Make Your Conference Attendance Sustainable

At Breast Cancer Trials (BCT), our number one focus is saving lives from breast cancer by improving treatments and prevention strategies through clinical trials research. However, we also recognise that every organisation can do its part to operate efficiently and sustainably. 

We are pleased to be certified as a carbon-neutral organisation and have been working to reduce our carbon emissions by measuring our impact, reducing our waste and carbon footprint, offsetting our emissions, switching to a renewable energy source, implementing an ethical investment strategy, and ensuring supply chains have sustainable practices in place. We also take measures to ensure our annual conference is following environmentally sustainable practices through carbon offsetting our flights, reusing lanyards, and reducing paper waste through our conference app, which is used by our delegates and sponsors. 

For more information about our learnings, achievements and where we are headed in our sustainability journey, click the button below.

CARBON MANAGEMENT REPORT

At Breast Cancer Trials, we aim to work with organisations that encourage sustainability.

The Sofitel Brisbane Central recognises its responsibility to the environment and ensures events held with them are carried out in the most sustainable way possible. For more information about their sustainability practices, you can read the Sofitel Sustainability Fact Sheet or view their Eco Certification.

We also need every delegate to support our goals, and we encourage you to follow our sustainability tips below:

  • Please return your lanyard at the end of the conference so we can reuse them for future events.
  • Spread the word and motivate others to contribute to a successful sustainable conference – together we can make this the most sustainable conference so far!
  • Use public transport during your stay in Brisbane. The city is well-connected, and many attractions are easily accessible via train, bus, or ferry. Central Station is directly beneath the hotel for convenient access to trains and buses.
  • Bring your own reusable water bottle to the venue to fill up throughout the day, and bring your own coffee keep cup to use at one of our coffee carts.
  • Make sure to recycle onsite – there will be marked recycling bins around the venue, so unavoidable waste is disposed of correctly.

At Breast Cancer Trials we embrace the opportunity to be innovative and re-imagine our business framework, so that we can make a positive impact on the environment around us.