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1 Waste water 2 Water 1 Waste 19 Download tonnes CO2e Total score: 37/1 Carbon footprint tonnes CO2 Energy 395 Equal to 946 flights from London to New York Environmental Highlights Commitment 3/45 * environmental policy and sustainability report * clear environmental responsibilities * communications and engagement with staff, sponsors, contractors, artists and audience Understanding 7/15 breadth and depth of understanding of environmental impacts across eight years environmental data informs actions and progress is tracked Improvement /4 first year of data collection so no improvements yet! 1 Final Report 5/18/17

2 About Download Festival Established in 23, Download is the most popular British rock and heavy metal festival. It is held over three days in Donington Park, a greenfield site in Leicestershire, and has large campsites. The 216 capacity was 12,. INSERT IMAGE About Download Festival s Certification Download Festival has been awarded a 2 star Creative Green rating in recognition of its commitment and achievement in embedding environmental sustainability in its operations and activities, following assessment and environmental data analysis by Julie s Bicycle. This is Download's first certification. Full details of the assessment and scoring and data analysis upon which the star rating is based are provided in the completed Creative Green assessment form. Creative Green was developed by Julie s Bicycle to recognise environmental commitment and achievement in the creative sector venues, events and offices. On average 35 organisations have been certified each year since it was launched in 29. Find out who else is currently certified at certified. 2 Final Report 5/18/17

3 Download Festival Scored 3/45 for Commitment Commitment is assessed based on: environmental policy and action plan integration of environmental sustainability in broader business mission, strategy or planning environmental responsibilities environmental procurement and sourcing stakeholder communications and engagement INSERT IMAGE Highlights Environmental policy produced by Festival Republic covering: waste, energy, water, transport, noise, air and light pollution, ecology, heritage and procurement Festival Republic takes a leading role within the events community such as through Powerful Thinking Dedicated sustainability team rolls out environmental initiatives Post- event Sustainability Report is circulated to staff Engagement with staff through intranet, website, newsletters and s etc Sustainability team liaises with traders and concessions through planning meetings, delivery and debrief stages. Targets, monitoring systems and environmental requirements are agreed and communicated Comprehensive environmental information is also uploaded to the artist intranet platform Audience environmental messaging (covering policy, actions, initiatives and carbon footprint) on website, social media, signage and onscreen Recommendations Continue to be a leader within the events community and weave sustainability into all mission and strategy document, including mention of your carbon target and Creative Green achievements Create a central procurement policy that collates all existing procurement documents Celebrate achievement with your staff, volunteers and contractors. Explain through your policy how far you've come and where you want to get to. Commission more creative content and programmes tackling environmental themes. Participate in The Season, an international initiative to promote creative responses to climate change in 218 Trust your audience to be interested in environmental issues and share more information with them. 3 Final Report 5/18/17

4 Download Festival Scored 7/15 for Understanding Understanding is assessed based on: breadth and depth of understanding of environmental impacts extent to which environmental data is used inform action and track progress in reducing impacts Direct impacts Energy use Water use Wastewater volumes Waste generation Production travel Indirect impacts Audience travel 216 partial partial 215 INSERT IMAGE Highlights Reporting one year of direct impacts( energy, waterand waste). Generators are monitored on site and analysis of efficiency is conducted. Monitoring audience, production and staff travel Retrospective sustainability report produced by the Sustainability Coordinator. The report collates all environmental impact data, reviewing performance and making recommendations for future improvement. Recommendations Enter production travel data into the IG tool Develop better understanding of water consumption - when does the bypass operate and for how long? Continue working with waste, water and energy contractors and use data on environmental impacts to inform actions and business practice and to determine the results of the actions taken. Communicate summary data to stakeholders to increase environmental understanding. 4 Final Report 5/18/17

5 Download Festival Scored /4 for Improvement Improvement is assessed based on: quantifiable reductions in direct environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an organisation has direct control such as energy use and waste generation, both total and relative impacts actions to address indirect environmental impacts, i.e. impacts over which an event has limited or no direct control, such as audience travel INSERT IMAGE Highlights The only historical data available is 215's diesel use. Diesel consumption increased by 18 in 215. However we do not know if this was due to an increase in festival capacity. Liftshare and Big Green Coach both provided a service to reduce audience travel impact. 65 of waste was recycled which is excellent. 371 were avoided by recycling, composting and using energy from waste. Recommendations Continue working with waste, water and energy contractors to identify opportunities for efficiency. Incentivise arena recycling in a way the audience will appreciate and improve the communication of the recycling raffle. 5 Final Report 5/18/17

