Shambala Festival

CREATIVE GREEN REPORT

2017
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Shambala Festival
CREATIVE GREEN KEY RESULTS

Environmental assessment of: TOTAL POINTS 82 / 100

COMMITMENT 40 / 40
UNDERSTANDING 25 / 25
IMPROVEMENT 17 / 35

40 COMMITMENT to the environment

Policy Staff roles and responsibilities

Action plan Creative programming
Procurement policy Integration with core organisational
Communication and engagement with key development
stakeholders

25 UNDERSTANDING of the following environmental impacts

17 IMPROVEMENT towards reducing environmental impacts

RELATIVE REDUCTION ENERGY EMISSIONS WATER WASTE

Current vs previous year

Current vs baseline year

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HIGHLIGHTS

COMMITMENT to the environment

100% renewable energy used onsite from biofuel, solar and wind.
Environmental policy and Green Action Plan which scope environmental ambitions, key
impact areas, goals and future actions.
Sustainability integrated as part of core organisational strategy, with recognised job roles and
responsibilities.
Continued display of strong engagement with audiences and artists on environmental issues
e.g. Green Riders; Guide for Artists; Bring a Cup campaign etc.
Audience, artist, and supplier travel miles are now balanced through Energy Revolution to
invest in green energy projects.
Strong engagement with suppliers and traders on environmental issues e.g. annual
Inspirational Trader Awards; Mandatory Trader Day; Food Traders Guide etc.
Commitment to a meat-free festival following positive feedback from audiences.
Work and engagement with professional and local community on environmental issues e.g.
project with Invisible Dust to provide environmental workshops at schools; active
engagement and leadership within Powerful Thinking and Festival Vision 2025.
Creative content produced with environmental themes e.g. The Garden
o' Feeden programmed around food sustainability.

UNDERSTANDING of the following environmental impacts

Environmental impact data used to set targets for energy, waste, recycling rates and audience
travel which are include in Shambala's Green Action Plan.
Site wide generator monitoring with additional monitoring and analysis of energy use for 40
catering outlets individually to help devise a pay per use model for charging.
In depth understanding of water usage with waste water monitored from all daily collections
and water supplies tested throughout.
Comprehensive waste monitoring with annual report detailing methodologies, observations,
results and plans for 2018.
Detailed monitoring of audience and business travel and audience opting to offset miles is
being quantified.
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ABOUT CERTIFICATION

Creative Green is more than a certification scheme - it’s an international community of

pioneering creative and cultural organisations, recognised for their ambition and action on
environmental sustainability. With over 250 certificates awarded since its launch in 2009,
Creative Green remains the only environmental certification designed specifically for the
creative and cultural sector.

Creative Green offers venues, museums, galleries, festivals and offices a transparent,
methodical and inspiring framework for achieving environmental best practice, as well as a
forum for recognition and celebration. It supports organisations’ environmental impact
reductions through its three strands: Commitment, Understanding and Improvement. Points
are accrued within each strand and a one to five star certification is awarded based on the total
number gained.

The methodology of Creative Green follows best practice and international standards for measurement, reporting and
reduction of environmental impacts and it has been designed in partnership with arts, cultural and entertainment organisations.

The continuing emphasis on carbon emissions reductions align the Creative Green community to the ambitions of the Paris
Agreement, reached at COP21 in 2015, to keep global temperatures well below 2 degrees of warming.

ASSESSMENT AREAS

COMMITMENT
• Environmental responsibilities
• Environmental policy and action plan
• Environmental procurement and sourcing
• Integration of environmental sustainability in
broader business mission, strategy or planning • Stakeholder communications and engagement

UNDERSTANDING IMPROVEMENT

• Breadth and depth of understanding of • Quantifiable reductions in direct environmental

environmental impacts
• Extent to which environmental data is used
inform action and track progress in reducing
impacts
impacts, i.e. impacts over which an organisation
has direct control such as energy use and waste
generation, both total relative impacts
• Actions to address indirect enviromental impacts,
i.e. impacts over which an event has limited or no
direct control, such as audience travel
RESULTS IN FULL
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

