Plan Green Meetings in Cologne

80,000 of its own bees, a "vegan square meter" within the catering buffet and a partnership with sustainability startup woodify – sustainable, responsible catering has many facets. Cologne-based caterer Kaiserschote Feinkost Catering has been committed to staging CO₂-neutral events for many years.

The catering company, which focuses on business and event catering, refines desserts and sauces with its own honey, creates burgers and meatballs using peas and chickpeas, and is proud to serve vegan dishes that are as "delicious and healthy" as they are sustainable – thanks to their favorable CO₂ footprint.

Kaiserschote not only avoids chichi, but also food waste. It uses regional, seasonal, and organic products whenever possible. For its remaining CO2 emissions, Kaiserschote works together with the sustainability startup Woodify. The forest and climate protectors* design climate protection projects together with researchers, forest owners*, companies and private individuals. "

By partnering with the sustainability startup, companies can offset their carbon footprints. " Thanks to woodify, we are in fact now climate-neutral," says the Cologne-based caterer, explaining its ecological commitment.

Kaiserschote's customers are enthusiastic, because increasingly they are interested in offerings that combine tastebud tempting catering with climatic and environmental protection.

Gamescom, the world's largest games event, is now also making headway when it comes to environmental and climate protection. The starting point of the new sustainability initiative is the implementation of actions such as free tickets for public transport, the use of green electricity, and a partnership with the climate expert ClimatePartner aimed at offsetting 100 percent of all emissions from the core event. In this context, the organizers of gamescom, the German Games Industry Association and Koelnmesse support the international environmental projects ("Wind Energy in Brazil", "Clean Cooking Stoves in Nigeria"). Visitors can also get involved and make gamescom greener, for example by making a voluntary climate protection contribution to further expand the gamescom forest. By reforesting to create a climate-stable mixed forest near Bayreuth, the association and its community want to contribute to species, climate and nature protection.

The association receives expert support from its project partner Treemer, a specialist in reforestation and sustainable forestry.

At the same time, gamescom intends to take responsibility for climate protection in other areas such as reducing and avoiding harmful emissions, so that less and less will have to be compensated in the long term. For events of this scale, comprehensive concepts that have been planned are still the exception. Thus, the appeal of the largest games event in the world should also be utilized to win over even more people, companies, trade fair and event organizers* for concrete climate protection concepts.