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Festival Carbon Reduction Programme

Festivals have pledged to cut their carbon footprint by 10% this year. The festivals have joined forces with 10:10 – a carbon reduction campaign which also works with businesses to reduce their impact on the environment.

As part of the scheme, organisers will also be assisted by Julie’s Bicycle to help them identify and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Festivals taking part include Latitude, Lovebox, T in the Park, Bestival and Big Chill. They will be encouraged to look at things such as:

Using solar power and biofuel
Using energy efficient lighting
Onsite waste seperation and recycling
Introducing biodegradeable or reycling cups
Composting toilets

“Music festivals in the UK have been making huge efforts to reduce their environmental impacts and Julie’s Bicycle is really pleased to provide practical support which will help them fulfil their 10% reduction ambitions. 10:10 is an ideal campaign for festival-goers to sign up to, and we hope there will be plenty more summer pledges.” says Alison Tickell, JB Director.

The coalition of UK festivals, bought together by JB working with the 10:10 campaign, are implementing a carbon reduction programme which will see each event cut its own carbon footprint by 10%.

“British summertime wouldn’t be the same without music festivals and we feel privileged to be working with some of the very best this year”, says Eugenie Harvey, director of 10:10.

More info on Julie’s Bicycle

The Prince’s Mayday Network

As part of our commitment to business and sustainability we accepted the invitation from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) to join the Prince’s Mayday Network – the world’s largest business organisation committed to tackling climate change.

The Prince’s Mayday Network is the collaborative movement of UK businesses committed to action on climate change. It is free to join and gives every member access to tools, online support, connection to a community of like-minded organisations and the opportunity to make a real difference.

The Network was formed by HRH The Prince of Wales three years ago and today over 2,000 businesses have started their Mayday Journey. Our reasons for joining are to formalise our Carbon Emissions reporting and to learn what help is out there to help us reduce it.

More Info on Mayday website.

Calculating our Carbon Footprint

As its now a quiet time for outdoor events we’ve taken the opportunity to calaculate our Carbon Footprint. Over 90% of our annual footprint of 9 tonnes of CO2 is produced by our two diesel trucks.

We have tried to offset this by running our vehicles on 100% Bio-Diesel fuel and to give an annual gift to the Woodland Trust who plant trees as part of their goal to safeguard ancient woods. One tree in its lifetime is estimated to absorb 1 tonne of CO2.

Our Bio-Diesel is from recycled waste veg oil and is not imported palm oil which is of limited green credentials. Although burning Bio-Diesel puts CO2 into the atmosphere the plants used in the production of the oil have also absorbed CO2 while growing.