AGF Highlights & Industry News - OCTOBER 2025
This month’s round-up brings you insights from industry leaders, fresh data from across the UK festival landscape, and standout sustainability stories from across Europe and beyond. Here’s a look at what we’ve been following recently.
Green News Roundup: What’s Happening Across the Sector
AEG Europe UK Venues Go Deep Green with Ecotricity
As the long-term sustainability consultant to The O2 in London, working closely with AEG Europe, we are over the moon to see this landmark collaboration between AEG Europe’s UK venues and the UK’s greenest energy company, Ecotricity. The agreement brings deep green energy to all of their UK venues under this PPA.
This great work not only raises the bar for greener venues but also lays strong foundations for the Live Entertainment Energy Scheme (LEES) launched earlier this year, a partnership between Ecotricity, LIVE, AGF, and MVT, to provide deep green energy to the live sector at the best prices around.
Image: Eco Festivales al Parque
A Greener Future in Colombia
We were recently thrilled to be part of EcoForo, a conference dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of the live events scene in Colombia, hosted at the Planetarium of Bogotá, organised by IDARTES, and supported by the British Council.
Our Head of Partnership and AGF en Español representative, Agostina Obeid, joined the event to share AGF’s experiences helping the live events sector around the world set and achieve their sustainability goals.
AGF Supports The Green Award at the UK Festival Awards
We are happy to once again support The Green Award at the UK Festival Awards – marking our 19th year of collaboration with the event.
The UK Festival Awards celebrates the very best of the festival industry, recognising those who bring innovation, creativity, and resilience to live events across the UK. Returning to Manchester on 2 December 2025, the event will feature a drinks reception, banquet-style dinner, and the much-anticipated awards ceremony.
As the UK Festival Awards celebrates its 20th edition in 2025, the evening will gather key figures from across the festival landscape to reflect on achievements and share insights into the industry’s ever-evolving future.
Eco-Rider 2.0
Bye Bye Plastic Foundation, joins forces with Gigwell to launch the Eco-Rider 2.0, taking sustainable touring into a new era.
