January 16, 2014

And the winner is…

Yesterday evening (wed 15th of January 2014) the Green Operations Award 2013 winner was revealed at the Festival Awards Europe 2013 ceremony at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen. The award jury choose the winner and it is WAY OUT WEST (Sweden). Congratulations! The Award was presented by Holger Jan Schmidt, member of our Go Group and Yourope‘s anchorman for green issues. Find […]

January 8, 2014

GO Group returns to Eurosonic Noorderslag

GO Group will once again be responsible for some top-level input as partner of Europe’s most important music business conference and showcase festival: Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen/NL. After three packed panels in 2013 we will return next week for more interesting panels on event sustainability and green issues. Meet us here: wed jan 15 Presentation […]

December 9, 2013

Green Operations Award 2013 – Shortlist announced!

The GO Award jury had a meeting at the most appropriate place for this which was this year’s GreenEvents Europe conference. They decided on the next steps for the Green Operations Award which is the green category for the  European Festival Awards presented by GO Group and Yourope. The short lists for the European Festival […]

October 15, 2013

Meet us at GreenEvents Europe in Bonn on nov 25 & 26

We are happy to announce that GO Group once more is contributing heavily to the program of the 4th GreenEvents Europe Conference in Bonn on nov 25th and 26th 2013. It is shaping up and we would really recommend and appreciate your participation. Please notice the special discounts and others offers (see below). GreenEvents once […]

August 29, 2013

GO Group joins ID&T @ Amsterdam Dance Event / ADE Green

ID&T, ADE and GO Group believe in the power of sustainable innovation, and will be joining forces for the first time to organize ADE Green, an afternoon filled with interactive panels, discussions and debates on sustainability. This unique new collaboration between the global event organiser ID&T with ADE and Europe’s leading music industry sustainability think […]

August 15, 2013

What a great first GO Group field trip to Øya

Delegates from festivals and organisations from six European countries met in Oslo (NO) at Øya festival for the first GO Group “field trip to Øya”. While the Øya-audience enjoyed good music, the festival ambassadors of a great many of European music festivals met to discuss about the environmental topic. Øya festival’s Jlie Forchhammer and Håvard […]

July 31, 2013

GO Group Workshop @ Berlin Music Week 5-6 September 2013

“Paris is always Paris and Berlin is never Berlin!” (Jack Lang, French Politician) Berlin is a renowned city of transition. Yes that’s a cliché, but of course it’s true a well. The city still changes at a dizzying pace and creates a pioneering mix of music industry, festivals and club events. Since 2010 the city […]

July 20, 2013

GO Group @ Exit Festival – we will be back!

Greener, smarter, more sustainable – the GO Group credo is becoming more and more important to the European events industry. Festivals from all over the continent take part in the process and we really want to see all the others follow. EXIT Festival and GO Group announced the first „GO Group Workshop for eastern European […]

May 30, 2013

LOVE YOUR TENT – international campaign

GO Group is happy to support this year’s LOVE YOUR TENT international initiative/campaign, which was initiated by Eco Action Partnership and got the support of Yourope (the European Festival association), A Greener Festival and Sounds For Nature Foundation! As hopefully many of you know this is a waste campaign that deals with the fact of […]

April 12, 2013

Sold Out Paris Workshop – Documentation

GO Group is happy to say that the 3rd international GO Group Workshop for sustainable festivals and events in Paris on april 8 and 9 2013 was sold out. More than 40 participants from 7 countries met at the impressive Hôtel de Ville for two intense days on “Energy & Power” and “Waste At Events”. […]