Music Festivals have an impact on the environment because of the transport taken, energy they use, waste generated, water use as well as the food and drink consumed. The Show Must Go On Report 2020 shows that the biggest impacts are travel, energy and waste.
As set out in our Festival Charter we have a responsibility to preserve the live music experience for generations to come and the opportunity to use our platform to inspire global environmental action.
We are also proud to be one of the Vision: 2025 Festival’s committed to reducing our carbon emissions. You can read more about the Vision: 2025 pledge here.
From 2016 to 2019 Download has participated in Creative Green Certification. This is an external assessment by Julie’s Bicycle– a charity who support the creative industries to act on climate change – to measure our understanding, commitment and improvement towards environmental sustainability. In 2019 we achieved an awesome four out of five stars for a second year in a row! Read the 2019 report here. Although the green certification has stopped, we haven’t! Year on year we measure our carbon emissions. In 2022 we made the switch to using 100% Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil green diesel which emits up to 90% less greenhouse gas emissions. In 2023 we implemented the use of batteries into our power network, saving an estimated 45 tonnes of CO2e.
We’ve made it easy for you to have the best time at Liquid Death Presents Download Festival while reducing your environmental impact.