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Sustainability at Intermodal South America
Intermodal South America recognizes the importance of sustainability in its activities. It is the largest logistics, intralogistics, technology, cargo transportation, and foreign trade event in the Americas. We are committed to sustainability, both now and in the future. This reflects our responsibility to contribute to a world that is environmentally responsible, socially just, and economically viable.
The transportation sector faces significant sustainability challenges due to its intensive movement, such as carbon emissions associated with logistics. However, we view these challenges as opportunities to innovate, seek efficient solutions, and promote more sustainable practices.
Intermodal aims to provide a platform for discussing and addressing logistics challenges, inspiring participants to adopt sustainable practices in their operations. By collaborating during events, we aim to enhance a transformative movement in the industry, collectively constructing a sustainable future. We need the commitment of every participant not only to address current challenges but also to collectively build a sustainable future for logistics.
As part of our commitment, we focus on three sustainability pillars.
Goal 4: Ensure that education is inclusive and equitable, and promote opportunities for lifelong learning for all.
Increase the number of individuals with relevant technical and vocational skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship, both among youth and adults.
Goal 7: Ensure reliable, sustainable, modern, and affordable access to energy for everyone.
Expand infrastructure and modernize technology to provide modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries
Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological modernization, and innovation.
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation.
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological modernization, and innovation.
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Reduce global per capita food waste at retail and consumer levels, and minimize food losses throughout production and supply chains.
Goal 17: Enhance the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.
Mobilize knowledge, expertise, technology, and financial resources to strengthen the global partnership for sustainable development. To encourage and promote effective partnerships between public, private, and civil society sectors, it is important to learn from the resource mobilization strategies of these partnerships
Better Stands Program: raising awareness among our exhibitors and assembly companies to use reusable stands, thereby reducing waste generation;
Reduction of printed materials, with those being FSC certified;
Interactive map provided on the Intermodal Platform, replacing the printed pocket map;
Utilization of carpet made from recycled PET, with 80% reused from previous events. Post-event waste is sent for recycling and transformed into new products;
Use of LED lighting in the pavilion and Informa spaces, and optimization of air conditioning usage to decrease energy consumption;
Selective waste collection and environmentally responsible disposal of all event-generated waste;
Options for vegan and vegetarian food in event restaurants and snack bars;
At the event's exit, a container is provided for the conscious disposal of credentials that will be reused at future events.
Motorized chairs are available for accessibility at the event;
Hiring of People with Disabilities (PwD) in partnership with the PAE program (Programa de Atendente Eficientes);
Provide support for the Safrater, Instituto Jô Clemente, and CAMPS Santos (Centro de Aprendizagem e Mobilização Profissional e Social) initiatives during the event.
Sustainability Highlights
We emphasize that Intermodal addresses topics related to sustainability, promoting relevant content at congresses and arenas open to the event's audience.
- Here are some highlights from 2024:
Innovation in ports, decarbonization of transport, AI in foreign trade logistics, ESG, railway operation, strategic connections in agribusiness, security in Brazilian logistics and female leadership.
In addition to cases of productive journey and multimodal expansion, collaborative & humanitarian logistics and bottlenecks in Brazilian agribusiness highlight applied practices. Check out the full schedule at: https://www.intermodal.com.br/pt/interlog-summit.html#Programacao
On the Intermodal Digital content channel, we published 35 materials on ESG, which accounted for 17% of the content made available in 2023. Stay on top of the main topics: https://digital.intermodal.com.br/sustentabilidade
By exploring these themes, Intermodal is driving the logistics industry towards more sustainable practices. This approach shows a commitment not only to the present but also to future generations' legacy.
Intermodal South America is focused on engaging young people in the workforce through professional learning. The CAMPS - Center for Professional and Social Learning and Mobilization plays a crucial role in facilitating the entry of these new professionals into the logistics sector.
Rosângela Barreiro, the Communication Coordinator of CAMPS Santos, emphasized the significance of CAMPS' involvement in Intermodal. Intermodal is crucial because it connects CAMPS to partner companies, some of which are already headquartered in Santos, allowing for even closer collaboration. The more partner companies, the more we insert young people into the market and participation in Intermodal is fundamental for us." To read more, visit the website: https://www.camps.org.br/
Visit the Camp Santos booth (E153) during Intermodal 2024 to learn more about their work and how you can support them.
The Instituto Jo Clemente (IJC) works on the prevention and promotion of health for people with intellectual disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and rare diseases.
Exhibitors and visitors can avoid the disposal of products under temporary admission through the partnership with IJC at booth M-110.
