Sustainability

City Harvest is a surplus food redistribution charity, London's sustainable solution rescuing food, people, and the planet. They put surplus food to good use in a sustainable way by distributing it, for free, to 350+ charities, food banks, schools and community groups across every London borough that feed the growing number of people facing food poverty. We are proud to be working with them by donating all surplus food from the event so no food is wasted, plus the team volunteers at City Harvest on a regular basis to help prepare the food deliveries at the warehouse.

In 2024 we won Best Charity Partnership for our work with City Harvest at the EN Marketing Awards – an award we are extremely honoured to have received!

Creating Nature's Corridors encourages biodiversity and carbon capture as well as creating an improved living environment for local communities by planting trees and hedges across the UK. Their aim is to plant over 10,000 trees/hedges per annum, starting with the least wooded areas of the country first. We are proud to support Creating Nature's Corridors by fundraising and sharing their initiatives.

At Speciality & Fine Food Fair 2024, we donated surplus food to City Harvest, which nourished thousands of people across London experiencing food poverty. Our partnership with City Harvest has allowed food companies to minimise waste in a sustainable way. 30 pallets of top quality produce from the exhibitors were rescued and was sorted and distributed to 350+ charity partners around London.

We are supporting the Better Stands initiative, which aims to unite and encourage exhibitors and contractors to move away from single use disposable stands, in favour of reusable structures. For more information on our work with Better Stands please email ophelia.fortescue@montgomerygroup.com.

We launched the Better Stands initiative in 2024 and are pleased that over 75% of Space Only builds earned Gold certification. This year, we aim for at least 80% as we continue the audit.

At Montgomery Group, we’re taking great efforts to improve sustainability across our global events portfolio. We wholeheartedly support the Better Stands initiative because it aligns with our commitment to environmental responsibility and eliminating unnecessary waste. Reducing single-use stands is an important part of creating a more sustainable exhibition industry, minimising our carbon footprint and running events that have a positive impact on people and planet.

We use modular shell scheme which has a life span of 15+ years, meaning they can be reused, and all aisle and shell scheme carpet is recycled within the UK. We also only use LED lighting to reduce consumption and all lighting is switched off once the hall is closed. 

Olympia London has sent zero to landfill over the last decade, and in 2021, were one of the first UK events companies to sign up to Net Zero Carbon Events initiative. 

We produced a Sustainability & Waste Policy which is included in the operations zone and circulated with exhibitors more than 4 months out from the event to allow them to plan accordingly.

We are committed to mapping and reducing our carbon footprint across all Montgomery Shows. We are working with TRACE by isla, a collaborative workspace to estimate, measure and report the carbon impact our events. For more information please click here.