The ‘Changing Landscapes: Towards a sustainable economy in Asia’ conference will be “Green” aiming to measure and reduce the environmental impacts of the conference.

To make the conference as “green” as possible,

- we will switch the energy used at the event to renewable sources for the duration of the entire event;
- we will use organic ingredients as much as possible for our meals, while minimizing the use of
   resource-intensive foods, such as meats;
- we encourage the participants to use public transportation;
- we will use recycled/recyclable papers and vegetable-based inks in all conference-related documents
- we will perform efficient waste management throughout the conference to reduce waste to landfill; and
- we will conduct carbon footprint for the event and make it carbon-neutral.

The main sources of CO2 emissions from our conference will be electricity used for the entire event and transportation for participants’ travel. The electricity usage can easily be measured, but the emission by transportation needs a more complicated process to be counted.

The CSR Network at Seoul National University, under Eco-Frontier’s support, volunteered for this task. Each participant will be asked to fill in a questionnaire, which will be collected to calculate the total CO2 emissions by their travel. The CSR Network will calculate the total emission by the entire event and prepare a report on the carbon footprint which will be available at the conference website. The volunteer staffs will also conduct a campaign during breaks to inform participants about this project and raise their awareness of the importance of carbon emission issues.