Tag: sustainable

Seven decision trees for a circular and climate-neutral festival

Festivals are temporary cities. In just a few days, they bring together energy systems, food chains, material flows, water infrastructure, and large-scale mobility. Making these systems circular and climate-neutral is complex, especially under time pressure and within existing constraints such as budgets, regulations, and location-specific circumstances. Organizers constantly balance their ambitions against operational and financial […]

Showpower selected for National Climate Tech Accelerator

Sustainable Ventures and Barclays Eagle Labs announced the launch of The National Climate Tech Accelerator (NCTA), a new programme designed to rapidly scale high-potential climate tech startups across the UK. The initiative unites the UK’s leading growth partner for climatetech startups, Sustainable Ventures, with one of the UK’s largest entrepreneurial networks, Barclays Eagle Labs, to deliver an ecosystem […]

UK city Bristol to create clean power hub for major events

Bristol is set to become a pioneer in the provision of renewable grid energy to festivals and other major public events next summer. West of England Mayoral Combined Authority and Bristol City Council have partnered with Act 1.5, the team behind Massive Attack’s groundbreaking Clifton Downs show last year, to create a clean power ‘hub’ for its […]

Coldplay get giddy as they smash Wembley Stadium record

Coldplay celebrated the end of their record-breaking 10-show run at Wembley Stadium with a dazzling, multi-coloured night of musical magic. Playing hits from every era of their 25-year career, they filled the stadium with light, and even indulged themselves with a giddy version of Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody. “This is the song […]

Sustainable Productions at Netflix

To entertain the world, we need a habitable world to entertain. And much of Netflix’s carbon footprint comes from the physical production of the films and TV series. Reducing emissions in their operations and productions through clean energy technology can really help transform this industry. It’s clear that Netflix have been leading the way in […]

Global Citizen Festival Returns to NYC

Showpower’s favourite Central Park Festival returns on the 27th September 2025 in New York with an incredible line-up of global artists and activists including The Weeknd, Shakira, Tyla, Ayra Starr and Mariah The Scientist who will be performing all in the name of reducing global poverty. Global Citizen are inspiring a new movement of global […]

Lollapalooza Chicago 2025 implements hybrid battery system for 2nd year

After making history last year as the first major U.S. festival to power its Main Stage entirely with a hybrid battery system with the help of Showpower’s own Co-CEO Paul Schurink, Lollapalooza, Live Nation’s Green Nation and Reverb is once again bringing back its hybrid-powered Main Stage for 2025. Director of Operations and Sustainability with […]

Showpower on Sustainability in the Middle East

With the demand for environmentally friendly live events increasing all over the world, the Middle East is a region that is making great strides in its approach to sustainability. Among the companies and organisations trying to lead the change in the region is Showpower. Made up of a team of sustainable power experts, the company […]

2025 Impact 50 Honoree: Luke Howell

Not only has Coldplay’s ongoing “Music of the Spheres World Tour” earned the band the distinction of selling more tickets than any artist on a single trek ever (12.8 million) and being the first band to gross $1 billion – and counting – on a tour, but the excursion is one of the most sustainable […]