Welcome to the April Vision for Sustainable Events Newsletter: This month: 

• Green Leader Q&A with Andrew Lansley, Innovation Manager at Cheltenham Festivals
• Sustainable Event Summit 2025: Save the Date 
• Green Events Code of Practice 2025: Expression of interest open for Local Authorities to join second National program
• A Greener Future Carbon Analyst, Alex Fintoni, on 2024 event sustainability trends
• Powerful Thinking blog: Grid instability, renewables, and the Iberian April power crisis
• Earth Day Resource Round-Up from LIVE Green
• Sustainable Event Management Guide - 4th edition out now
• ACT1.5 x Massive Attack x Manchester Tyndall Centre report
• FREE access codes to the Rubbish Ideas Event Waste and Carbon Impact Tracking
• Open call: International Touring and Environmental Responsibility programme
• Peppermint Bars & Events Sustainability Initiatives at BST Hyde Park
• Nordic Wristbands adds sustainability Initiatives
• An overview of upcoming events and news from across the industry. 

Contact bethan@visionsustainableevents.org to share newsletter ideas and news. 

Andrew Lansley is Innovation Manager for Cheltenham Festivals, Senior Academic at the University of Gloucestershire and Campaign & Commercial consultant for Attitude is Everything. He has worked for almost 30 years in cross-sector roles including culture, events, academia, politics, broadcast and innovation. Leading on research and project delivery within creative ecosystems, event sustainability & accessibility policy, he specialises in intersectional, regenerative projects around the UK and beyond. His research specialisms are rooted in climate adaptation and climate justice, and has recently written a chapter on how the UK can improve environmental regulations for outdoor events. He is a trustee for Youth Music and Continental Drifts and in his spare time is double bassist for Thrill Collins. Read his answers to our 20 Event Industry Green Leader questions HERE. 

Last month we spoke to Livvy Drake, Sustainability and Behaviour Change Consultant, read her answers HERE. 

Vision for Sustainable Events and Julie's Bicycle are running a second national program supporting local authorities (LAs) to introduce environmental assessment of events using the Green Events Code of Practice (GECoP) following the successful pilot program with 10 LAs in 2024.

The GECoP is a nationally consistent assessment framework supported by The Local Authority Event Organiser (LAEOG), Arts Council England, and the Event Industry Forum (EIF), publisher of the Purple Guide.

A maximum of 30 local authorities can sign up to join the 12-month program in 2025. Participants will be part of a groundbreaking national roll-out of the Green Events Code of Practice, and receive specialist support and resources to update policy and integrate environmental reporting into practices and processes. To express interest, fill out the survey form by 9th May HERE.

The Sustainable Events Summit #SES25 will return to The Showman’s Show at Newbury Showground on Wednesday 22nd October, 2025. 

This year’s summit will delve into the newly published Show Must Go On #3 - Climate Transition Plan, to explore the outdoor industry's sustainable journey towards 2030. The format will offer working groups and free-to-attend panels, bringing together sustainability focused event professionals to share information and learn about new developments and initiatives.

Details of the program and tickets will be announced in the coming months email bethan@visionsustainableevents.org and graham@visionsustainableevents.org.

The A Greener Future (AGF) Festival Insight Report, reviews sustainability practices from the 40 music festivals that participated the A Greener Future (AGF) certification scheme in 2024. The report provides a snapshot of evolving trends in energy use, water consumption, waste management, food & drink, and transport. In this guest blog, Alex Fintoni, Carbon Analyst at AGF, gives a breakdown of the key findings and updates from the report. Read the article HERE. 

Last Monday 22nd April marked Earth Day 2025, to celebrate the day our friends at LIVE Green (Live Music Industry Venus and Entertainment) shone a spotlight on the inspiring climate action across the live music sector. From pioneering green partnerships to new tools enabling more sustainable touring, our community is actively embracing. Read LIVE's resource round-up HERE. 

Check the Vision for Sustainable Events Resource Hub for more resources or contact us to add your event sustainability knowledge.  

Meegan Jone's latest edition of the practical guide - AKA the 'sustainable events bible' - offers a comprehensive insight into environmental and social responsibility in event management and production. Get your copy and learn more HERE.

This report provides a review of the performance of the Act 1.5 show in Bristol in 2024 against the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Super-Low Carbon Live Music Roadmap. The key areas assessed are onsite energy, transport and food. The analysis is based on a comparison of data from the show collected by A Greener Future (AGF) and a counterfactual hypothetical show where environmental measures are not prioritised. Read the Super Low Carbon Live Music 2025 Assessment HERE.

Rubbish Ideas is offering Vision for Sustainable Events members free access to its Rubbish Portal – a waste and carbon accountancy platform for festivals and events.

The Rubbish Ideas Portal is a user-friendly platform for measuring environmental impact across waste, carbon and circularity. It supports organisers through the potentially daunting task of measuring and reporting their waste management. Find access codes to unlock the offer HERE.

Are you a touring artist, company or venue based in England, Denmark or Norway? Apply to join Julie's Bicycle's International Touring and Environmental Responsibility (ITER) programme, with beginner and advanced levels plus funding options, and develop sustainable approaches to international touring. Deadline: 4th June. Apply HERE. 

Our selected news picks from across the Live Events Industry and beyond, including jobs, events, blogs, reports, and what the Vision team has been watching, listening to, and reading this month:

• Climate movement ‘I came by train’ has unveiled a new artist-led campaign supported by Trainline to encourage festival goers to take the train to Glastonbury this year HERE.
• A Greener Future Low Emissions Festival Report: AGF explore how festivals across the UK are powering their events - and what needs to change to reduce emissions, cut fuel use, and move toward cleaner energy HERE.
• EarthPercent Earth Day 2025 campaign: Sounds Right ft Nature where every play helps to fund the protection and restoration of some of the world's most precious, vulnerable ecosystems HERE.
• Julie's Bicycle and British Council present: Cultura Circular in Conversation. Six-part interview series celebrating environmental stewardship within arts and cultural festivals in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the UK HERE. 
• Mallorca Live Festival has been awarded the national Contribution to Sustainability prize at the Iberian Festival Awards, in Festival Insights HERE.
• Podcast of the Month - Conner Habin interviews Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins in the first of series 'How To Live in 2025, focusing on the thoughts, feelings, and actions we need to thrive, develop,  create, and resist HERE.

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