6 Festival Republic made the following internal recommendations for Download which Julie s Bicycle fully endorse: Create a communications plan, including regular meetings with marketing team to produce for example more green messages on the app. Recruit and retain more green messengers and give info point stewards more recycling activities and a Monday role. Consider a campsite ecobond. Improve incentives for and visibility of car sharing on website and social media, provide a priority carpark for liftsharers and provide more incentives for coach travel. Get covered skips for cups. Simplify recycling points, ensure not obscured by info points, reuse recycling point signage across all festivals, print on green and orange bags to clarify their use, ensure staff/crew/volunteers know where to get green and orange bags, more comms about cup&bottle return especially signs at bars, improve location and visibility of cup&bottle return point including façade reused at all festivals. Introduce reusable cups Clarify compostable serveware options, receive list of caterers and traders at least one month in advance from production/licensing to improve comms with them, add responsible and local food sourcing to policy and comms, run a Green Trader Award, increase vegetarian and vegan options, divert food collected from traders and campsites to local food bank. For food traders: improve food waste only signs, agree number of green and orange bags in contract and distribute on arrival, distribute flyers about waste management before and during event. For crew catering: ensure no single serve sachets, provide festival signage for consistency and have a meat free Monday Introduce biodiesel, investigate mains supply, and compare tech specs with actual use. Hold monthly update with sponsorship team to ensure smooth comms and take advantage of opportunities Increase contractors asked for travel data and improve audience travel survey 6 Final Report 5/18/17

7 Increase contractors asked for travel data and improve audience travel survey Your Impacts and Performance in Numbers This section provides further detail on your direct and indirect environmental impacts and how they have changed over time, covering both increases and decreases. Its aim is to support you to: track and understand performance over time identify where you are doing well and areas for further improvement Carbon footprint for Download Festival tonnes of CO2e Waste 19 Waste water 2 Water tonnes Energy Final Report 5/18/17

8 Energy Use Download is largely powered by diesel generators. Diesel use increased by 18 from 215 though it remains below the JB benchmark. The site provided FR with the mains electricity capacity (kva) rather than the actual kwh used, so JB estimated kwh from the electricity bill. Energy Mix Electricity 26 Red diesel 74 Energy type Diesel use (all types) - absolute Diesel use (all types) - relative Red diesel Red diesel Concession red diesel Electricity Unit litres litres per audience litres litres litres kwh Current year , , ,522 29,592 6,16 8 Final Report 5/18/17

9 Litres diesel per audience day Your event 216 Julie'sBicycle festival benchmark 9 Final Report 5/18/17

10 Energy Use Emissions Download's energy use generated 395 in 216. Switching to 15 WVO biodiesel would have reduced emissions by 55 tonnes. Energy type Energy use emissions (all sources) - absolute Energy use emissions (all sources) - relative Red diesel Electricity Unit kg CO2e per audience day Current year Energy use emissions by source 216 Electricity, 7 Red diesel 93 1 Final Report 5/18/17

11 Water Download used 3536 cubic metres (m3) of water in 216, which works out as 1 litres per audience day, lower than the JB benchmark. However water data is incomplete due to bypass system which operates when demand is high. Waste water production was 3227m3. Water and wastewater Water use Unit Current year 216 Water use - absolute Water use volumes - relative Water use Waste water Total water and waste water m3 litres per audience day m3 m3 m3 3, ,536 3,227 6,763 Litres water per audience day Your event 216 Julie'sBicycle festival benchmark 11 Final Report 5/18/17

12 Waste Download generated 927 tonnes of waste in 216, which works out as 2.6 kg per audience day. Recycling and composting rates are fantastic. By recycling, composting and sending the residual to energy from waste, Download avoided emissions of 371. Waste type Unit Waste Current year 216 Waste generation - absolute Waste generation - relative Landfill waste Energy from waste Recycling Composting landfill recycling and composting tonnes kg per audience day tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes kg waste per audience day Your event 216 Julie'sBicycle festival benchmark 12 Final Report 5/18/17

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14 Audience Travel Emissions Audience travel Unit Current year 216 Total audience travel related emissions - absolute 1,646 Total audience travel related emissions - relative kg CO2e per audience day 5 Car - average (persons per car: Train - national Bus - local Bus - dedicated coach Taxi - regular Flight - shorthaul Flight - longhaul pkm pkm pkm pkm pkm pkm pkm 241 1, Final Report 5/18/17

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