ASSESSMENT AREAS POINTS AVAILABLE POINTS AWARDED

Policy, strategy & responsibilities 12 12

Procurement 5 5

Communication and engagement 23 23

Total Points 40 40

HIGHLIGHTS
100% renewable energy used onsite from biofuel, solar and wind.
Environmental policy and Green Action Plan which scope environmental ambitions, key
impact areas, goals and future actions.
Sustainability integrated as part of core organisational strategy, with recognised job
roles and responsibilities.
Continued display of strong engagement with audiences and artists on environmental
issues e.g. Green Riders; Guide for Artists; Bring a Cup campaign etc.
Audience, artist, and supplier travel miles are now balanced through Energy Revolution
to invest in green energy projects.
Strong engagement with suppliers and traders on environmental issues e.g. annual
Inspirational Trader Awards; Mandatory Trader Day; Food Traders Guide etc.
Commitment to a meat-free festival following positive feedback from audiences.
Work and engagement with professional and local community on environmental issues
e.g. project with Invisible Dust to provide environmental workshops at schools; active
engagement and leadership within Powerful Thinking and Festival Vision 2025.
Creative content produced with environmental themes e.g. The Garden
o' Feeden programmed around food sustainability.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Align with the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in
Shambala's environmental policy.
Continue undertaking due diligence on sourcing of biofuel, to ensure this is from
sustainable sources, and exploring alternative power sourcing options where relevant.
Continue rolling out the Bring a Cup campaign and explore opportunities to extend to
other sources of plastic waste, e.g. audience campaign to encourage audiences to bring
less of their own single-use plastic products to site.
Continue audience, artist, and supplier communications around balancing travel miles
through Energy Revolution, setting % targets for take-up within each group.
Reconsider plans to provide guidelines for contractors to improve their
sustainability practices and produce a guide similar to event manager checklist.
Consider carbon offseting via Energy Revolution the carbon footprint of the festival.
Consider signing up to Season for Change 2018.
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ENVIRONMENTAL UNDERSTANDING

ASSESSMENT AREAS POINTS AVAILABLE POINTS SCORED

Submission of energy, water, waste,

4 4
transport, production

Attitudinal insights 4 4

In-depth understanding of energy, water

8 8
and waste

Monitoring of other impact 3 3

Use of data for setting targets and Key

Performance Indicators in policy and 4 4
action plans

Evaluation of learning and outcomes 2 2

Total Points 25 25

HIGHLIGHTS
Environmental impact data used to set targets for energy, waste, recycling rates and
audience travel which are include in Shambala's Green Action Plan.
Site wide generator monitoring with additional monitoring and analysis of energy use
for 40 catering outlets individually to help devise a pay per use model for charging.
In depth understanding of water usage with waste water monitored from all daily
collections and water supplies tested throughout.
Comprehensive waste monitoring with annual report detailing methodologies,
observations, results and plans for 2018.
Detailed monitoring of audience and business travel and audience opting to offset miles
is being quantified.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Continue to use environmental impact data to set meaningful KPIs for all major
environmental impacts and include these in Shambala's Green Action Plan.
Continue the work you have done to monitor the energy use of individual traders
increasing the number of traders monitored.
Assess the benefits of continuing to use Grist's MRF to analyse waste next year.
Explore the possibility of undertaking a waste audit in partnership with food traders and
catering, to gain a better understanding of food waste and how this might be diverted.
Provide details on Shambala's travel offsetting with Energy Revolution, including figures
for miles offset for audiences, artists, suppliers and business travel.
Investigate the possibility of undertaking an ecological impact assessment to better
understand species on site and whether any measures could be put in place to minimise
disturbance to them.
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RECOMMENDATIONS

Total Carbon Footprint

The functionality of the online report currently excludes audience travel figures from the final footprint.
Shambala's total 2017 footprint is:

Total footprint: 300.1 tonnes CO2e.

Audience travel: 283.8 tonnes CO2e.

Highlights

Energy use and energy use related emissions stable between 2016 and 2017 with absolute figures
rising 2% and 3% respectively.
Furthermore, energy use related emissions have reduced by 79% between 2009 and 2017 while
energy related emissions per audience day reduced by 88%.
Waste-to-landfill reduced by 80% from 2016 while waste-to-recycling increased by 64%.
Exceptionally hot weather during 2017's festival resulted in increases in both water use and
related waste water removals from site.

