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Better Stands
From Barcelona to India, China to North America, each edition of CPHI creates thousands of exhibition stands. They’re a great way for you to meet clients face-to-face, promote your brand with eye-catching designs, and bring a taste of your company to the show floor. We’re proud of being the place where the pharma industry makes these invaluable connections, but we’re conscious that the ‘single use’ nature of many stands creates a lot of waste.
This is why we’ve introduced our Better Stands Programme. We believe that we can work with our exhibitors and your contractors to eliminate the waste from single-use, space-only stands. And we can still deliver world-class designs that have a second life after the show closes its doors.
Reusable:
• Stand structure & walls
• Platform
• Furniture & equipment
• Lighting
Reusable:
• Stand structure & walls
• Platform • Furniture & equipment
• Lighting • Fascia & overhead signage
• Rigged structure. • Ceiling
• Display facilities
• Stand structure & walls
• Platform. • Furniture & equipment
• Lighting. • Fascia & overhead signage
• Rigged structure. • Ceiling
• Display facilities
• Graphics & decorative items
• Floor covering
All space-only stands are independently verified at the end of the event to determine their level.
1 Your contractor builds your stand from reusable components used at other events
2 Your contractor builds you a modular stand that you can store and reuse again
We know that disposable stands create significant environmental, health and safety and wellbeing issues onsite at our events. Across Informa (CPHI’s parent company) in 2019, we saw that disposable stands/booths equated to over 80% of our total waste generated at events. Proactively addressing this practice globally, at individual events like CPHI, is key to creating a more sustainable events industry.
When we talk about disposable stands we mean single use, disposable booths made from raw materials onsite, such as chipboard, particleboard or low-density fiberboard (LDF). The quality of finish is often also compromised due to working time pressures.
A non-disposable/reusable stand is constructed using materials designed to be used multiple times. For example:
• Frame and fabric
• Wood stock panels
• Aluminium modular
• Cardboard flat pack
• Exhibitor owner OR rented
• Plus many others!
There are almost endless variations of multiple use stands to suit every size and desired appearance. The cost of these stands is generally lower than for disposable stands, helping reduce outlay and provide a better long-term investment.
All stands at CPHI Barcelona will be independently verified to determine which level they have achieved. Better Stands exhibitors will receive certification following the verification to confirm the level they have achieved.
These are already compliant with our sustainability measures. Better Stands is targeted at space only builds, which historically create the most waste.
We aren’t just asking our exhibitors to consider sustainability – we are working hard to become a more sustainable brand. You can find out more about what we’re doing at our events here, or keep up with industry sustainability updates through CPHI Online.
Please contact [email protected] or get in touch directly with your account manager to discuss exhibiting more sustainably.