Leeds 2016 Total score: 49/100 Waste 161 480 tonnes Carbon footprint 2016 480 tonnes CO2 Waste water Water 1 Energy 15 Equal to 1087 flights from London to New York Environmental Highlights Commitment 1/45 * environmental policy and sustainability report * clear environmental responsibilities * communications and engagement with staff, sponsors, contractors, artists and audience Understanding 10/15 breadth and depth of understanding of environmental impacts across eight s environmental data informs actions and progress is tracked Improvement 7/40 quantifiable reductions in direct environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an organisation has direct control such as energy use and waste generation, both total and relative impacts actions to address indirect environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an event has limited or no direct control, such as audience travel 1 Final Report 5/18/17
About Leeds Festival Leeds Festival is an annual festival that takes place on the August bank holiday weekend. The Festival is held in Bramham Park, a rural site, near Wetherby. It has a large campsite and sells both weekend tickets (including camping) and day tickets. 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 2016 Location greenfield greenfield greenfield greenfield greenfield greenfield greenfield greenfield Camping Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Number days Tickets sold or capacity 69999 69999 7659 70856 77088 69270 79999 79999 Audience days 194997 194997 199155 180776 19862 18486 29997 29997 INSERT IMAGE About Leeds Festival s Certification Leeds Festival has been awarded a star Creative Green rating in recognition of its commitment and achievement in embedding environmental sustainability in its operations and activities, following assessment and environmental data analysis by Julie s Bicycle. This is Leeds Festival s seventh Creative Green certification. In Leeds achieved a 4 star rating. Full details of the assessment and scoring and data analysis upon which the star rating is based are provided in the completed Creative Green assessment form. Creative Green was developed by Julie s Bicycle to recognise environmental commitment and achievement in the creative sector venues, events and offices. On average 5 organisations have been certified each since it was launched in 2009. Find out who else is currently certified at http://www.juliesbicycle.com/services/industry/whos- certified. 2 Final Report 5/18/17
Leeds Festival Scored 1/45 for Commitment Commitment is assessed based on: environmental policy and action plan integration of environmental sustainability in broader business mission, strategy or planning environmental responsibilities environmental procurement and sourcing stakeholder communications and engagement INSERT IMAGE Highlights Recommendations Environmental policy produced by Festival Republic covering: w aste, energy, w ater, transport, noise, air and light pollution, ecology, heritage and procurement Festival R epublic takes a leading role w ithin the events community such as through Powerful Thinking Dedicated sustainability team rolls out environmental initiatives Post- event S ustainability R eport is circulated to staff Engagement w ith staff through intranet, website, newsletters and emails etc Sustainability team liaises w ith traders and concessions through planning m eetings, delivery and debrief stages. Targets, m onitoring systems and environmental requirements are agreed and communicated Comprehensive environmental information is also uploaded to the artist intranet platform Audience environmental messaging ( covering policy, actions, initiatives and carbon footprint) on w ebsite, social m edia, signage and onscreen Continue to be a leader within the events community and weave sustainability i nto all mission and strategy document, i ncluding mention of your c arbon target and Creative Green achievements Create a central procurement policy that c ollates all existing procurement documents Celebrate achievement with your staff, volunteers and c ontractors. Explain through your policy how far you've come and where you want to get to. Commission more c reative c ontent and programmes tackling environmental themes. Participate i n The Season, an i nternational initiative to promote c reative responses to climate c hange i n 2 018 Final Report 5/18/17
Leeds Festival Scored 10/15 for Understanding Understanding is assessed based on: breadth and depth of understanding of environmental impacts extent to which environmental data is used inform action and track progress in reducing impacts Direct impacts Energy use Water use Wastewater volumes Waste generation Production travel Indirect impacts Audience travel 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 2016 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 2016 INSERT IMAGE Highlights Reporting of direct impacts( energy, water and waste) for eight s. Generators are monitored on site and analysis on efficiency is conducted. Monitoring audience and production travel. Annual retrospective sustainability reports are produced by the Sustainability Coordinator. The reports collate all environmental impact data, reviewing performance and making recommendations for future improvement. Recommendations Improve the audience travel survey Collect data on a further environmental impact such as artist or crew travel: mode - plane, train, coach, car etc. - and distances. Continue working with waste, water and energy contractors and use data on environmental impacts to inform actions and business practice and to determine the results of the actions taken. Communicate summary data to stakeholders to increase environmental understanding. 4 Final Report 5/18/17
