Sustainability and social impact are more crucial than ever in today's business landscape, including within the financial and insurance industries. Meetings professionals and hospitality partners play a pivotal role in driving these initiatives, ensuring that events not only meet business objectives but also contribute positively to the environment and society.
By integrating sustainable practices and promoting social responsibility, we are able to help reduce carbon footprints, support local communities and enhance corporate reputation. As leaders in orchestrating large-scale events, your commitment to eco-friendly solutions and ethical practices can inspire meaningful change, fostering a more sustainable future for all stakeholders involved.
FICP is committed to advancing best practices in sustainability and social impact and supporting the FICP community with resources, education and inspiration to continue to advance this important work.
Focused Resources to Advance DEI and Sustainability
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Discover essential resources on diversity, equity and inclusion tailored for meetings professionals in the financial and insurance industries. Empower your events with actionable insights and strategies to create inclusive and equitable experiences for all participants.
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DEI Calendar
Explore our comprehensive DEI Calendar, featuring key dates and events focused on diversity, equity and inclusion for meetings professionals in the financial and insurance industries. Stay informed and engaged with important observances and initiatives to foster inclusive environments.
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Sustainability
Access vital sustainability resources designed for meetings professionals in the financial and insurance industries. Elevate your events with practical tools and strategies to implement eco-friendly and socially responsible practices.
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FICP's Sustainability and Social Impact Statement
Approved by the FICP Board of Directors as of June 11, 2024
Sustainability and social impact, including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), are core values to our association and its community of meetings professionals and hospitality partners and permeate every aspect of FICP. We recognize that events have a tremendous opportunity to make an impact on the sustainability and social wellbeing of the world, and FICP strives to make it a positive impact. We welcome people at any point in their career, from any context, and who represent a range of backgrounds, thoughts, approaches and experiences.
Goals of are both internal and external:
- Internally, FICP is on a journey to make positive changes in our events’ environmental footprint, as well as boost member engagement and benefits by fostering an inclusive, forward-looking organization designed to spur innovation, meet member learning needs and achieve overall organizational objectives. By progressing along our sustainability and social impact journey and through our shared examples and behaviors, we believe the FICP community will access more expansive and varied ideas, information and perspectives and leverage the unique contributions of diverse individuals and organizations, while helping attract potential members and hospitality partners to our welcoming environment.
- Externally, FICP recognizes that many of the institutions served by our members and hospitality partners have also prioritized sustainability and social impact; we want our efforts to amplify and support those organizational priorities. We believe that the diversity of perspectives and tangible event-specific sustainability examples from FICP and fellow community members allow all organizations to be more effective. FICP expects itself and its stakeholders to serve as role models for other groups in the industry and be a positive example.
This statement declares FICP’s commitment to sustainability and social impact initiatives, aims to align stakeholders and serves as a guide as we navigate FICP’s journey.
This statement also reinforces FICP’s vision to amplify the positive impact and value of financial services and insurance industry meetings and events professionals. Our mission is to strengthen our members through education, outreach and partnerships so that the positive impact and value of their work is fully recognized by both their organizations as well as the meetings and events industry.
Importantly, we recognize that the responsibility for productively advancing sustainability and social impact lies with all of us. All stakeholders have a responsibility to society and our sectors to develop and maintain an organization that fully reflects the communities we serve and to be conscientious of how our decisions impact the environment.
FICP’s Guiding Principles
- FICP strives to make advancements in the Sustainable Development Goals, as established by the United Nations, in our event planning and production: climate action and energy management; materials and waste management; water management; sustainable procurement; diversity, equity and inclusion; accessibility; health and safety; human trafficking; and fair labor.
- FICP supports the collective empowerment of people of all races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations, gender identifications, abilities, sizes, incomes, marital statuses, ages, geographic locations, philosophies and veteran statuses, and recognizes that all people are equal.
- FICP encourages all stakeholders to embody the principles of sustainability and social impact throughout their interactions with FICP and their organizations.
- FICP protects and encourages the free exchange of divergent opinions and demonstrates an appreciation for different voices.
- FICP fosters an environment that promotes open communication, respectful debate and informed decision-making.
- FICP commits to exploring potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusiveness.
- FICP acknowledges that advocating for sustainability and social impact is an active process that requires continuous commitment to fostering and promoting a diverse and inclusive environment and holding each other accountable.
- FICP believes that every stakeholder has a contribution, and it is our duty to encourage and promote that contribution.
- To achieve our goals, FICP believes it is necessary to be strategic and intentional in formalizing and pursuing meaningful sustainability and social impact as central aspects of our governance and programming.