Learn more at: https://ijc.org.br/
Our event is dedicated to waste reduction. Here are some ways we are doing this at Intermodal:
- For the 2024 event, 80% of the carpet will be new and 20% will be reused;
- We ask Exhibitors to follow our Better Stands program, which ensures that they build a booth with sustainable materials that can be reused;
- Selective collection of organic and recyclable waste will be provided;
- We created the interactive map, available on the Intermodal Platform, to replace the pocket map and eliminate the need for printing and paper use;
- After the event, a designated area will be provided for the proper disposal of credentials.
Consolidate all your business trips by making the most of your time at Intermodal South America.
You can save by traveling to meet individual exhibitors or by meeting them all during the event. This will help reduce your costs and carbon footprint.
To get to the event, use public transport and free shuttle from Shopping Plaza Sul and Santos Imigrantes Station – Metro Lines 2 Verde.
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can make a huge difference in your well-being and physical and mental performance, whether at the office, at home or at an event.
Check out our tips on how to make the most of events:
- Take advantage of the Wellness Lounge to rest between content sessions;
- With free WiFi available to all visitors, take advantage of the platform to participate in the event in a hybrid way, with more interaction, convenience and efficiency;
- Stay hydrated throughout the event with regular water breaks;
- It can be hard to stand all day, so wear comfortable shoes.
We want everyone to feel like they belong and our communities to feel inspired and benefit from the diverse identities, innovations and ideas we present at Intermodal South America.
We do this through:
- Hiring of People with Disabilities (PwD) in partnership with the PAE program (Programa de atendente eficientes);
- We are committed to listening to a wide variety of speakers;
- We offer special accreditation for students: https://inscricaodeeventos.com.br/informa/intermodal/2024/usuario/nova_inscricaoe.asp?nova=1&categoria=10
We want to have a positive impact on our local community; not only do we have an economic impact on our host city, but we also have the opportunity to make a social and environmental impact. See how we are doing!
- We support Safrater, a local initiative to promote socio-educational programs aimed at welcoming and developing the Ser Integral and the family, based primarily on transformative knowledge, offering means and opportunities for their autonomy, and training for the full exercise of citizenship and fraternity.
- Quick massages will also be offered to visitors at booth L-110, with 10% of the profit donated to the institution. To learn more or to make your donation, please visit: https://www.safrater.org.br/
- The Caminhoneiros Surdos Brasil (Deaf Truck Driver) will be present at this edition of Intermodal, visiting exhibitors and participating in accessible lectures.
Help improve the sustainability of Intermodal South America
As a visitor
Consider how you will travel to the event and whether you can avoid flying or use low-carbon transportation such as public transportation, free transfers, or carpooling
- Recycle your waste locally and at your hotel whenever possible; · Support our charitable partners! As an individual - Safrater, Instituto Jô Clemente; - and as a company to CAMPS Santos;
- Consider opting for vegetarian and vegan food options and avoid food waste;
- Take only the gifts or brochures you need and will use, and consider whether there are digital alternatives;
- Consider the hotel's environmental credentials when deciding where to stay. Meet Intermodal's official travel agency: https://www.intermodal.com.br/pt/viagem-e-hospedagem-intermodal.html
As exhibitor
- Make sure that your booth can be reused by your company or by your contracted automaker;
- Think about the waste your booth will generate and try to minimize it as much as possible. Ensure unavoidable waste is recycled.
- Choose LED lighting and other energy-efficient equipment for your booth, and be sure to turn it off at the end of the day;
- Optimize your travel by consolidating your shipments and choosing logistics companies with strong sustainability credentials;
- Reduce paper distribution by going digital, and purchase sustainable certified paper where printing is required.
- Take part in the many initiatives and discussions throughout the event that aim to facilitate and inspire sustainable development in your sector.
- Inspire sustainable development in your industry by promoting your company and the sustainability credentials of your products and services.
Sustainability at Informa Markets
Intermodal South America is part of Informa Markets and the Informa Group. Sustainability at Informa focuses on the long-term impact we have on customers, colleagues, the communities in which we work and the environment. This is why Informa has developed the FasterForward approach to sustainable business.
Informa is committed to becoming an increasingly sustainable business with a positive impact. Through the FasterForward program, we are embedding sustainability into everything we do and seizing opportunities to help our customers and markets do the same.
FasterForward is a three-part structured program with ambitious commitments and a wide range of activities that span Informa's business, our brands and products, and our broader impact on society. To learn more about our approach, follow this link: https://www.informamarkets.com/pt/sustentabilidade.html
Informa PLC is ranked number one in the global media industry in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes 2022. Read more here: Informa achieves global media sector leadership in ESG index.
Contact us and share your story
Would you like to work with us on the sustainability of our event? Would you like to share your own story and efforts? Got an idea? Contact the event team and Informa's sustainability team for more information: [email protected]
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