While creating aesthetically pleasing designs is easy, creating ones that meet sustainability criteria is more complex. When designing for sustainability and circularity, there are functional limitations to consider. Our objective was to minimise our carbon footprint and raise the bar in sustainable stand design.” Ian Baksh, Cogo Head of Marketing: “While industry events such as this provide an excellent platform for Cogo to inspire positive change they can also contribute significantly to carbon emissions. Visitors to the stand will hear a soundscape of Aotearoa, New Zealand native birds at risk of extinction - an ode to the origins of Cogo, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems left on Earth. This is a priority for Cogo, given its work with banks to help customers measure, understand and reduce their carbon footprint. Its peaceful design aims to offer visitors a moment to pause and reflect on the importance of taking climate action.

The stand, which takes cues from nature, and is inspired by urban garden architecture, is far from the usual exhibition stand. Carbon footprint management fintech, Cogo is proud to be ‘walking the walk’ when it comes to taking climate action by creating a sustainable stand at this year’s Money20/20 banking conference in Amsterdam.

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