Meeting Strategies Worldwide has created a website to help meeting planners find green venues. The tool, "Best Places to MeetGreen," actually offers two resources: the MeetGreen Scorecard and the MeetGreen Calculator.

The Scorecard provides event planners with a set of rankings of cities based on the green programs put into place by the local visitor's bureau, convention center and local hotels. Those offerings are verified by Meeting Strategies Worldwide and entered into a scoring rubric.

The Calculator helps visitors to estimate the emission footprints for potential destinations. An event planner can select destinations, enter the number of attendees they expect from different regions and calculate an emissions estimate report.

"This tool is the first of its kind offering easy-to-use information about sustainability practices and destination selection for the environmentally-minded planner," said Amy Spatrisano, a CMP and a principal of Meeting Strategies Worldwide. "We hope planners will return again and again for the newest information as our list of verified cities grows. We applaud all the verified cities for being progressive and taking the initiative in their journey towards sustainability and supporting a greener meetings industry." 

Meeting Strategies Worldwide is a consulting firm specializing in environmental solutions for the conference and hospitality industries.

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