SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS

Claire O’ Neill,

Co-Founder,

Grid Faeries we can keep it charged over the whole five events.”

Elsewhere, LIDO also tested hydrogen as a generator fuel – specifically green hydrogen, created using renewable electricity and emitting only water vapour when burned.

“ There’ s still a need for some hydrogenated vegetable oil – a form of renewable diesel – to top up certain operations,” Sam acknowledges,“ But our focus is on moving to batteries and hydrogen wherever possible.”

Impacting fan behaviour Audience travel is often the largest single source of a festival’ s emissions.

“ Fan travel is the biggest issue – around 80 % of our carbon footprint,” Sam estimates. Unlike artist transport, which is often in the headlines, the cumulative effect of thousands arriving by car is the real sustainability challenge.

AEG Europe’ s strategy leverages LIDO’ s city location and works to make public transport, cycling and walking the default choice, and post-show surveys capture arrival methods.

“ Our plan is to use that data in future years to start trying to influence how people get to us and hopefully start addressing it through things like carbon removals,” Sam explains.

Visible infrastructure, such as dedicated cycle parks and prominent walking routes, signals the festival’ s priorities. Engagement continues after the event, with insights distributed to fans and policy-makers.

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