The Secretariat of the AI Action Summit has undertaken to meet the requirements of ISO 20121:2024 – Event Sustainability Management Systems – and to focus particular attention on gender equality issues while organizing the Summit, in line with past conferences with AFNOR’s Gender Equality Event label. It has organized work among its teams, suppliers and partners so as to implement the relevant sustainable development policy within the perimeter of its sustainable management system. This perimeter includes the setting up and dismantling phases at the Grand Palais while respecting the venue and its organization.
Moreover, the Secretariat has introduced stringent budgetary monitoring aiming to ensure an optimal quality of event organization while controlling costs.

The values: exemplarity, humility, inclusiveness, confidence and sustainability.

The focuses of the Summit address four UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Focus 1: Organize an international event with people- and environmentally-friendly practices

  • Welcome the Heads of State and Government and their delegations and civil society participants in optimal conditions;
  • Confirm France’s ability to successfully organize this international event;
  • Ensure good working conditions to ensure that the Summit goes smoothly;
  • Foster sustainable procurement by optimizing the budget and resources used, encouraging suppliers to employ sustainable practices;
  • Draw on best practices and continually improve future summits.

Focus 2: Implement gender equality policy

  • Ensure that an overall gender equality policy is implemented, by promoting it among interested parties, particularly in round tables;
  • Take measures to ensure that women are equally represented among the participants and speakers in a sector where most leadership roles are held by men;
  • Address gender equality issues in preparatory discussions and during the Summit;
  • Raise service providers’ awareness.

Focus 3: Minimize the Summit’s environmental footprint

  • Promote a circular economy and minimize waste by sub-contractors and suppliers, particularly in terms of event fit-out equipment;
  • Use, as a priority, on-site energy sources and as necessary, biofuel generators;
  • Calculate carbon footprints and contribute to carbon offsetting projects in France and abroad.

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Updated : 4 February 2025