Leadership / 04.27.22

Sustainability Is Still on Everyone's Mind in the U.K.'s and Europe's Cultural Sector

Access Staff

Pollstar (04/22/22) Gottfried, Gideon

Britain and Europe's cultural sector remains committed to analyzing its environmental impact and striving for sustainability. Alison Tickell, CEO of U.K. charity Julie's Bicycle, had expected the pandemic to draw attention away from environmental issues, but reports, "The cultural community not only kept climate on the agenda, but with an eye on the CO26 climate talks last November, organized, mobilized and connected cultural practice with climate action." The International Live Music Conference in London this month mirrors the importance of sustainability, and this year integrates the Green Events & Innovations Conference. Topics under discussion include more European cooperation in the live music industry; transport and energy; more environmentally friendly areas and touring; sustainable food and beverage service for events; and circularity of materials and addressing plastic pollution. Meanwhile, KP Scorpio in Germany published a sustainability concept around its Tempelhof Sounds festival, which will include dry toilets on site, whose contents will be recycled into fertilizer. Sustainable Event Solutions' contribution is a sustainability checklist and a sustainable rider for touring acts. The checklist includes transitioning to green electricity and expanding renewable energies at events. The 16-step process is backed by various media, environmental networks and associations from the events sector, and the plan is to publish one step each quarter, with the last one to be disclosed by the end of 2025.

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