This article was originally published by AGF and is available here.

NEW INSIGHT INTO FESTIVALS’ CARBON FOOTPRINT

Based on data from 17 festivals around Europe, the AGF Festival Carbon Footprint report challenges assumptions on the subject.

Key findings show when a more complete account of scope 3 emissions is included the average festival carbon footprint shows:

• Audience travel closer to 41% carbon footprint (compared to commonly quoted 80%)
• Wider travel inc. production, traders, artists closer to 58%
• Food and drink responsible for an average 34%

Prior studies omit impacts of food & drink, materials purchased, or trader travel. In some cases, production and artist travel are also missing from the picture.

The full report can be downloaded from AGF’s website here: https://zurl.co/PrSN.