Next Steps

Continue developing better understanding of trader energy use and use findings to
further develop pay-by-use incentive plans.
Continue working with power contractors to ensure generator and power monitoring data is
used to manage and improve energy efficiency from year to year.
Investigate further the feasibility/benefits of switching the main stage to LED lighting rigs.
Explore alternative transportation methods for staff, crew, and artists on-site and for transit to
site; such as electric bicycles, electric buggies, and electric or hybrid car companies.
Continue to investigate paper cup recycling and aim to improve recovery rates.
Investigate the increases audience travel in 2017 against the previous year.

Note: two additional points have been awarded for Shambala's commitment to monitoring, reducing
and offsetting both business and audience travel.
ENERGY USE

% %
BASELINE CHANGE CHANGE
PREVIOUS CURRENT
ENERGY USE UNIT YEAR CURRENT CURRENT
YEAR 2016 YEAR 2017
2009 VS VS
PREVIOUS BASELINE

Energy use (non-mains) -- absolute litres 23,904 24,503 25,119 2% 5%

litres per
Energy use (non-mains) -- relative Audience 0.7 0.4 0.4 -3 % -41 %
day

Diesel litres 16,385 0.0 0.0 No data No data

Concession diesel litres 5,000 0.0 0.0 No data No data

Biodiesel litres 0.0 16,611 17,207 3% No data

Bottled gas litres 2,519 7,892 7,912 0% 214 %

Energy consumption (litres)

30k

25k

20k

15k

10k

5k

0k
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017

Diesel Concession diesel Biodiesel Bottled gas

ENERGY USE

Energy consumption (litres per audience day)

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017
ENERGY USE RELATED EMISSIONS

% %
BASELINE CHANGE CHANGE
PREVIOUS CURRENT
ENERGY RELATED EMISSIONS UNIT YEAR CURRENT CURRENT
YEAR 2016 YEAR 2017
2009 VS VS
PREVIOUS BASELINE

Energy use emissions (all sources) -

kg CO2e 59,436 12,206 12,247 0% -79 %
absolute

kg CO2e
Energy use emissions (all sources) - per
2 0.2 0.2 -5 % -88 %
relative Audience
day

Diesel kg CO2e 42,640 0.0 0.0 No data No data

Concession diesel kg CO2e 13,012 0.0 0.0 No data No data

Biodiesel kg CO2e 0.0 328 340 3% No data

Bottled gas kg CO2e 3,784 11,878 11,907 0% 214 %

Energy use emissions (kg CO2e)

70k

60k

50k

40k

30k

20k

10k

0k
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017

Diesel Concession diesel Biodiesel Bottled gas

ENERGY USE RELATED EMISSIONS

Energy use emissions (kg CO2e per audience day)

1.75

1.5

1.25

0.75

0.5

0.25

0
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017
WATER USE

% %
BASELINE CHANGE CHANGE
PREVIOUS CURRENT
WATER USE UNIT YEAR CURRENT CURRENT
YEAR 2016 YEAR 2017
2009 VS VS
PREVIOUS BASELINE

Total water use and waste water m3 241 300 350 16 % 45 %

litres per
Relative water use and waste water Audience 7 5 6 9% -19 %
day

Water use m3 241 300 350 16 % 45 %

Waste water m3 0.0 0.0 0.0 No data No data

Water use (m3)

400

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017

Water use Waste water

WATER USE

Water use (litres per audience day)

0
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017
WASTE GENERATION

% %
BASELINE CHANGE CHANGE
PREVIOUS CURRENT
WASTE UNIT YEAR CURRENT CURRENT
YEAR 2016 YEAR 2017
2009 VS VS
PREVIOUS BASELINE

Waste generation - absolute tonnes 57 85 66 -21 % 15 %

kg per
Waste generation - relative Audience 2 2 1 -26 % -35 %
day

Landfill waste tonnes 40 35 7 -80 % -83 %

Energy from waste tonnes 0.0 18 18 0% No data

Recycling tonnes 13 20 34 64 % 161 %

Composting tonnes 5 12 8 -27 % 85 %

Waste (tonnes)
100

80

60

40

20

0
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017

Landfill Energy from waste Recycling Composting

WASTE GENERATION

Waste (kg per audience day)

1.5

0.5

0
Baseline Year 2009 Previous Year 2016 Current Year 2017
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