This month is a final call to action to fund the Show Must Go On report #3 - please get involved with this once-in-a-decade opportunity to help shape an industry-wide climate transition plan to 2030!

We share insights from ADE Green on Climate Justice in the Music Industry and a review of last month's Sustainable Event Summit. Info on Vision: 2025 curated panels at Event Sustainability Live plus, news and resources from across the industry.

Enjoy this month's update and contact bethan@vision2025.org.uk to share newsletter ideas, stories and queries.

The Show Must Go On (SMGO) reports (2015 & 2020) have been pivotal reference guides for event professionals, launching the 2025 sector vision, and providing a framework for hundreds of events to take climate action. Here are 3 reasons we need the Show Must Go On #3 in 2025. 

1. A bold, urgent, ambitious and united climate vision is needed to unite the whole industry: The window for impactful climate action globally is closing and festivals and events have a powerful role to play in inspiring  change. The #SMGO3 will identify key sustainability goals for the sector and the call to action for audiences. 

2. The industry is better, faster and more cost-effective together: Events and suppliers of all scales need clear guidance, resources and support. The #SMGO3 will provide a united vision, robust benchmarks and a blueprint for national standards and assessment.

3. We need a strong evidence base for government support for the sector: The #SMGO3 will help build a case for what we can do as a sector, and where we need support to accelerate sector change and unlock innovation in the supply chain.

Please help us reach the funding target of £50,000. There are a range of options to suit all levels - every amount counts: https://bit.ly/SMGO-3

Vision: 2025 is curating two panels at Event Sustainability Live on the Main Stage, held at ExCeL London, on Thursday 21 November 2024.  Graham Brown, Vision: 2025 Steering Group member and host of the Sustainable Event Summit will host both panels: 

Creating Sustainable Menus (13:00 - 13:45) Panel guests discuss initiatives to minimise impacts, by providing sustainable food and drink for everyone attending your event, with Adam Hempenstall (Co-founder, Peppermint Bars & Events), Bonnie May (CEO, Eat to the Beat), Mark Laurie (Director, NCASS) and Joseph McDonnell (Business Development, Klimato). 

Power: Positive Battery Connections (14:00-14:45) explores developments in the deployment of battery technology to power events in 2024 and considers how organisers can plan to replace generators for their future events. With Tim Benson (Tech Director of ShowPower Global B.V.) and James Gunson (Tech Director, Energy Management Solutions).  Register your free place HERE.

Vision: 2025, Julie’s Bicycle and Festival Republic presented the most successful Sustainable Event Summit to date, October 23rd, 2024.

In this blog, SES 24 host and Vision: 2025 Steering Group member Graham Brown shares the highlights and key takeaways from the day, which saw over 200 event professionals and suppliers come together to discuss the key challenges in creating sustainable events and to hear from the suppliers and experts about solutions for 2025. Read the full story HERE.

Photo: Shaping the Future Panel - from left to right: Hannah Cox (betternotstop), Vikki Chapman (Live Nation), Andrew Lansley (Cheltenham Festivals), Feimatta Conteh (Arts Council England) and Jon Collins (LIVE UK).

Recognising that the music industry, with its global reach and cultural influence, has a unique role to play in amplifying the call for climate justice, ADE Green Conference wove the theme of Climate Justice throughout the 2024 program. 

The 'Reclaiming Space: Climate Justice in the Music Industry' panel led by Syed Jazib Ali, a prominent voice for environmental justice and human rights, explored pathways to dismantle existing barriers and amplify unheard voices for a more just and resilient world with panelists (pictured) Lady Shaka (artist), Shishani (artist), and Chris Johnson (Shambala Festival). 

Learn more about what Climate Justice is and should be, and what artists can do, in a blog by Syed Jazib Ali HERE. 

onboard:earth and Tracsis Events partner to catalyse change in live event sector travel sustainability. The partnership aims to increase the tools and resources that onboard.earth offers through the development of innovative technology-based solutions to record and report event-related travel emissions.

Tracsis combines essential insight into of traffic management with their technology servicesto further the event industry’s knowledge on travel impacts and support onboard.earth to target solutions for reductions and efficiency. Read more about the partnership HERE. 

Our friends at Music Declares Emergency are celebrating their fifth birthday this month! 

Through their NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET campaign, MDE have helped to put music at the heart of the climate conversation, reaching over 550 million music fans with the support of over 4000 recording artists.

Their NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET Movement, launched this year to bring the power of fandom into their work, has recruited close to 10,000 UK music fans, all taking positive actions that make a difference, whilst their groups across the globe are framing global responses for music to the climate emergency.

We love what they do. To get involved and help to build support for urgent climate action join their mailing list.

Arts Council England (ACE) and Julie's Bicycle have released the 2023-2024 Environmental Responsibility report highlighting bold Creative Climate Action of ACE-supported organisations. The report shares inspiring examples of cultural organisations taking environmental action and celebrates their creative responses to the climate, nature and justice crisis. Explore the interactive report HERE 

Our selected news picks from across the Live Events Industry and beyond, including jobs, events, blogs, reports, and what the Vision: 2025 team has been watching, listening to, and reading this month:

• AEG Europe is expanding its FAME FOREST environmental initiative to Berlin following success in Hamburg. In Access All Areas HERE
• The National Arenas Association has published a Green Guide in collaboration with A Greener Future. Full story in IQ Magazine HERE 
• Forget your carbon footprint: Let's talk about your climate shadow. Article in MIC HERE. 
• Event consultancy The Bulb has been acquired by Trivandi. In Consultancy.uk HERE.
• AEG’s London Festivals achieve Greener Festival Certifications for exceptional sustainable initiatives. In Festival Insights HERE.
• LIVE Green’s launch of Green Clauses wins industry-wide support, reported in Access All Areas HERE. 

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