ICC Sydney hosts Global Nature Positive Summit

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024
Edited by Travel Weekly


The International Convention Centre Sydney, managed by ASM Global, hosted the world’s first Global Nature Positive Summit from 8 to 10 October.

Around 1,000 delegates including international Ministers, environmental policy experts across government and corporate sectors, Indigenous People, and investors attended the landmark event.

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

At the Summit, leaders explored effective ways to realise global commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and how to accelerate collective action to drive investment in nature and strengthen activities to protect and repair the environment.

ICC Sydney collaborated with the Australian and New South Wales Governments’ Departments of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water to deliver the Global Nature Positive Summit. Their multipurpose spaces, service excellence, and venue management expertise enabled multiple delations and key stakeholders to be brought together for the Summit. ICC Sydney’s venue and team members supported the hosts to deliver a high-profile, low waste, and carbon friendly event with a focus on corporate social responsibility and professionalism.

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

ICC Sydney chief executive officer, Adam Mather-Brown, said the venue was immensely proud to be a part of the historic event as it hosted international environment leaders to meet, collaborate, and seek to fast-track solutions for nature.

“As an example of a built environment that enhances nature and biodiversity and with our own commitments to positive environmental practices and a Nature Positive Sydney, we were perfectly placed to host a business event of this status,” Mather-Brown said.

“Together with federal and state agencies, our team was proud to plan and host this impactful event of international importance, offering a seamless experience for all attendees.

“Through meticulous advanced planning, stakeholder collaboration and innovative event delivery, organisers and attendees were able to focus on the matter at hand.”

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

Tanya Plibersek addresses the Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

City urban policy think tank, Committee for Sydney CEO, Eamon Waterford said the Summit was an example of the power of business events to engage the world to drive positive change.

“The Global Nature Positive Summit was a crucial opportunity for leaders and experts to come together, share insights and move forward nature positive agenda,” Waterford said. “It really shows the power of business events to bring people together to drive positive change. As an integral contributor to Sydney’s knowledge economy and global economic positioning, we want to congratulate ICC Sydney for hosting this critical public policy forum.”

The Committee for Sydney’s award-winning Nature Positive Sydney report makes the case for protecting and enhancing one of Sydney’s best assets, its living environment.

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

Underscoring the event’s successful execution, the Global Nature Positive Summit team tapped into ICC Sydney’s leading services, sustainability and social impact practices, including:

  • Complex security provisions in collaboration with authorities.
  • High-quality audio-visual production.
  • Immersive audio-visual projection experience connecting delegates to First Nations culture via an animated artwork by Boomalli Aboriginal artist Jeffrey Samuels.
  • Accessible and inclusive infrastructure and services.
  • Green energy investment to support sustainable operations.
  • Waste minimisation and diversion strategies using Bintracker technology.
  • Media and communications management services.
Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.One of the panel discussions at Global Nature Positive Summit 2024.

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