Sustainability at LCIC 2026
Sustainability is not only going to be discussed in detail during LCIC 2026, but we will also try our best to reduce sustainability impacts as much as possible. Below, we outline a number of things we do to ensure that LCIC 2026 is a truly sustainable conference.
Venue
The Life Cycle Innovation Conference 2026 is taking place place right in the heart of Berlin’s trendy Prenzlauer Berg district. LCIC 2026 is hosted again at the GLS Language School on the GLS Campus Berlin, which is focusing on offering Green Meetings through various activities as highlighted in the sustainability report. The venue operates entirely with renewable energy, operates its own combined heat and power plant, and LED lights throughout the premises and offers a great place to come together, collaborate, innovate, and co-create! The GLS Campus was established in a historic building complex, which was created in 1898 as a public bathhouse plus a community school. The public bathhouse (Stadtbad Oderberger) was closed in 1986, and the community school in 2004. GLS acquired, restored, and renovated the buildings in 2005. In 2023, GLS was awarded the IH Seal for Environmental Sustainability.
Food
During LCIC 2026, only vegetarian and vegan food options will be served. Food will be provided by a local catering service that provides regional, organic, and bio food in line with seasonal considerations. Food is calculated based on a pre-conference survey and thus tailored to the number of participants per day.
Conference Material & Technical Equipment
All conference material is made available online and via a conference app to the conference participants to decrease paper waste. Only two roll-up banners will be printed with the logo of the conference and its sponsors. No major banner or other unnecessary promotional conference material will be printed. Lanyards will be reused as much as possible from previous conferences, and badges will be printed on paper in order to avoid the use of plastic casings. Lanyards will be collected at the end of the conference in order to be reused. Technical equipment will be either used from previous conferences or rented from the conference venue or local suppliers.
Conference Emissions
Emissions that will be caused by organizing the event will be fully compensated like in the previous years. Emissions will be calculated based on a survey among physical conference participants and data provided by the venue. An additional two tons will be compensated to account for any emissions that might be overlooked. Emissions will be compensated through selected projects available through goldstandard.org.
