ESCA × EDPA Sustainability Guidance

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Scorecard · ESCA × EDPA Sustainability Guidance

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Company Profile

Company Profile.

Annual rollup of your operations — inventory, fleet, facilities, policies, people. Numbers where we can get numbers.

Who this is for: Any company in the show: show organizers and associations, exhibitors, Official Service Providers, exhibit houses, producers and suppliers. This is the annual “who we are” score, separate from any single show or booth.

Company score
Out of 100
Score ranges
Named ranges are shorthand for score ranges, not certification levels or rankings.
🌰Seed (0-29) Just getting started
🌱Sprout (30-49) Early growth visible
🪴Sapling (50-64) Building a strong foundation
🌲Canopy (65-79) Providing real shade
🌳Old Growth (80-100) Deep, well-established practice
Higher is better. Track year-over-year lift, not the absolute number.
By pillar
How You Compare

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You Average 25th-75th
Your next steps

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The highest-impact next steps based on your current answers.

About this assessment

Shown on your self-assessment summary. Not scored.

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Role-specific questions

These questions only apply to your role. They feed a small bonus on top of the four pillars above (up to +5 points) and make the benchmark more accurate once peer data arrives.

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Project Profile

Project Profile — score a specific show.

Every show is different. A company policy doesn’t guarantee the next build follows it. This is where you score the actual project: what was built, moved, powered, disposed of. Select your role and project type to get questions custom-built for your scope of work.

Who this is for: Anyone working on a show, including organizers, contractors, exhibit houses, suppliers and venues, scoring their part of a specific project. Your role determines which questions appear. A single exhibitor with one booth should use the Booth score instead.

Doesn’t apply to you? Click N/A (“I don’t have this”) next to any item. It is removed from your score instead of counting as zero. Your score is points earned divided by points possible on the items that apply to your role, times 100.

Select your role above to see your project questions. Every field in the four pillars below will adapt to show only what is relevant to your scope of work — whether you run AV, haul freight, build custom exhibits, or manage the whole floor.

Trade shows usually move a lot of material. Focus on drayage consolidation, carpet reuse, waste diversion at teardown, and overnight power-down.

Corporate events are often one-off builds with tight timelines. The biggest wins come from modular-first design briefs, rental furniture, and post-event scorecards for the client.

Road shows multiply every decision across cities. Reuse rate is your strongest lever — modular systems and crated graphics that survive the tour. Consolidation and SmartWay carriers compound at scale.

Conferences are attendee-heavy and usually move less material than trade shows. Digital registration, lanyard take-back, water stations, and F&B waste diversion deliver the most impact.

Brand activations are high-visibility and short-lived. Design for disassembly from the start, specify rental or modular structures, and plan your end-of-life before you build.

Association meetings repeat annually. Year-over-year benchmarking is your superpower — track every metric and publish the slope. Exhibitor sustainability guidelines have outsized impact here.

This project
Carbon · 25% of score

Energy consumed on the show floor, generator use, renewable mix, and lighting efficiency.

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Circularity · 35% of score

Reuse rates, waste diversion, material recovery, graphics substrates, and end-of-show disposition.

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Non-Toxic · 25% of score

Material bans, ink chemistry, VOC policies, and certified-material adoption across the show floor.

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People & Governance · 15% of score

Sustainability leadership, exhibitor guidance, crew training, reporting, logistics management, and community engagement.

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Project score
Out of 100

Choose your role on this project (top of the page) to see your score.

Carbon
Circularity
Non-Toxic
People
Scored only on the questions shown for
Intensity metrics
  • kgCO₂e / net sq ft
  • Reuse rate
  • Diversion rate

Intensity is the number your client’s ESG team will request. Track your own intensity year over year. Industry benchmarks will be published once members report.

Carbon estimate
Directional · EPA factors plus labelled committee working assumptions
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Grid factor: kg CO₂e/kWh. Change grid region in the Carbon section above. Lines marked “committee working assumption” have no published source yet; replace them with your own data where you can.

Your next steps

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Move the needle

Highest-impact next steps based on your current answers.

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Booth Profile

Score a single booth.

For exhibitors, custom builders, or any booth owner who wants to know where this specific build stands. Three scales work together: Company (who you are), Project (a whole show), and Booth (one footprint on the floor).

Exhibitor & booth: For most builds, the exhibitor and the booth share a name — one brand, one footprint, one score. If a single exhibitor runs multiple distinct booths across regions or programs, score each one separately and label them (e.g., “Acme · East,” “Acme · West”). A booth that travels to ten shows still gets one score and reports reuse across all ten.

What’s in your booth?

Uncheck anything your booth doesn’t have. Its questions are marked N/A and left out of your score, so a booth with no carpet or no graphics isn’t marked down. You can still change any single question below.

Want an outside rating too? Better Stands rates how reusable a stand is: single use, bronze, silver or gold.

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Booth score
Out of 100
Carbon
Circularity
Non-Toxic
People & Governance
Directional — pair with a full project and company profile for a complete self-assessment.

Score this booth across four pillars

Based on the From Build to Breakdown guidance (ESCA × EDPA × EIC). Every field that applies to a single booth build lives here — structures, flooring, furnishings, lighting, graphics, packaging, waste, logistics, and energy.

No flooring, no graphics, no furniture? Click N/A (“I don’t have this”) next to that item. It is removed from your score instead of counting against you.

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Carbon · Energy & Transport
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Circularity · Structures, Flooring, Furnishings, Packaging, Waste
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Non-Toxic · Materials Health
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People & Governance · The Human Element
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Booth carbon estimate
Directional · single-booth footprint

Uses project grid region ( kg CO₂e/kWh) and the project freight distance. Booth kWh estimated from sq ft if not entered. Structure type and reuse rate adjust embodied materials.

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Your next steps

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Move the needle — booth

Highest-impact next steps for this specific booth.