The news: The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has published a new Food and Beverage Standard, providing tourism and hospitality businesses with a globally recognised framework to improve sustainability across food and beverage operations. This is the sixth standard in GSTC's suite of sustainability certifications, joining existing standards for hotels, tour operators, and destinations.
Why it matters for MICE operators: Your hotel and venue partners will increasingly adopt sustainability standards to meet corporate client ESG mandates. Conferences and incentive events with 500+ attendees now routinely demand sustainable catering, waste reduction, and supplier transparency. Understanding GSTC's F&B framework helps you communicate your venues' environmental credentials to compliance-conscious clients and differentiate yourself in an increasingly sustainability-focused market. It also prepares you to coach vendors on meeting these emerging client expectations.
The takeaway: Brief your top five catering and venue partners on GSTC F&B standards and explore certification timelines to stay ahead of client demands.
Source: TTG Asia
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