Country 2 Country , The O2
If it is possible , how can it be achieved ? All of which is impressive planning and mitigation – but it is not net zero . Is that actually a pipe dream ?
Sam says : “ The perfect sustainable event is quite some way away . But we can ’ t really wait until a perfect sustainable event does exist to start tackling some of these issues .
“ It ’ s difficult to retrofit an old building and bring those up into the modern world .
“ And until the whole transport ecosystem is decarbonised , there ’ s no way that we could ever ourselves hit net zero .
“ Having said that , our Scopes 1 and 2 are eminently decarbonisable . For example , what we do around our food menus .”
AEG Europe ’ s catering partner Levy UK has committed to net zero food menus by the end of 2025 .
Sam adds : “ With our festivals we ’ re doing a lot of work around the food that is served . The big piece is where we try and accurately forecast what the carbon footprint of each menu item would be and then do education around that .”
Buildings present different – daunting – challenges . For example , retrofitting a stadium is both eye-wateringly expensive and complex .
Sam adds : “ The O2 has a reliance on gas for its heating and a lot of its cooking and that is a project which we are starting to get into the reeds of .
“ We ’ re also trying to figure out what we can do with renewable energy on sites .”
118 July 2024