Istanbul CVB supports green initiatives, in order to maintain that the city of İstanbul can easily and quickly move forward on the corporate social responsibility front. Several meeting venues in Istanbul lead a variety of initiatives that create a natural environment, reduce energy usage and use minimal non-renewable resources.

Some of these initiatives are:

• Maximum natural light

• Heat insulation

• “Energy Smart Lighting” within venues such as LED lightening system that provides energy savings and efficiency

• Water purification system enabling consumption of pipe water

• Environmentally-friendly technologies

• Congress facilities located in the city center offer delegates the opportunity of walking

• Easily accessible public transportation

• Recycling bins for papers, plastics, glasses placed within the venues

• Several venues employ a system for distilling waste oils in the kitchens

• Recycling pens are being used at the meeting rooms

• Smoking is banned in all closed public spaces within the venues

Istanbul has many four and five stars-hotels and meeting venues that acquire different certificates highlighting their environment-friendly practices and technologies.

In addition to all these important notes; meeting planners, congress organizers,corporations and associations can help promoting green efforts in İstanbul by contributing to reforestation and other environmental cleaning projects led by NGOs. Venues and hotels in İstanbul predominantly use the food that is produced in locally in İstanbul and Türkiye. Therefore this measure adds more sustainability to the environment by decreasing transportation.