What is the Green Steps Program?
Simple: It's reducing the negative impact on the environment - one step at a time.
There are two parts to this program. One is what ASR does to make a difference and the other is what you do - the exhibitors and attendees - to make a difference.
What Steps does your company take?
If your company is taking active steps towards a healthy and greener Action Sports industry and taking steps to encourage environmentally friendly products, we would like to hear about it as well as share it with the action sports community. On www.asrbiz.com, we will list up to five (5) one-sentence bullet points highlighting your program. To participate, please download and complete the Green Steps Submission Form below.
What Steps does ASR take?
- We offset the energy used to operate ASR by purchasing RECs (renewable energy certificates). This is equivalent to taking approx. 27 cars off the road for an entire year or planting 36 acres of trees.
- We use recycled aisle carpet.
- Make recycled booth carpet available to exhibitors.
- Moved to recycled paper badges printed with soya ink instead of plastic.
- Show bags are produced with recycled paper.
- Participate in intensive recycling program at the San Diego Convention Center. Kitchen food waste is sent to the local compost in Miramar.
- Reduced paper use and printing and increased use of electronic communication such as encouraging online registration, online exhibitor service manuals, e-newsletters and electronic sales collateral.
What's new for this year?
- Bio-degradable food and beverage containers and utensils at the convention center.
- Carbon Neutral Traveler Program:
 Traveling to San Diego? Offset your carbon imprint with the ASR Carbon Neutral Travel Program! Click here to get started.
As a business, you may already be taking steps that lessen your environmental impacts and reduce your energy and material needs, waste and carbon emissions. Small steps by many across an entire industry are one way to see noticeable gains in reducing CO2 over the long run. The Carbon Neutral Traveler Program is a way to offset the CO2 emissions by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (REC), which provides a way for businesses to take steps toward lowering their emissions.
Here's how it works, traveling to, from, and during ASR produces carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Carbon offsets allow you to ensure that in the future, clean alternative wind energy is produced in lieu of carbon intensive coal fired energy. The goal for this program is to encourage, step by step, the spread of ecologically sound best practices throughout our industry. You are offsetting the carbon that you have already emitted, reducing future carbon emissions, and helping to grow the availability of clean energy by supporting new wind energy projects.
Click here to learn more about Renewable Energy Certificates.
What's in the future?
- Alternative transportation vs. the standard hotel shuttle program. Pending bio-diesel availability.
- Composting bio-degradable items and reuse for local fertilizer. Pending further research and city participation.
- The San Diego Convention Center is looking to add solar panels to produce a significant portion of their energy needs.
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ASR Green Steps
At Action Sports Retailer, we are dedicated to support trade show exhibitors and sports retail industry standards that coincide with the Green Steps program. ASR is proud to showcase environmentally-friendly manufacturers, distributors, and sports retailers who help make the world a cleaner place to play sports.
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