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LIVE MUSIC SECTOR COMMITS TO REACHING NET ZERO BY 2030 AEG Europe COO and Chair of LIVE Green, John Langford throws down the gauntlet, following an across-the-board industry campaign to deliver climate action.
Words: John Langford Photo: Blake Ezra & Jordon Conner on Unsplash
The UK’s live music sector has launched a sweeping industry campaign to deliver climate action, setting out its commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030. The campaign, fronted by LIVE Green – the sustainability arm of live music umbrella trade body LIVE – builds on significant efforts across the sector to boost sustainability, ranging from the end of single-use plastic at festivals to sector-wide efforts to reduce the environmental impact of touring. The group will identify and signpost how live music businesses can accelerate their transition to a low-carbon future, setting out a roadmap for action in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change. “We are now at a tipping point for our climate: this is not a rehearsal,” AEG Europe COO and Chair of LIVE Green, John Langford, said, throwing down the gauntlet to the sector. “We want to tap into the power of music to help deliver a step-change in the environmental impact of our sector – from carbon emissions through to plastic waste – helping us demonstrate that moving faster towards decarbonisation is a route to a competitive advantage,” he commented. All 13 association members of LIVE have ratified the Beyond Zero Declaration, a voluntary sector-specific commitment to deliver measurable and targeted action on climate change, with the aim of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Signatories to the declaration agree to work with LIVE Green to set reduction targets and
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