Sustainability

For a sustainably planned event to be successful, everyone involved needs to pull together. The Congress Park Hanau offers you very good conditions for your environmentally conscious and climate-friendly event.

Consistently sustainable

Ecological, social, fair

The CPH's employees ensure in many places that ecological and social aspects are integrated into the operational processes. We consistently record CO2 emissions during business trips. We only use recycled paper for our printed media, if material needs to be printed at all. And coffee at the CPH is of course fair trade coffee and comes from environmentally friendly cultivation. We will gradually be including our suppliers in the sustainability process through sustainable purchasing guidelines. We want to trigger a domino effect that will develop in the region.

CPH corporate philosophy

Green meetings at the
Congress Park Hanau

For the success of a sustainably planned event, everyone involved must pull together: The Congress Park Hanau offers you a special framework and good conditions for your climate-friendly event.

Green meetings PDF of the CPH

Climate-friendly arrivals

  • Deutsche Bahn ICE stop
  • Bus stop right on the doorstep (direct connection from the train station), bus stop at Freiheitsplatz nearby
  • Deutsche Bahn event ticket for a carbon-neutral journey
  • Call a Bike station at Hanau Hauptbahnhof https://www.callabike.en
  • Velotaxi can be booked by reques www.frankfurt.velotaxi.en
  • CNG refuelling station in Hanau / 3 charging stations in Hanau

Purchasing

  • There is a purchasing policy in place
  • Sustainability is taken into consideration
  • Preference is given to products with labels like Blue Angel, FSC, Fair Trade
  • Advertising brochures are made from 100% recycled paper
  • Printer paper/letterhead/envelopes are made from recycled paper/FSC-certified paper
  • Fair-trade coffee

Energy concept

  • 100% green electricity: HanauNaturale-certified, 100% from hydropower
  • Continuous optimisation of the lighting plan – energy-saving lamps and motion detectors are used wherever possible
  • Continuous optimisation of the building services systems
  • Photovoltaic system on the roof

Event technology

  • Use of rechargeable batteries in battery-operated radio systems
  • Regular revitalisation of the spotlight systems with LED technology
  • Regional partners for acquisition of materials and personnel

Catering

  • Preferred partner “BUMB JUNIOR Finest Catering”, with a sustainability concept
  • Organic catering with vegan and vegetarian options
  • Regional cuisine
  • Avoidance of disposable dishes and much more

Waste

  • Education of customers and employees on waste prevention
  • Waste separation through separate waste bins in offices
  • General waste bins are sorted by the cleaning staff

Central location

  • Located in Hanau's old town, close to the city centre
  • Attractions and shops can be reached without a car
  • Located in the immediate vicinity of the “Schlossgarten” park

Water

  • Water-saving fittings and cisterns in all sanitary facilities
  • Lowered water pressure
  • Use of environmentally friendly and biodegradable cleaning agents

Social endeavour

  • Year-round exhibitions from Hanau artists' associations in the south foyer of the CPH

Compensation for events

  • Working with natureOffice, we offer to make events climate-neutral: The average CO2 emissions of an event are calculated and can be offset by purchasing certificates from a climate protection project. www.natureoffice.com

Compensation for business trips

  • Documentation of the annual business trips of CPH employees and matching compensation

Memberships

  • Participation in the fairpflichtet sustainability code from EVVC and GCB
  • Member of the “Nachhaltig vernetzt Hanau und Region” sustainability network

Green arrival

The Congress Park Hanau is centrally located at the edge of Hanau's old town, right next to the “Schlossgarten” park. The town centre and numerous sights are easily reachable on foot from here.

Deutsche Bahn event tickets

Travel in an environmentally friendly and comfortable way to your event in Hanau — with the Deutsche Bahn AG's event ticket. The participants travel with 100% green electricity, thus sustainably reducing your event's CO2 emissions. With its Deutsche Bahn ICE stop, Hanau offers environmentally conscious and sustainable alternatives to travelling by car.

DB event ticket

Hanauer Straßenbahn GmbH

HSB buses are available in Hanau as an environmentally conscious alternative for travelling. The town's bus lines 2 and 10 stop right at the CPH, line 3 stops just a few metres further at Schlossplatz. From Freiheitsplatz, which is about 300 metres away, there are regular connections to all Hanau districts and to the main train station (lines 2 and 7) until late night.

Bus time table

Bus & Call a Bike

The direct bus connection from the main train station to the Congress Park (Nordstrasse/Congress Park Hanau stop) allows for a completely environmentally friendly trip. Those who wish to be more sporty will find a Call a Bike station at the main train station.

Call a Bike

Velotaxi

Anyone who wishes to move around Hanau without CO2 emissions can use the environmentally friendly services of Velotaxi Frankfurt OHG for certain events. The use of Velotaxis throughout weekends by Hanau Marketing GmbH is also in the planning stage. For organisers at the CPH, Velotaxi offers a shuttle service that can transport up to 60 people at the same time.

Velotaxi Frankfurt

fairpflichtet and the “Nachhaltig vernetzt Hanau und Region” (Hanau and region sustainably connected) network

Membership

Nachhaltig vernetzt Hanau und Region

Achieving more together: Congress Park Hanau is a member of networks and initiatives that focus on sustainable work and business. Everyone benefits from the combined and diverse know-how.

fairpflichtet — an initiative of the EVVC and GCB industry associations

In April 2013, Congress Park Hanau joined thefairpflichtet initiative. The fairpflichtet sustainability code is the result of a dialogue forum of the event industry. The participating companies voluntarily undertake to accept and implement the sustainability code on the basis of the guidelines and the specific guiding principles and to continuously strive to meet the requirements arising from it. It is the intrinsic task of the participating companies to define goals and measures and to continuously check them for change and development potentials. The final assessment is up to the companies themselves. The results are recorded in a progress report that is to be published annually.

fairpflichtet

“Sustainably connected” is the motto of many parties in Hanau and the region. For several years now, schools, associations and companies have been committed to a sustainable future in the town of Hanau and its surroundings. The parties work together to make sustainability visible. Various projects of the participating partners show which precious and sustainable treasures can be found in Hanau and in the region.

Sustainably networked

Checklists

Those who organise events are often under time pressure. Many things have to be done at the same time at short notice. In doing so, environmental criteria and sustainability aspects quickly fade into the background. A guideline from the Federal Environment Agency is intended to help ensure that essential criteria for the sustainable organisation of events can be taken into account even with a small time budget. The guide contains useful checklists, worksheets and overviews of eco-label products.

PDF guidelines of the UBA
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