2019 TCF Center Annual Report Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Welcome Table of Contents
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2019 TCF Center Annual Report Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Welcome Table of Contents Letter From The GM 3 TCF Center has been ASTM/APEX Environmental Policy 4 certified since 2015 by the Events 2019 TCF Green Highlights 5 Industry Council and in 2019 Sustainability Campaign 6 obtained a LEED Gold Certification. Green Event Guidelines 7 The TCF Center commitment to Meet the Team 8 environmental stewardship in our Tough on Human Trafficking 9 community is demonstrated by our Food Efficiency 10 continuous efforts to investigate, Customer Goals 11 validate and implement new Venue Diversion 12 and innovative green processes UN SDG Support 13-28 throughout the facility, and by our programs designed to educate our employees, vendors, customers, partners, and visitors in the importance of the sustainability of our environment. A Letter from Claude Molinari “Make the world more sustainable for future generations.” - Claude Molinari, General Manager TCF Center is managed by ASM Global, the largest on staff or visiting during events, and will continue to company in the world specializing in the operation of implement sustainable programs while we create new convention centers, arenas, stadiums, and theaters, and community partnerships that expand our efforts. we partner with the DRCFA in introducing best practices, fiscal responsibility and a total focus on outstanding TCF Center has a professional and experienced team customer service. Our success is rooted in the success that partners with the Detroit Metro Convention and of our customers. Visitors Bureau and the regional hospitality community to fully support shows and conventions at the facility. We To that end we strive to reduce the impact of facility are an economic engine for the Metro Detroit region and operations on the community's environment and do so the state of Michigan. In my twenty years in the event by including everyone in this effort: staff; customers; business, I have never been a part of a stronger or more visitors; and neighbors. talented team. Working together in cooperation with our regional partners, we are committed to providing Each year, the TCF Center Green Committee makes great outstanding experiences for our guests and sustainable strides in expanding our program. This year, the expansion operations for our citizenry. of our living green roof allowed us to include four honey bee hives and an organic herb garden that provides fresh We invite everyone in our community and visitors from produce for our locally grown menus. We have instituted out of town to join our efforts to make the world more nursing pods, especially equipped for nursing mothers sustainable for future generations. 2019 TCF Center Annual Report Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 3 2019 TCF Center Annual Report Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 4 2019 Highlights TCF Center takes the LEED in 2019 TCF Center Cares becomes TCF Impact in 2019 TCF Center wins Detroit’s Green Task Force Award in 2019 2019 TCF Center Annual Report Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 5 Material Streams at Green Event Guidelines TCF Center Let TCF Center work with you to develop an zero waste attendee education program that promotes reasonable portions, composting, RECYCLABLE recycling, plastic bottle alternatives, and much more. • Aluminum Cans • Glass Bottles and Jars Work with your event manager to establish Green Event goals such • Clean Paper (Brochures, as waste diversion data, post event material donations, digital sign Programs, Fliers, etc.) usage, hybrid meeting webcasts, and alternative menu options. • Cardboard Boxes Once your goals are established, we will track the data and send a • Cardboard Signage post-event report and Green Event Certificate after your event. • Plastic Shrink Wrap, Sheet Plastic, Bubble Wrap • Plastic Bottles and Design Your Signage to Be Reusable Containers 1 • Plastic Plant Pots or Recyclable • Wood Pallets Choose signs made from biodegradable products that can • Lumber or Other Wood be recycled and use digital signage. TCF Center is phasing • Scrap Metal out the use of Styrofoam, PVC plastic and vinyl for signage. • Grease Know What’s Recyclable COMPOSTABLE 2 • Yard Debris Recycling varies from city to city and business to business. • Food Scraps Review what we can recycle at our facility and purchase • Disposable serve ware products that we can recycle and encourage your exhibitors to do the same. DONATIONS • Carpet and padding Communicate with Exhibitors • Donateable Goods (Books, 3 T-Shirts, Office Supplies, and Decorators Trinkets, Décor, Potted Exhibitors and decorators can be some of your biggest Plants, Bags, Craft Materials, allies in waste reduction. Ask us for tips on how to Garden Supplies, Etc.) communicate your efforts to staff, sponsors and attendees • Donateable Food (Dry Goods, – a great PR opportunity! Prepared Foods, Perishable Food, Frozen Food, Pet Food) • Donateable Name Badges Game Plan with the Event Manager • Donateable Yard/ 4 Reach out to our resident expert with