Your Guide to Eco-Friendly & Sustainable Exhibition Stands
Sustainability has become a key deciding factor for consumers when choosing brands to support. More and more customers are switching to sustainable alternatives and actively avoid certain brands if they believe they’re not doing enough for the environment.

Exhibiting, unfortunately, comes with a significant amount of waste from materials as well as CO2 emissions from travelling and transportation. Creating sustainable exhibition stands can help make your business more green and get noticed by potential customers.

Here are the four steps you can take to make a more eco-friendly exhibition stand.

4 Ways to Make a More Sustainable Exhibition Stand

1. Use Eco-Friendly Materials

The first step to creating sustainable exhibition stands is selecting sustainable materials to use. It’s a great idea to source materials that are reusable or recyclable. Choosing recycled materials is even better as it cuts down on CO2 emissions from manufacturing.

Some excellent sustainable materials to use include:

  • Sustainably-sourced wood
  • Cardboard
  • Recycled materials
  • Cork
  • Cotton

2. Go Sustainable with Your Merchandise

Everyone loves receiving freebies at exhibitions, so going eco-friendly with your merch is a great way to showcase your dedication to sustainability. Traditional booth merchandise is often made from plastic and ends up being thrown away generating waste.

By choosing sustainable alternatives to the regular brand merch you will leave a great first impression in the mind of potential customers. Here are a few ideas of the eco-friendly swag you can offer:

  • Cotton or hemp tote bags
  • Recycled paper notepads
  • Branded pencils
  • Metal or bamboo water bottles

3. Opt for Paperless

One of the best ways to showcase your sustainability efforts is going paperless with your stand. Instead of the traditional business cards that often get misplaced or lost, place a prominent display with a QR code. Visitors to your stand can scan this with their phones to get your contact details.

To swap out paper brochures, you can use interactive tablets or screens. Those can be set up in strategic places at your stand allowing people to learn more about your brand and your services or products.

Embracing interactivity can not only help you make a more sustainable stand, it can also leave a lasting impression for visitors.

4. Build a Reusable Stand

If you’re planning on attending a series of events, the best solution is investing in a custom reusable exhibition stand. These stands are designed to be used multiple times without showing significant wear and tear.

For a truly customisable solution you can opt for a modular sustainable exhibition stand. A modular stand can be adapted to different layouts and sizes giving you complete flexibility.

How can Generation Exhibitions Help with Your Next Exhibition Stand?

The experienced team here at Generation Exhibitions can help you create eco-friendly exhibition stands that stand out. We provide fully tailored exhibition stand design and build services to help you meet your exhibition goals.

We will work closely with you to understand your brand and objectives, so we can design and build a bespoke stand that delivers a return on investment. We will also project manage the entire process from start to finish, so you can spend more valuable time preparing your team for the event.

Send us your brief and book an initial consultation to find out what we can do for you.

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