Coldplay are ‘cool’ with the environment; reduced direct carbon emissions on tour by 59%

Coldplay has reduced direct carbon emissions by 59% during the first two years of its latest tour thanks to electric bicycles, kinetic dance floors and recyclable LED bracelets, among others.

The figure, verified by the Initiative Massachusetts Institute of Technology Environmental Solutions (MIT, for its acronym in English), results from the comparison of each show with those of their previous stadium tour in 2016-2017.

This was communicated by the band itself through its website, in which it recalled that at the beginning of the tour Music Of The Spheres In 2021, they committed to reducing their direct emissions by at least 50%, that is, those coming from the production of the show and the transportation of goods, band and workers.

In addition, Coldplay has performed 13 shows in 2023 exclusively using a recycled spinning battery system from i3 batteries and has generated 17 kilowatt hours of average power per show through on-site solar installations, kinetic dance floors and electric bikes, which has been enough to fuel the band’s performance on stage each night.

Additionally, the band has saved more than three thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by purchasing Sustainable Aviation Fuel for flights and has entered into 23 partnerships with green travel providers to help fans travel to shows. through low-carbon transport.

In turn, the group has diverted 72% of all tour waste from landfills and sent it for reuse, recycling and composting. Aside from the initiatives at the show itself, Coldlay has donated 9,625 meals and 90 kilos of hygiene items donated to homeless people from the tour’s catering.

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In addition, they have deployed two river cleanup interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup initiative and have announced that a total of seven million planted trees will be supported to maturity thanks to the One Tree Planted initiative, one for each attendee of their concerts.

Finally, they noted that they have offered financial support to environmental organizations such as ClientEarth, The Ocean Cleanup, Climeworks, Project Seagrass, Sustainable Food Trust, Cleaner Seas Group, Food Forest Project, Knowledge Pele, Conservation Collective and others.

“As a band and as an industry, we are very far from where we should be in this,” they indicated in the text. “But we are grateful for everyone’s help so far and salute everyone who is striving to push things in the right direction,” they added.

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