questions about Garden Items materials choices, communication opportunities and • Plastic Food Serviceware recycling streams. • Plastic Beverage Cups • Plastic Utensils • Food Packaging Donate Leftover Materials • Vinyl Banners 5 • Trees and Dirt We are often able to donate leftover goods and materials to local community organizations. This could include Beginning in 2020, TCF Center will be phasing out the use decorations, giveaways, bags, office supplies, construction of foam core, PVC plastic signage, and vinyl in the venue, materials, unused food and more. Let us know if you and no longer allow these materials in the venue in 2022. anticipate any leftover goods and we’ll happily coordinate Styrofoam, vinyl and PVC are associated with numerous for you. ecological hazards and are not biodegradable. Due to our inability to find alternative uses or dispose of these products safely, we can no longer allow them to be left on- site. Event organizers are required to remove all Styrofoam, PVC and vinyl-based signage from the premises at the end of the event. Meet the Hardest Working Team in Show Business The TCF Center Green Committee Includes Everyone Each year, members of the TCF Center Green Committee offer a variety of educational opportunities to the local community and event industry designed to include everyone in the sustainable operations of the venue and support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Here are a few of the highlights: • Several times a year members of the Green Committee conduct Green Tours of the venue with stops to hear all about the operations in the engineering department, at the docks, in the kitchens, the exhibit halls, and the Living Green Roof. Touring groups range from 25-75 people. • Fifteen times a year, TCF Center hosts free health and fitness sessions such as yoga, Zumba and full-body workouts. These can be integrated into events in the facility at no charge. Local non-profits are on site to give information to visitors. • Several times a year, members of the Green Committee meet with other local facility managers such as the Detroit Institute of Arts, Ford Motor Company, and the City of Detroit to exchange best practices in sustainability. • Green Committee members give sustainability presentations at industry events such as IAVM Connect, CESSE, MSAE, USGBC Greenbuild, and others. 2019 TCF Center Annual Report Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 8 TCF Center Human Trafficking Policy TCF Center is committed to creating an environment that is free from human trafficking for employees, customers, visitors, and the local and event communities. TCF Center security is part of a task force comprised of • TCF Center condemns all forms of representatives from all safety and security agencies in human trafficking and the commercial Detroit, the state of Michigan and the federal government. sexual exploitation of children. Zero This task force includes the Detroit Police Department, tolerance of human trafficking in any Detroit Project Lighthouse, the Wayne County Police, form is enforced in TCF Center Oakland County Police, Macomb County Police, Michigan State Police, FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, • Working closely with the FBI and other Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, and other interested law enforcement agencies during parties. By leveraging technology resources, information events in TCF Center, all evidence and personnel records, a cooperative surveillance effort understood as referencing services that exists across the city 24/7/365. may involve human trafficking is given over for further investigation Hoteliers • TCF Center scans all major social All hotel partners of TCF Center are expected to provide media platforms for posts that may link training to employees to spot human trafficking, have a zero to sex trafficking organizations during tolerance policy and work with local law enforcement and TCF major events and sends copies of them Center reporting all suspicion of human trafficking concerning to the FBI shared interests. • Several sex trafficking arrests have Suppliers been made based on evidence that the TCF Center team passed along to the TCF Center expects all suppliers to uphold the standard of FBI during major events zero tolerance of human trafficking in all of their dealings with the venue, report suspicious activity while in the building, and know the warning signs of people who may be in the venue that are enslaved by a human trafficking ring. Employees Employees of TCF Center are expected to complete training in human trafficking awareness and work with the Human Resources Department to report any suspicious activities or persons related to human trafficking immediately. Visitors All visitors in TCF Center will be treated with respect and dignity, and given the resources needed for them to identify, report and survive occasions of human trafficking. Food Efficiency Options Our Executive Chef Stephan Blaser is an industry expert in haute cuisine and sustainability. Centerplate, the exclusive catering services provider in TCF Center, recently upped the ante in food efficiency by hiring Astrapto to help create a leading edge food waste reduction program.