Leeds Festival Scored 7/40 for Improvement Improvement is assessed based on: quantifiable reductions in direct environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an organisation has direct control such as energy use and waste generation, both total and relative impacts actions to address indirect environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an event has limited or no direct control, such as audience travel Environmental impact trends (based on direct and indirect impacts) 2009 Diesel use (all types) Energy use emissions (all sources) Water use Waste Audience travel Previous Current 2016 litres 14228.0 11100.0 151299.0 litres per audience day 0.7 0.5 0.6 tonnes CO2e 77.1 269.6 15. kg CO2e per audience day 1.9 1.1 1. m 0.0 01.0 0.0 litres per audience 1.9 12.6 1.9 tonnes 70.0 400. 569. kg per audience day.6 1.7 2.4 tonnes CO2e 899.7 0.0 160.7 kg CO2e per audience day 4.6 0.0 0.7 change change current vs current vs Trend over previous baseline time 15 6 15 17-14 - 16 17 11 11 42 42 na - 2 88 56-19 - 4-82 na - 85 * The baseline for water is 2011. INSERT IMAGE 5 Final Report 5/18/17
Highlights All environmental impacts increased from. However per audience day diesel use, energy emissions and waste generation have all decreased from the 2009 baseline. BlaBlaCar has been partnering with Festival Republic festivals since 2014, achieving a notable increase in the number of rides offered at all festivals. Recycling rate decreased from 9 in to 4 in 2016. 12 of total diesel consumed is biodiesel, compared to 14 in. Recommendations Continue working with waste, water and energy contractors to identify opportunities for efficiency. Use the Creative IG Tools to report all travel data to Julie's Bicycle. Continue working with traders and bars, both in terms of planning energy use and waste management. Incentivise good practice through a green trader awards. A focus on reusing and recycling production materials could have a surprisingly large impact on waste production. Improve communications about the recycling raffle and consider a campsite ecobond Introduce reusable cups and make sure all traders are using the right compostable serveware Increase the vegetarian and vegan options and ensure all trader and campsite usable food is donated to a local food bank. Get on top of energy use and consider improvements to lighting design and technologies 6 Final Report 5/18/17
The recommendations above take into account the following Festival Republic internal recommendations, which Julie s Bicycle fully endorse: Create a communications plan, including regular meetings with marketing team to produce for example more green messages on the app. Recruit and retain more green messengers and incentivise arena recycling. Improve incentives for and visibility of car sharing on website and social media, provide a priority carpark for liftsharers, improve comms and add incentives for public transport and provide more incentives for coach travel. Agree waste classification system in advance and remind all crew and contractors about recycling, and penalize sponsors and suppliers if they do not recycle. Ensure staff/crew/volunteers know where to get green and orange bags, more comms about cup&bottle return especially signs at bars, improve location and visibility of cup&bottle return point including façade reused at all festivals. Receive list of caterers and traders at least one month in advance from production/licensing to improve comms with them, and add responsible and local food sourcing to policy and comms. Discuss generator efficiency with ZAP Consultancy. Hold monthly update with sponsorship team to ensure smooth comms and take advantage of opportunities 7 Final Report 5/18/17
Your Impacts and Performance in Numbers This section provides further detail on your direct and indirect environmental impacts and how they have changed over time, covering both increases and decreases. Its aim is to support you to: track and understand performance over time identify where you are doing well and areas for further improvement Carbon footprint trends (based on direct and indirect impacts) 2009 Previous Current 2016 previous baseline Energy Water Waste water Waste Total carbon footprint Total relative carbon footprint Audience travel Total carbon footprint including audience travel Total relative carbon footprint including audience travel * for water is 2011 kg CO2e per audience day kg CO2e per audience day 77.1 269.6 15. 17-16 0.6 1.0 1.1 11 88 0.6 1.0 2.6 166 60 70.0 400. 161. - 60-77 1,080.1 672.0 480.4-29 - 56 5.5 2.8 2.0-29 - 64 899.7 0.0 160.7 na - 82 1,979.8 672.0 641.1-5 - 68 10.2 2.8 2.7-5 - 74 Carbon footprint for Leeds Festival 2016 - tonnes of CO2e Waste 161 480 tonnes Waste water Water 1 Energy 15 8 Final Report 5/18/17
Energy Use Leeds is largely powered by diesel generators, with 12 of the fuel being WVO biodiesel, compared to 14 in. Comparing 2016 with Absolute energy use has increased by: Relative energy use has increased by: Comparing 2016 with 2009 (the baseline ) Absolute energy use has increased by: Relative energy use has decreased by: 15 15 6-14 12 Energy Mix Red diesel Biodiesel 88 Diesel use (all types) - absolute Diesel use (all types) - relative Red diesel Red diesel Concession red diesel Biodiesel Biodiesel Biodiesel as of total diesel Bottled gas litres litres per audience litres litres litres litres litres litres 2009 Previous Current 2016 previous baseline 142,28 11,100 151,299 15 6 0.7 0.5 0.6 15-14 18,10 11,100 1,799 18-128,46 100,748 117,804 17-8 9,667 12,52 15,995 29 65 4,225 18,000 17,500-14 4,225 18,000 17,500-14 0 0 0-2 9 28,509 0 0 na - 100 9 Final Report 5/18/17
