LIVE Green marks Earth Day with nod to industry initiatives

At LIVE we recognise the global climate and biodiversity crisis as the greatest threat to humanity, and understand the importance of collaboration and community in building a sustainable society. We want to enable all in the live music industry to commit to climate action by providing the necessary support, resources and advice. 

This Earth Day, we're sharing some of the brilliant work happening across our network. 

EARTHFEST 23-28 June 2026 

LIVE Green is a Strategic Programme Partner for The Future of Music & Entertainment summit at EARTHFEST 2026. We have programmed a Greening the Live Music & Events Industry panel featuring AIF, MVT and AEG. Join LIVE’s own Ross Patel and fellow panellists on Wednesday 24 June for EARTHFEST’s Music & Entertainment Day.  

The Future of Music & Entertainment summit at Earthfest 2026 is an electrifying one-day event bringing the entertainment industry's most influential voices together to explore how culture and creativity can accelerate the transition to a sustainable future. 

Members can secure discounted tickets with code LIVEGREEN15. Register here. 

The Essential Guide: Compostable Serveware at Festivals & Events (webinar)

On Tuesday 5 May Earthed will be hosting a webinar on using compostable serve ware at festivals and events.
 
The session will offer an essential ‘how-to’ guide on introducing compostable packaging to festivals and events. This session is ideal for festival and event organisers, production managers, consultants, and concessions teams looking to optimise their packaging solutions.

Register here.

Climate Justice at Shambala Festival

For 25 years, Shambala has been a leading advocate for sustainable practices within the festival industry. Shambala recognises that the climate crisis is not only environmental, but deeply human - shaped by histories of inequality, and experienced unequally across the world.​ There will be a session on climate justice, hosted by Tyrone Scott, Head of Campaigns at War on Want, about the political environment that surrounds climate justice. Drawing on global movements and lessons from recent struggles, this session will explore how we rebuild a climate justice movement that is broader, more resilient and rooted in justice.
 
More information on this session can be found here.

A Greener Future: How festivals are taking action for a better world

A Greener Future offers a range of training courses on key event operational issues impacting the environment. They help develop the knowledge and skills of participants to undertake environmental assessments, understand regulations and gain a deeper knowledge of key environmental impacts and solutions as well how to green your supply chain. 
 
You can find the training sessions here.

The Show Must Go On Edition 3

The third iteration of the Show Must Go On report, by Vision for Sustainable Events, was launched earlier this year in the House of Commons. 
 
SMGO’s Climate Transition Plan 2030 sets out an ambitious and united vision for outdoor event climate action, presents a blueprint to lower emissions (with climate action checklists for event organisers) and identifies how festivals can reduce typical footprints by 37%. There are also specific calls on Government to overcome systemic barriers and achieve 50% emissions reductions.
 
You can read the full report here.

onboard:earth doubles donations for Earth Day

This Earth Day onboard:earth is doubling down on its mission to support the live events to tackle its greatest environmental impact: travel emissions. 
 
onboard:earth is taking part in the Big Give’s Earth Raise campaign with the aim of raising £5,000 to support their work helping festivals, events, artists, audiences and suppliers to measure and reduce their carbon footprint and support vital environmental restoration projects.
 
Thanks to £2,500 of match funding, they only need to raise £2,500 from supporters to unlock the full amount because every donation will be doubled. 
 
Your support will help onboard:earth reach more events and strengthen the tools the industry relies on. 
 
Donate here.

onboard:earth Earth Week Webinar

On Thursday 23 April (12-1pm), onboard:earth is hosting a webinar covering the tools for tackling travel impacts at events.
 
In this one hour ‘lunch + learn’ webinar you will come away with:

• Data & Reduction insights: Updated tools and resources to that make it easier for you to measure, manage, and reduce travel emissions from audiences and contractors.
• Ways to fund ecosystem restoration for free: how events can channel donations from audience directly to environmental partners and companies can offset carbon emissions through tax deductible donations that support verified, nature-led sustainability strategies.
• How to support an industry-wide campaign to reach £1 million raised for nature by the end of 2026.
• Your questions answered: Ask your travel data gathering conundrums.

£1 billion to cut costs for businesses, drive growth and clean up UK roads

The government have announced £1bn in grants to help businesses switch to electric vehicles — including up to £81,000 off the heaviest zero-emission trucks and £5,000 off new vans.​
 
For touring and production companies, fleet electrification is one of the most tangible steps toward meaningful sustainability progress. The support is now there to make it happen.​
 
Full details here.

Music Venue Trust announces Off The Grid programme

Through the new Off The Grid programme, energy cost audits are currently underway at Future Yard (Birkenhead), The Globe (Cardiff) and The Exchange (Bristol), with solar and battery installations planned to reduce and ultimately eliminate long-term energy costs.
 
These projects form the first phase of delivery by Music Venue Trust, which includes a £200,000 funding allocation from The LIVE Trust, as part of a wider industry-backed initiative to stabilise and rebuild the UK’s grassroots live music infrastructure. 
 
More on the LIVE Trust phase 1 recipients here.

AIF Launches Sustainability Step Change Fund with £40,000 Backing from Ticket Tailor’s Earth Invest

The Association for Independent Festivals has launched a new fund that will help independent festivals implement more environmentally sustainable events, backed by an initial pledge of £40,000 from Ticket Tailor’s Earth Invest fund.
 
The AIF Sustainability Step Change Fund will generate capital to support AIF in working with its members to minimise their impact on the climate and to adopt more sustainable practices.