âIt’s really important for us to be at the forefront on the sustainability and inclusion questions, to inspire others and help with all these things. If we donât have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.â
Resources
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GrĂžnt veikart (The Green Roadmap) is a digital roadmap designed to guide sustainable and practical environmental efforts within the arts and culture sector in Norway. Developed through collaboration among key industry organisations, it establishes current baseline status, sets strategic goals aligned with global sustainability frameworks, and proposes targeted measuresâat organisational, individual, and policy levelsâto reduce…
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The Norwegian GrĂžnn arrangementsstandard is a sustainability guide jointly developed by Norske KulturarrangĂžrer and Ăyafestivalen. It offers a framework of shared principles and objectives aimed at cultural event organisers seeking to stage environmentally responsible events. Covering areas such as sustainability governance, procurement, energy use, transport, waste, and public engagement, the standard encourages concrete action plans,…
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The DecĂĄlogo para la sostenibilidad en salas de conciertos is a concise and practical guide aimed at live music venues. It outlines ten key principlesâranging from energy and waste management to community engagement and green procurementâto help venues reduce their environmental footprint. The document organizes recommended actions into clear, actionable steps, enabling venues to assess…
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This study, commissioned by Music Declares Emergency Switzerland, provides an overview of the environmental impact of music festivals in Switzerland. Conducted by sustainability experts, it analyses key sources of emissionsâsuch as audience travel, food services, energy use, and materialsâand identifies areas where significant reductions are possible. The report offers a foundation for sector-wide reflection and…
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Vert le Futur is a network and programme promoting sustainable culture through arts and creative sectors. It hosts the Creative Climate Leadership (CCL) programme for artists and cultural professionals, delivering workshops, peer networks, and seed funding to empower climate-aware cultural leadership . It also organises thematic events and supports collaborative initiatives to embed climate action…
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DEB (Duurzaam Energie Besparen) is a free digital platform supported by MKB-Nederland and Dutch ministries to help SMEsâincluding live music venuesâreduce energy usage and meet regulatory requirements. Through its partnership with VNPF (Dutch Association of Music Venues and Festivals), DEB offers sector-specific support: venues can access energy-saving measures tailored to music venuesâ unique operations, benchmark…
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The Green Stages project, led by Green Leisure, supports Dutch music venues and theatres in implementing sustainable practices. It provides a structured roadmap for environmental improvement, offering tools such as COâ footprint calculations, customized advice, and a certification system. The project focuses on energy efficiency, waste reduction, and stakeholder engagement, aiming to integrate sustainability into…
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This database is the outcome of the collaboration of European Social Partners in the Live Performance sector â namely Pearle*Live Performance Europe on the employerâs side, and the European Arts and Entertainment Alliance (International Federation of Actors, International Federation of Musicians and the Media, Entertainment & Arts sector of UNI Europa) on the workersâ side.…
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Festivals en Mouvement aims to reduce the environmental footprint of transport related to festivals by 2030. Indeed, 80% of a festivalâs carbon impact comes from audience and crew travel. The solutions to reduce this impact are as diverse as they are complexâtechnical, sociological, and political.Moreover, transport also raises other important issues: reducing pollution, ensuring accessibility,…
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âItâs all about sharing and cooperation!â
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âWe need organisations like Live DMA to support our activities. During COVID, it was important to have Live DMA meetings so that we could learn what was going on in the other countries, and that was very helpful when it came to the lobby work on the local levelâ
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“We have been celebrating the 10th anniversary of Live DMA, a network which was created in 2012 by venue networks from all over Europe. The purpose was to share knowledge and skills with each other, and to set up common projects, and I think weâve succeeded in doing that!â
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“I learned to collect and process data with good quality, and also I learned the importance of data to start a dialogue with institutions. Good data gave ACCES a lot of recognitionâ
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ʻʌThanks to Live DMAÊŒs Survey, we showed our government that the more a venue is subsidized, the more money they generate. The Ministry of Culture had little knowledge of our sector. So to present these figures from different European countries was crucial in re-valorising our subsidies.”