Why ConferenceDirect?

ConferenceDirect offers our customers the various options to integrate CSR into their meetings and events. As part of our Preferred Supplier Program, ConferenceDirect has partnered with organizations such as Clean the World as a CSR agency to recommend to our customers for meetings and events. CSR aims to assist groups in contributing to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature.

Sustainability is a major focus at ConferenceDirect. We have implemented green meetings protocols into our internal events. We have a specialized team of our conference managers that have been certified via the Events Industry Council in their Sustainable Events Program Certificate, SEPC. We have partners that can assist in also tracking of your carbon footprint and also purchase carbon offsets to do a full carbon neutral event.

ConferenceDirect has partnered with ECPAT-USA and signed the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct. As a socially responsible company, ConferenceDirect is committed to combatting commercial sexual exploitation of children. The company stands firm in our resolve to create awareness of sex trafficking of children by utilizing our professional resources in the travel and tourism industry. Additionally, the Human Trafficking Committee of ConferenceDirect meets monthly to discuss opportunities to inform and engage our Associates, Partners and Customers.

Ensuring you have healthy options at your next event is essential. The Conference Management team at ConferenceDirect is skilled in the ability to help our customers plan healthy menus for those looking to maintain and promote a healthy lifestyle.

In today’s hectic world, it is important to integrate wellness into your next meeting or event. Whether that is a meditation room that allows your attendees to destress or morning yoga, ConferenceDirect has many resources to support the goals of our customers. Utilizing the relationships within our Preferred Supplier Program, we can assist our customers to add key wellness activities to your meeting or event for a commitment of health and well-being of your attendees.

At ConferenceDirect our Disability Council, Empower Ability aims to address and advocate for the inclusion and well-being of individuals with disabilities within the meetings industry. Our key focus items are accessibility and inclusion, employment opportunities, education and awareness, advocacy and policy change, healthcare and access, accessible technologies, research and innovation, community engagement, representation and leadership, collaboration, and partnerships.

ConferenceDirect has a group of Associate Councils as part of our CD Caring & Connecting initiative. These councils meet periodically to help raise awareness internally and externally to our partners and customers. The current councils are: Human Trafficking, Wellness, Sustainability, Black Associate Council, Club Pride, Internations (CD International Associates in the US), International (International CD Associates), YP 40 (Young associates at CD), and Women@CD.

ConferenceDirect’s Veteran resource group operates with the core values of integrity, community, commitment, advocacy, respect and excellence. We engage with active duty, reservist, veterans, their families, survivors and other allies to increase representation, recruitment and retention of veterans both within ConferenceDirect, but also with our industry as a whole. Additionally, we work to expand awareness amongst the veteran community to help others better understand their challenges, and what the benefits they can bring to any organization.