Sustainable event pioneers A Greener Future (formerly A Greener Festival) unveil their new website on the UN World Environment Day, highlighting the new direction and services, following their recent rebrand. First revealed at AGF’s flagship event, the Green Events & Innovations Conference (GEI) in February, the rebrand from ‘A Greener Festival’ to ‘A Greener Future’…
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Not a festival, but definitely an entertainment venue striving to lower its environmental impact, The O2, which is owned and operated by AEG Europe, has today announced a series of new measures to make the world’s most popular music, leisure, and entertainment venue even more sustainable for fans, artists and brands. Coinciding with the venue’s…
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OVO Arena, Wembley ASM Global chose Earth Day to announce that its entire portfolio of UK operated venues are to undergo certification via A Greener Arena, as part of a long-term strategy and pledge towards greener operations and driving forward a more sustainable future for the live events industry. The rigorous, independent certification process provides…
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UK: A Greener Festival hosted its first ever International AGF Awards on March 5, and crowned festivals from eight countries across three continents as winners. The ceremony took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London, as part of the Green Events & Innovations Conference on the opening night of ILMC 31, and was supported…
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UK: A Greener Festival has announced that it will host the first ever International AGF Awards at the upcoming Green Events & Innovations Conference, which kickstarts the International Live Music Conference on March 5 in London. The new awards night aims to highlight a single best-in-class event for its sustainability efforts, across 11 categories. AGF…
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NETHERLANDS: International not-for-profit organisation A Greener Festival (AGF) has announced the 35 recipients of its eponymous Awards for 2018. Festivals and events from 14 countries achieved the prestigious accolade in 2018, which is awarded to those events and festivals that have demonstrated conscientiousness with regards to sustainability and a reduction in environmental impacts in 11…
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Photo credit: James Gillot AUSTRALIA: Rainbow Serpent Festival – a four-day, 17,000 capacity music & arts festival – has won A Greener Festival Award, the first medium-sized Australian festival to do so since 2015. Previously, comparably sized Aussie events such as Bluesfest, Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival have earned awards, but it is…
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UK: The next intakes of A Greener Festival’s Assessor Training courses are fast approaching, with upcoming dates at Manchester Metropolitan University from April 9 – 10. The course offers graduates a rapid route into environmental operations and will equip them with the knowledge and tools needed to undertake thorough assessments of a wide range of…
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Photo credit: Ben Challis UK: A Greener Festival has revealed the latest recipients of its Greener Festival Awards and Greener Events Awards. The Greener Festival Awards, a scheme led by A Greener Festival, have operated since 2007, and in that time have assessed over 400 festivals worldwide and assisted them with resource efficiency, decreasing their…
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Photo credit: Ben Challis NETHERLANDS: The international non-profit organisation A Greener Festival has announced the 34 winners of its 11th ‘Greener Festival Awards‘, plus its first ‘Greener Event Awards’. Festivals and events from 12 countries participated in the award in 2017. Applicants undergo a rigorous assessment, site visit and post event analysis of their event’s…
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Photo credit: DGTL Festival UK: A Greener Festival, the not for profit organisation committed to helping festivals and events to minimise their environmental impact around the world, has won the Green Apple Environment Award in the international campaign to find the greenest companies, councils and communities. AGF competed against more than 500 other nominations in…
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As the sustainability manager of Roskilde Festival, Mikkel Sander is trying to prove that 135,000 drunk youngsters can party for eight days without destroying the world. Roskilde Festival has been non-profit since 1972 and donated over 40 million euros to charity throughout the years. A feeling of responsibility towards the surrounding world is very much…
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NETHERLANDS: The international non-profit organisation, A Greener Festival (AGF), has teamed up with ADE Green to bring its training to Amsterdam this October for the first time. The training will run for two days at the Nachtlab, and is open to anyone with an interest in developing their understanding of Sustainable Event Management or becoming…
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UK: A Greener Festival, a not-for-profit company helping festivals, events and venues around the world adopt environmentally efficient practices, is making its environmental assessor training available to a global audience for the first time through a new short course offered with Falmouth University and CEG Digital. The online course sits within Falmouth’s flexible and part-time…
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