Total diesel use - litres 200000 180000 160000 140000 120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Red diesel litres Biodiesel litres Current 2016 Relative diesel use - litres per audience day 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 Litres diesel per audience day 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0. 0.2 0.1 0 Your event 2016 Julie'sBicycle festival benchmark 10 Final Report 5/18/17
Energy Use Emissions Leeds' energy use generated 15 in 2016. The use of biodiesel avoided 47 tonnes of CO2e being emitted. Comparing 2016 with Absolute energy emissions have increased by: Relative energy emissions have increased by: Comparing 2016 with 2009 (the baseline ) Absolute energy emissions have decreased by: Relative energy emissions have decreased by: 17 17-16 - 2 Energy use emissions (all sources) - absolute Energy use emissions (all sources) - relative Red diesel Biodiesel Bottled gas Emissions avoided using biodiesel instead of red diesel Emissions avoided using onsite renewable electricity onsite Onsite renewable electricity used Onsite renewable electricity fed to grid kg CO2e per audience day 2009 Previous Current 2016 previous baseline 77.1 269.6 15. 17-16 1.9 1.1 1. 17-2 4.2 269.6 15. 17-6 0.0 0.0 0.0 na na 42.8 0.0 0.0 na - 100 11.0 48.2 46.8-26 0.0 0.0 0.0 na na 0.0 0.0 0.0 na na 0.0 0.0 0.0 na na 11 Final Report 5/18/17
Energy use emissions by source 2016 249 tonnes CO2e Red diesel 15.27 Energy use emissions - 400 50 00 250 200 150 100 50 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 Energy use emissions - kg CO2e per audience day 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 12 Final Report 5/18/17
Water Leeds used 0 cubic metres (m) of water in 2016, which works out as 14 litres per audience day, this is very close to the JB benchmark. Comparing 2016 with Absolute water use has increased by: Relative water use has increased by: Comparing 2016 with 2011 (the baseline ) Absolute water use has increased by: Relative water use has increased by: 11 11 88 56 Water and wastewater 2011 Previous Current 2016 previous baseline Water use - absolute Water use volumes - relative Water use Waste water Total water and waste water m litres per audience day m m m 1,775,01,0 11 88 8.9 12.6 1.9 11 56 1,775,01,0 11 88 808 1,400,720 166 60 2,58 4,41 7,050 60 17 Water use - m 4,000,500,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 1 Final Report 5/18/17
Water use - litres per audience day 25 20 15 10 5 0 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 Litres water per audience day 16.00 14.00 12.5 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 Your event 2016 Julie'sBicycle festival benchmark 14 Final Report 5/18/17
Waste Leeds generated 570 tonnes of waste in 2016, which works out as 2.4 kg per audience day, just below the JB benchmark. By recycling instead of sending everything to landfill, Leeds avoided CO2e emissions of 78 tonnes. Comparing 2016 with Absolute waste production has increased by: Relative waste production has increased by: Comparing 2016 with 2009 (the baseline ) Absolute waste production has decreased by: Relative waste production has decreased by: 42 42-19 - 4 Waste 2009 Previous Current 2016 previous baseline Waste generation - absolute Waste generation - relative Landfill waste Energy from waste Recycling Composting landfill recycling (recycling + energy from waste + composting) tonnes kg per audience day tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 70.0 400. 569. 42-19.61 1.67 2.7 42-4 464.0 246.1 7.4 52-20 0.0 0.0 0.0 na na 29.0 154. 195.9 27-18 0.0 0.0 0.0 na na 66 61 66 7-1 4 9 4-4 0 Waste - tonnes 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 00 200 100 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 Landfill Energy from waste Recycling Composting 15 Final Report 5/18/17
Waste - kg per audience day 5.00 4.50 4.00.50.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016.00 kg waste per audience day 2.80 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 Your event 2016 Julie'sBicycle festival benchmark 16 Final Report 5/18/17
Audience Travel Emissions Emissions from audience travel (08 ) have fallen significantly since 2009. However a different method was applied to calculate audience travel in 2009. Comparing 2016 with - the data is unavailable. Comparing 2016 with 2009 (the baseline ) Absolute audience travel has decreased by: - 82.1 Relative audience travel has decreased by: - 85.5 2009 Previous Current 2016 previous baseline Total audience travel related emissions - absolute 899.7 0.0 160.7 na - 82 Total audience travel related emissions - relative kg CO2e per audience day 0.0 0.0 0.7 na - 85 Car - average (persons per car: Train - national Bus - local Bus - dedicated coach Taxi - regular Flight - shorthaul Flight - longhaul pkm pkm pkm pkm pkm pkm pkm 4.6 0.0 40.2 na - 84 2,015.0 0.0 119.7 na - 79 57.5 0.0 58.2 na 0 29,997.0 0.0 40.2 na - 84 25.6 0.0 19.9 na - 91 11,100.0 0.0 12.6 na 0 27.0 0.0 40.2 na 45 0.0 0.0 15.1 na - 81 77.9 0.0 4.6 na 0 0.0 0.0 40.2 na - 86 281.1 0.0 6.0 na - 72 0.0 0.0 1.7 na 0 8.0 0.0 40.2 na #N/A,01.0 0.0 0.0 na #N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 na 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 na #N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 na #N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 na 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 na #N/A 154. 0.0 0.0 na #N/A 0.0 0.0 0.0 na 0 17 Final Report 5/18/17
Audience travel emissions - 1200 1000 800 600 400 Flight - longhaul Flight - shorthaul Taxi Coach Bus - local Train 200 Car 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 Audience travel emissions - kg CO2e per audience day 7 6 5 4 2 1 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 201 2014 Previous Current 2016 18 Final Report 5/18/17