Environmental Policy
Co-op Live is one of the UK's best music venues and sustainability is a priority for us. We recognise that sustainability is a journey, and whilst we have made a good start with the building and opening of Co-op Live we want to do more each year.
We can use our events to make the world a better place, and we will engage with all our fans to amplify our collective impact to help create a more sustainable world.
At Co-op Live we aim to leave the planet in a better state compared to how we found it. We are committed to minimising our impact on the environment.
We are committed to protecting the environment and building a sustainable future, delivering
effective environmental and energy management with particular focus upon reducing our carbon emissions, as this is our most significant environmental impact.
We embrace continual improvement by operating effective management systems to ensure our risks are identified, controlled, and responsibly managed, hazards are eliminated, and that ownership and accountabilities are clearly defined and understood.
The applicable legal, regulatory, and other requirements are considered a minimum obligation. Our aim is to go beyond legal compliance to have a positive impact.
We adopt the following environment targets.
- We are Net Zero (Scope 1 & 2) now and since our opening in May 2024
- We will be Net Zero (Scope 1, 2 & 3) by 2038
To achieve these targets and to operate in an environmentally responsible manor we will:
- Provide relevant information and training to colleagues, suppliers, artist, promoters and fans to help them be as sustainable as possible.
- Allocate appropriate resources as required to develop, maintain, and continually improve our sustainability activities.
- Gather all relevant information and data to allow us to monitor progress and environmental performance against key performance indicators.
- Work with the fans, to support them to enjoy our events and to amplify our sustainable impact.
- Develop our sustainability strategy over our first 12 months of opening.
- Work with our suppliers to help minimise their environmental impact.
- Commit to externally reporting our progress in an open and transparent manner on a
regular basis, and to produce an annual progress report.
Environmental performance at Co-op Live is the responsibility of the General Manager, who is supported by the Sustainability Director and all colleagues. The policy will be reviewed regularly as part of our governance, including Board scrutiny.