEC.
    • The BCEC's food and beverage partners, Levy Restaurants, are committed to sourcing local food and beverage (depending on the season up to 75% of their ingredients come from local farms and producers) and composting food waste. The BCEC also offers compost collection bins in designated areas around the dining area for event attendees. In addition, Levy Restaurants use biodegradable packaging and corn-based compostable cups and utensils.
    • The BCEC and the Hynes recycle over 800 combined tons of material, including cardboard, plastic, paper, glass, and food waste with an average waste diversion rate of 47% at the BCEC. Annually, over 600,000 lbs of food waste are sent to be used for anaerobic digestion with any residuals being pelletized and land applied. In 2019, the MCCA also started an office organics collection program, currently available in four locations at the BCEC and one at the Hynes.
    • Conventions C.A.R.E. (Community Assistance by Responsible Events) program collects clean, usable, nonperishable donations from exhibitors and event planners after conventions, and delivers them to local nonprofits around Boston. In a single year, the program collects and distributes roughly 40 tons of donated goods.