Peppermint’s Sustainability Journey with A Greener Future

We recently caught up with A Greener Future, a nont-for-profit company helping organisations, events. festivals and venues around the world to be more sustainable and reduce environmental impacts.

Check out our interview below:

Peppermint started its sustainability journey in 2018 when they started working with ex-festival friend, colleague and CEO Claire O’Neil from A Greener Future. The plan was to measure Peppermint’s ‘baseline’ carbon footprint in 2019. The first report landed mid way through 2020 (a time where the event’s industry was a little ‘quieter’ than usual) and Peppermint set about its strategy to deliver it’s plan to become a Net Zero business.

Peppermint have re-measured their carbon emissions in 2022 and 2023 and have managed to all but eradicate their scope 1 and 2 emissions and reduce their scope 3 emissions by over 85% – but recognise there is still a huge amount of work to do in order to achieve their desired Net Zero status.  An objective there are fully committed to.

Peppermint have recognised that whilst there are some obvious easy wins in the short term, the heavy lifting would come further down the line. The strategy is about everyone embracing sustainable practices into everything they do – from office waste to transport policies  – it has become a core pillar their culture and how Peppermint operate today. But they realise they cannot do it alone  – it is going to involve collaboration and partnerships with clients and suppliers alike in order to feed the eco-system of sustainable practices  – after all one business’s scope 3 is another’s scope 1

Read the full interview here

“Working with a forward looking company like Peppermint Events is a pleasure for us at AGF. Not only are we given the remit to push boundaries, but their position in the industry and openness for collaboration means that we’re able to tackle issues that face promoters, venues, artists and other suppliers in tandem. No operator in events acts in isolation from others, and so having a 360 view and influence on the green direction of travel throughout the event design, planning, partnerships, delivery and review phases means we can make positive change more impactfully and quickly together.” – Claire O’Neil, CEO & CO Founder, AGF