We are having 2 sessions (same content) to explore the 2023 GDS-Index results and celebrate the 2023 GDS-Award winners. This one is on 12 October, 17h00 - 18h30 CET.

Did you know there are more than 100 destinations on a journey to more responsible growth and management of tourism and events to increase positive environmental impact, foster community engagement, safeguard cultural authenticity, and support economic prosperity? That's worth celebrating!

So, we warmly invite you to celebrate sustainability success on our shared journey towards greater regeneration for destinations at our upcoming webinar celebrating the 2023 GDS-Index Results and GDS-Awards' Winners.

The GDS-Index
This is the world’s leading sustainability benchmarking and improvement programme for destinations. It gathers, checks, and publishes data on its participating destinations' sustainability contributions each year. We analyse, interpret and publish the findings in the 2023 GDS-Index Report which will be available on our Reports and Guides page.

The GDS-Awards
Each year, we also celebrate destination sustainability efforts with the leadership, most improved, and innovation awards. In 2023, the awards ceremony is hosted with our long-time partner, ICCA and we are introducing the GDS-Movement and #MEET4IMPACT Impact Award in collaboration with #MEET4IMPACT. The ceremony takes place during GDS-Forum, 4 October, in Valencia, Spain. GDS-Forum is brought to you by VISIT VALÈNCIA, City Destinations Alliance (CityDNA), and GDS-Movement.

Come and discover insights and trends from the data we've collected and learn about the projects that are putting our winners into leadership positions in a webinar packed with inspiration and practical examples.

Host: Guy Bigwood, CEO and Chief Changemaker, GDS-Movement

Guest Speakers: a selection of representatives from the Leadership, Most Improved, Innovation and Impact awards.

We look forward to seeing you and co-creating solutions that serve all interested parties (including nature) with you.

We are having 2 sessions sessions (same content) to explore the 2023 GDS-Index results and celebrate the 2023 GDS-Award winners. This one is on 11 October, 09h00 - 10h30 CET.

Did you know there are more than 100 destinations on a journey to more responsible growth and management of tourism and events to increase positive environmental impact, foster community engagement, safeguard cultural authenticity, and support economic prosperity? That's worth celebrating!

So, we warmly invite you to celebrate sustainability success on our shared journey towards greater regeneration for destinations at our upcoming webinar celebrating the 2023 GDS-Index Results and GDS-Awards' Winners.

The GDS-Index
This is the world’s leading sustainability benchmarking and improvement programme for destinations. It gathers, checks, and publishes data on its participating destinations' sustainability contributions each year. We analyse, interpret and publish the findings in the 2023 GDS-Index Report which will be available on our Reports and Guides page.

The GDS-Awards
Each year, we also celebrate destination sustainability efforts with the leadership, most improved, and innovation awards. In 2023, the awards ceremony is hosted with our long-time partner, ICCA and we are introducing the GDS-Movement and #MEET4IMPACT Impact Award in collaboration with #MEET4IMPACT. The ceremony takes place during GDS-Forum, 4 October, in Valencia, Spain. GDS-Forum is brought to you by VISIT VALÈNCIA, City Destinations Alliance (CityDNA), and GDS-Movement.

Come and discover insights and trends from the data we've collected and learn about the projects that are putting our winners into leadership positions in a webinar packed with inspiration and practical examples.

Host: Guy Bigwood, CEO and Chief Changemaker, GDS-Movement

Guest Speakers: a selection of representatives from the Leadership, Most Improved, Innovation and Impact awards.

We look forward to seeing you and co-creating solutions that serve all interested parties (including nature) with you.

We invite 2023 GDS-Index participants to join us in Feeling the Pulse, "Telling your Best GDS-Index Story". In this invitation-only webinar on 6 September, we explore how to communicate the results of GDS-Index data to a destination's ecosystem of interested parties and we showcase inspiring examples from destinations doing so.

Communicating sustainability is under scrutiny and the changing legislative landscape and new greenwashing rules will impact destination marketing so we will update GDS-Movement members on these and take them through what to do and what to avoid.

Plus there is also very exciting news about the upcoming GDS-Forum.

Host: Guy Bigwood, CEO and Chief Changemaker, GDS-Movement
Speaker: Melissa Baird, Chief Storyteller, GDS-Movement

We invite 2023 GDS-Index participants to join us in Feeling the Pulse, "Telling your Best GDS-Index Story". In this invitation-only webinar, we explore how to communicate the results of GDS-Index data to a destination's ecosystem of interested parties and we showcase inspiring examples from destinations doing so.

Communicating sustainability is under scrutiny and the changing legislative landscape and new greenwashing rules will impact destination marketing so we will update GDS-Movement members on these and take them through what to do and what to avoid.

Plus there is also very exciting news about the upcoming GDS-Forum.

Host: Guy Bigwood, CEO and Chief Changemaker, GDS-Movement
Speaker: Melissa Baird, Chief Storyteller, GDS-Movement

Two sessions (same content) with practical approaches to climate action from roadmap to regeneration.

With climate awareness on the increase, and tourism contributing 8% to global CO2 emissions, the tourism and events sector is protecting its own existence when it mitigates its emissions. This challenge gives us every reason to be excited and engaged. In GDS-Movement, we are all agents of positive change, and we are always practical in our support of destination sustainability efforts.

There are many great initiatives and motivations from net zero targets to the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Declaration. But there are many questions to answer before an action plan can holistically address emissions.

- What does regeneration mean in the context of climate change mitigation?
- Does a DMO need to draw down, offset, or inset?
- What is a CVB's role in decarbonisation?
- What can empowered professionals do to better address the complexities and contradictions in carbon calculation?
- How essential is biodiversity for a lower-carbon future built by empowered business and leisure travellers and companies? (hint: highly essential)

Join hostess, Khalisah Stevens, and esteemed guests offering insight and context for a destination's carbon journey. Guest Speakers:
- Janie Neumann, Senior Changemaker, Certifications & Climate, GDS-Movement.
- Mark Stevenson, Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, CUR8 , Impact Lead at Climate VC, Carbon Removals Ambassador at Client Earth, Author at Profile Books, covers the good, the bad and the ugly of offsets, carbon removals, and net-zero targets.

We look forward to seeing you and co-creating solutions that serve all interested parties (including nature) with you.

Two sessions (same content) with practical approaches to climate action from roadmap to regeneration.

With climate awareness on the increase, and tourism contributing 8% to global CO2 emissions, the tourism and events sector is protecting its own existence when it mitigates its emissions. This challenge gives us every reason to be excited and engaged. In GDS-Movement, we are all agents of positive change, and we are always practical in our support of destination sustainability efforts.

There are many great initiatives and motivations from net zero targets to the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Declaration. But there are many questions to answer before an action plan can holistically address emissions.

- What does regeneration mean in the context of climate change mitigation?
- Does a DMO need to draw down, offset, or inset?
- What is a CVB's role in decarbonisation?
- What can empowered professionals do to better address the complexities and contradictions in carbon calculation?
- How essential is biodiversity for a lower-carbon future built by empowered business and leisure travellers and companies? (hint: highly essential)

Join hostess, Khalisah Stevens, and esteemed guests offering insight and context for a destination's carbon journey. Guest Speakers:
- Janie Neuman, Senior Changemaker, Certifications & Climate, GDS-Movement.
- Mark Stevenson, Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, CUR8 , Impact Lead at Climate VC, Carbon Removals Ambassador at Client Earth, Author at Profile Books, covers the good, the bad and the ugly of offsets, carbon removals, and net-zero targets.

We look forward to seeing you and co-creating solutions that serve all interested parties (including nature) with you.