In accordance with Round Unity, at music festivals every particular person can generate a carbon footprint of roughly 500 kg of CO2. Environmental-minded artists have expressed their considerations and are beginning to demand environmental plans from live performance promoters. The alliance between Round Unity and Libelium permits for the measurement and certification of the carbon footprint in occasion celebrations.

Principal music festivals can generate a footprint of 500 kg of carbon dioxide per particular person, counting roundtrip, however can attain as much as 1500 kg when in depth journey is required. They’re regarding figures. Artists themselves have turn out to be conscious of this impactful dimension and voiced their considerations.

In 2019, Coldplay introduced that they’d not go on tour once more till they discovered a extra environmentally-friendly means. In 2021, the British band introduced that their subsequent tour would cut back its CO2 emissions by 50%. They achieved this by decreasing transportation by holding a number of live shows in a number of cities as a substitute of 1 live performance in every metropolis. Radiohead additionally calls for environmental measures from live performance promoters or festivals by which they take part as a requirement to signal contracts.

Nevertheless, not all bands can afford such calls for, so the issue persists. And it’s not solely relevant to music live shows or festivals. Sporting occasions, political rallies, and even non secular vigils are celebrations that go away a big carbon emission footprint.

Conscious of the significance of addressing this challenge, Round Unity and Libelium have joined forces in a technological alliance to measure, scale back, and certify the carbon footprint in occasion celebrations.

Round Unity is an organization devoted to creating software program for measuring and managing the environmental influence of occasions to realize most sustainability. Their predominant aim is to measure and scale back the carbon footprint generated throughout giant occasions by implementing eco-friendly practices and selling environmental accountability within the occasion business.

To perform this, Round Unity depends on the technological answer supplied by Libelium, a famend firm specialising in IoT options.

Each corporations combine IoT and information analytics to evaluate the environmental influence of an occasion

The partnership enhances the flexibility to measure, scale back, and certify the carbon footprint in occasion celebrations. Libelium’s expertise collects information in real-time associated to useful resource consumption, and different key parameters to evaluate the environmental influence of an occasion. This information is built-in into Round Unity platform, the place it’s processed and analyzed to acquire a complete analysis of the generated carbon footprint. Apart from an in depth carbon footprint report, the platform additionally generates financial, social, environmental, circularity and SDGs reviews.

Because of Libelium’s in depth portfolio and the benefit of integration of their expertise, Round Unity can carry out exact measurements and certify the carbon footprint in real-time throughout occasions. 

“As a soccer fan and Actual Madrid supporter, I respect the work corporations like Round Unity do to assist promoters and organizers run extra sustainable occasions. I really like going to the stadium to help my favourite group and, on the similar time, use this second to scale back our influence on the surroundings.  Is an honour for Libelium having the ability to work alongside Round Unity to measure our carbon footprint as followers, and now additionally as an organization.“

Jesús Estrada, CMO of Libelium

“Because the CEO of Round Unity, I’m proud to guide an organization devoted to measuring, decreasing, and future-proofing the environmental influence of occasions. Via our dynamic partnership with Libelium, we deploy cutting-edge applied sciences to measure carbon footprints in real-time, empowering occasion organizers to make impactful choices, and shaping a future the place each celebration, large or small, leaves a optimistic mark on our planet.”

Eduardo Lebre, CEO of Round Unity

The alliance between Round Unity and Libelium opens up new potentialities for the celebration of sustainable occasions, permitting us to take pleasure in any musical, sporting, or different kind of occasion consciously and with respect for the surroundings.