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For healthier people, systems and planet

Where healthcare meets sustainability

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Sustainability efforts at WHX

  • 68% reduction in single use stands per net m² since 2024

  • 100% renewable electricity powering WHX backed by Energy Attribution Certificates

  • 3,967 single trips avoided through our shuttle bus service

  • 3,350 kg of food waste composted instead of sent to landfill

  • 10% reduction in overall event waste since 2025

  • 20+ hours of sustainability focused content across WHX

World Health Expo

Our sustainability commitment

As the world’s largest healthcare exhibition, WHX has a responsibility to shape a more sustainable future for healthcare, for healthier people, healthier systems and a healthier planet. From the partners we work with to the choices we make across every event, we’re embedding sustainability into how we operate, creating more responsible experiences and driving action across our global community.

Our approach focuses on three areas where we can make the greatest impact:

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Healthier Systems

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Healthier Planet 

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Healthier People

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Healthier Systems

Sustainability only moves forward when the whole industry moves together. Through WHX global platform, we encourage better practices, share knowledge, and make sustainable choices easier for exhibitors, partners and suppliers across the event journey. 

  • Set clear sustainability requirements for suppliers and stand-builders 

  • Share sustainability insights and best practices to help exhibitors make informed decisions

  • Partner with recognised sustainability organisations to strengthen accountability 

  • Recognise exhibitors who adopt reusable solutions and low-waste stand designs

Leading sustainable change

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Healthier Planet

Every event leaves an environmental footprint. Through smarter resource management and sustainable solutions, WHX is reducing waste, lowering emissions, and minimising our impact, one step toward a healthier planet. 

  • Reduce landfill waste through recycling programmes 

  • Cut food waste impact through composting and circular waste practices 

  • Encourage lower-impact travel through the WHX shuttle service 

  • Promote reusable exhibition solutions through the Better Stands programme 

Strategies we're implementing

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Healthier People

For WHX, sustainability means people too. We're committed to building a more accessible and inclusive healthcare platform for our communities, through responsible partnerships, inclusive experiences and ethical practices. 

  • Build a more accessible and inclusive healthcare platform for our communities 

  • Work with local suppliers and small businesses across catering, logistics and stand construction 

  • Create opportunities for regional talent through partnerships and training networks 

  • Uphold our Event Code of Conduct on safety, labour standards and ethics 

Environmental responsibility

Better Stands, developed under the Net Zero Carbon Events initiative, requires the core elements of every exhibitor stand to be reusable rather than disposable. It's part of WHX wider commitment to running a sustainable, socially responsible event with a limited environmental footprint

Learn more about the Better Stands programme

WHX 2027

Our commitment in practice

WHX 2027 - sustainability
WHX 2027 - sustainability
WHX 2027 - sustainability

This year at WHX, we’re strengthening our commitment to social and environmental responsibility, creating a more sustainable and inclusive experience for our community. At both Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City and Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), the Recharge Plaza offers a dedicated space to relax and recharge, with healthy food options, wellbeing activities, games, meditation and complimentary health check-ups. 

We’ve expanded our focus on sustainability-driven healthcare content and created an inclusive environment that supports the next generation of leaders. Behind the scenes, our venues support this commitment through full wheelchair accessibility, direct metro access, renewable energy use and reusable feature infrastructure.