Use the following questions to assess a venue's sustainability credentials.

Commitment to and Communicate Sustainability:

• Do you have a greening committee or staff member with coordinating responsibility for overseeing sustainability efforts at the venue?
• Do you communicate to staff, the venue’s sustainability goals and initiatives?
• Does the venue have a sustainability policy and strategy in place?
• Has the venue successfully achieved any environmental or sustainability accreditation?

Procurement:

• Do you have a sustainable procurement policy for goods and services?

Building Energy Management:

• What does the venue do to reduce energy use?
• Is the venue on a green electricity tariff?
• Do you monitor and report your building's energy use?

Waste Management:

• What activities does the venue undertake to prevent waste being created?
• Which materials are sent for recycling?
• Is biodegradable waste collected separately and sent for composting/anaerobic digestion?
• Are waste volumes monitored?
• What are average rates of recycling, composting or diversion from landfill?
• Have you calculated an average weight of waste per audience member and if so, what is it?

Water Management:

• What does the venue do to reduce water use?
• Do you measure your venue's water use?
• What is the average volume of water per person for the venue?

Audience Travel:

• Is the venue easily accessible by public transport?
• Is the use of public transport or carpooling promoted?
• Is cycling encouraged and is safe bike parking available at or close-by the venue?
• Do you track, monitor, measure and report audience transport impacts?

GHG Emissions

• Does the venue measure its greenhouse gas emissions?
• If so, what is included in the scope of measurement?
• Do you publically report/disclose the venue’s carbon emissions?

Carbon Offsets

• Does the venue support any 'carbon offset' schemes to compensate for the emissions produced at the venue?