 MCI has received a number of sustainability awards, including the Meetings & Events Australia's Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2016, the IMEX-GMIC Green Meeting Awards for Symantec's 2014 Vision EMEA Symposium and the Global Business Travel Association Foundation's Project ICARUS Sustainability Gold Medal.In 2016, MCI formed a collaborative partnership with the International Congress and Conventions Association (ICCA), the ICCA's Scandinavian Chapter, European Cities Marketing and the IMEX Group, to launch the first-ever sustainability ranking for event destinations worldwide, the GDS-Index.It rates cities on convention bureau strategy and initiatives, social sustainability performance, industry supplier support, and environmental strategy and infrastructure.