SUSTAINABILITY

De Montfort Hall is committed in all areas of its work to operate as sustainably as possible.

We have already made changes to improve our environmental footprint and are always looking at ways we can improve further. This includes:

• Providing and encouraging the use of water fountains backstage to reduce plastic waste.
• Where possible, LED lighting has replaced all other lighting in the Hall.
• Operating a paperless invoicing system and recycling all paper and waste – paperless office, less printed material ordered to promoter performances, all bottles (glass and plastic) recycled.
• Purchasing recycled products/materials where possible.
• Updating ticket purchases to include e-tickets to reduce the amount of ticket stock ordered, printed, and posted.
• We have replaced the taps in our restrooms to be motion sensor, saving us 50% in water usage.
• Fitting 41 solar panels to our roof, which now run all our background nonproduction systems.
• Using fairtrade and ethically sourced coffee/tea in our bars and kiosks.
• Withdrawing plastic straws and stirrers from our bars.
• Our bars use disposable glasses made from recycled materials, which are either taken to a recycling centre after use or incinerated to generate renewable energy.
• Encouraging all staff to join the Leicester City Council cycle to work scheme.

As part of Leicester City Council, we work within its Environmental Policy which can be found on the council website.