CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
RIMS is committed to Corporate Social Responsibility and building community. We try our best to work with our vendor partners to incorporate sustainable strategies into our events. In addition to our “green” recyclable badges, we continue to reduce printed signage, and with the elimination of printed agendas, printed sessions at-a-glance, the Marketplace Directory and other event collateral, we continue to invest in building a more robust and user-friendly mobile app.
The city of Chicago is a leader in innovative environmental initiatives and sustainability and is integrating sustainability throughout its city planning. Please visit Chicago - Environment and Sustainability for more information.
Below are some additional examples from RISKWORLD.
Community Service
Monday, May 5
9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, May 6
9:30 am – 4:00 pm
McCormick Place, Location to come
RIMS has partnered with A Safe Haven on this year’s Community Project. We are proud to have ESIS sponsor again this year.
A Safe Haven is a vision that came to life, a place where people in crisis can find the food, shelter, treatment, medical care, education, job training and job placement they need under one roof. It is a model of continuous care that fulfills our mission to help people aspire, transform, and sustain their lives as they transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency with pride and purpose. If you walk down the halls and ask the people themselves how they best describe A Safe Haven, you will repeatedly hear the same three words. “It saves lives.”
What We Will Do: Create Hygiene Kits
Hygiene kits are always in great demand by organizations that work with individuals and families in crises. These will be distributed to the men, women, youth, and children residing at A Safe Haven’s main facility in North Lawndale.
The kits include essential hygiene items such as toothbrushes/toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant and other essentials.
To donate, please visit A Safe Haven - Donate!Sponsored by: 
McCormick Place Chicago
Sustainability & Community
McCormick Place takes pride in being at the forefront of green meetings and events, with many firsts in innovative strategies for reducing its carbon footprint and being recognized for these efforts by third-party, independent validations, including LEED, APEX, Green Seal, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
McCormick has a positive impact on its local and global community and industry, providing jobs and resources to thousands of workers at the convention facility and to the broader hospitality and travel industry.
Industry-Leading Food & Beverage Practices
Grind 2 Energy Program – Food waste is ground onsite using a customized, industrial-strength food service grinder with a 3,500-gallon tank. The scraps are converted into an energy-rich slurry, which is then transported to an anaerobic digestion facility. At this facility, methane is extracted for energy production, while the remaining biosolids become nutrient-rich fertilizer.
Rooftop Garden – The half-acre garden located atop the McCormick Place West Building has grown to embody McCormick’s commitment to sustainable operations and is utilized by the campus culinary team. This bounty of nearly 100 different varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, native prairie flowers, and a small orchard, plus 20,000 honeybees, butterflies, and worms, yields 4,000 – 6,000 lbs. of seasonal produce each year.
Other Sustainability Initiatives
The recycling program features 4-stream waste receptacles, divided into paper, recyclables, landfill, and compost categories. They also prioritize the purchasing of products made with recyclable and biodegradable materials.
The green approach extends to hydration: water bottle refill stations are available throughout the lobbies on the upper and lower levels. Thank you to Old Republic for sponsoring water bottles.
McCormick also partners with local providers to donate unserved food from their in-house food pantry to those in need during the event.
Material Donations
Together with event organizers, McCormick Place ensures that extra promotional items or event supplies do not go to waste by donating them to local organizations like schools, libraries, churches, nonprofits, shelters, and more. These can be all kinds of things: pens, notepads, backpacks, books, chairs, tables, and many other types of items unique to the focus of their organization.
To learn more, please visit McCormick Place Sustainability Guide