Pauline Bourdon brings a unique set of logistical expertise and unshakable commitment to climate and social justice. Over the years she has supported major festivals and events from Glastonbury Festival (Silver Hayes) and Boomtown Fair to FORWARDS Festival, Love Saves The Day and Simple Things Festival, first building her career in Artist Logistics and Accreditation Management. 

Pauline’s values and creativity have always been at the heart of her life and career. Her time growing up in France nourished a profound love and respect for artists, cultural spaces and their ecosystem of creatives. In 2021, 7 years after moving to the UK, she took a bold leap and founded Soliphilia. A consultancy that would merge her passion for artist development and for a fairer, greener and kinder future for the music industry.

Sally Mills is a freelance consultant specialising in Sustainability and Complex Transformation projects. With c25 years’ experience in the media industry, Sally has held leadership roles across sustainability, commercial & operations, and regulatory, most recently being the Head of Sustainability at BBC Studios, covering their Net Zero, Nature Positive and People Positive Strategies. In 2024/25 Sally went freelance, working with multiple clients including: the UN (UN Accelerator City programme Director), the BFI, Screen Alliance North, Netflix, Vision for Sustainable Events and Production Companies.

John Rostron is the Chief Executive of the Association of Independent Festivals, the UK’s leading festival representative body. AIF membership has now surpassed 100 of the leading independent music festivals in the UK. AIF leads on the campaign to reduce VAT on tickets to 5% for the next three years in order to support festivals and audiences. During 2023 John initiated the First Festival Campaign to present a new way for 18 year olds to access UK festivals. John formed a new All Party Parliamentary Group for Festivals which enables independent festivals to meet with MPs from across the UK to improve understanding of the festival sector. He also Chairs the LIVE Expert Group for festivals.

In 2023, John was appointed to the Board of Creative Wales – the Welsh Govt department for the Creative Industries. He advises on the Music Sector in Wales.

Andrew has worked for almost 30 years in cross sector roles including culture, events, politics and innovation and is now undertaking PhD research at Music Futures UK around environmental regulations and live events. Leading on research and project delivery within creative ecosystems, event sustainability & accessibility policy, he also works as a consultant in intersectional, regenerative projects around the UK and beyond.

 His research specialisms are rooted in climate adaptation and climate justice and has recently written a chapter on how the UK can improve environmental regulations for outdoor events, and is working with the Canadian Live Music Association to deliver their Climate Contingency Roadmap. He is one of the project leads for the national Green Events Code of Practice project and has recently contributed to the third edition of TheShow Must Go On report. Andrew is also a trustee for Youth Music and Global Local and in his spare time plays double bass in Thrill Collins. 

Richard Phillips is a consultant and facilitator for sustainability in the music sector.

He brings climate and environmental expertise across the breadth of live and recorded music, from festivals and venues, to record labels and touring teams. His work spans advising on decarbonisation strategies, leading research into the sector’s most pressing sustainability challenges, and building environmental action networks.

Richard recently helped deliver the landmark Show Must Go On report, conducting the most extensive carbon footprint of the UK festival sector to date and modelling the impact of emissions reduction initiatives. He also plays a key role supporting local authorities to embed the Green Events Code of Practice, transforming environmental practices at scale.

Richard is motivated by collaborative action on the climate crisis that can unlock the potential of the creative industries to inspire societal change

Graham supports Vision for Sustainable Events with PR and manages the Green Supplier Directory and Partnership Relations.

Graham has over two decades in events media and PR, supporting sustainable initiatives and creative event industry communications, through his consultancy Brown Fox Comms. He supports organisers and suppliers to strategically connect their brands with their clients, stakeholders and to build communities. Graham has been a trustee of the charity ecolibrium since 2018 having met other trustees through his role as brand advisor for ecolibrium’s founding organisation, Powerful Thinking, and realising the positive impact the charity could make around transport emissions in the festival and event sector.

Richard Phillips is a consultant and facilitator for sustainability in the music sector.

Richard provides climate and environmental expertise to organisations and professionals across the breadth of live and recorded music, from festivals and venues, to record labels, touring teams and more. His work includes advising on decarbonisation strategies, leading research deep-dives on industry-relevant sustainability topics, delivering technical carbon measurement and building environmental action networks.

His recent projects include developing practical environmental action toolkits for touring and festivals across Europe and the US, trialling new environmental standards for events (Green Events Code of Practice) and supporting a climate transition plan for festivals towards 2030.

Recent partners include the BRIT Awards, independent record label association IMPALA, live events industry association LIVE and sustainable festival network Vision for Sustainable Events.

Livvy Drake has been working as a Sustainable Event Consultant since 2015 with a specialism in behaviour change. She has worked across the industry on festivals, corporate events and worked with city event schemes to engage stakeholders in sustainable event approaches. She is Project Director at onboard:earth, where she specialises in supporting the live events industry to tackle the impact of travel to events, and to fund climate restoration projects. Through onboard:earth, she is leading the Travel Task Force for the Climate Transition Plan 2o30.

Sally Mills is a freelance consultant specialising in Sustainability and Complex Transformation projects. With c25 years’ experience in the media industry, Sally has held leadership roles across sustainability, commercial & operations, and regulatory, most recently being the Head of Sustainability at BBC Studios, covering their Net Zero, Nature Positive and People Positive Strategies. In 2024/25 Sally went freelance, working with multiple clients including: the UN (UN Accelerator City programme Director), the BFI, Screen Alliance North, Netflix, Vision for Sustainable Events and Production Companies.

Pauline Bourdon brings a unique set of logistical expertise and unshakable commitment to climate and social justice. Over the years she has supported major festivals and events from Glastonbury Festival (Silver Hayes) and Boomtown Fair to FORWARDS Festival, Love Saves The Day and Simple Things Festival, first building her career in Artist Logistics and Accreditation Management. 

Pauline’s values and creativity have always been at the heart of her life and career. Her time growing up in France nourished a profound love and respect for artists, cultural spaces and their ecosystem of creatives. In 2021, 7 years after moving to the UK, she took a bold leap and founded Soliphilia. A consultancy that would merge her passion for artist development and for a fairer, greener and kinder future for the music industry.

An experienced editor, journalist, content consultant and producer, Chris has been the content director at live events industry publication Access All Areas since 2020. At AAA, Chris oversees all editorial, video and conference content across platforms including the magazine, website, podcast, roundtables, the AAA Explores video series and events such as the AAA Leaders’ Summit, Event Production Show conference, AAA Producers’ Summit, Access All Areas Awards and Event Production Awards. Prior to joining Access, Chris spent more than a decade overseeing the creation of compelling content for clients including Abbey Road Studios, Google, Universal Music, Warner Music and music trade body the BPI. Extensive entertainment industry business journalism experience includes contributing to Billboard, IQ, Music Week and Music Ally,. His work has also appeared in newspapers and consumer titles as far and wide as the US and Australia.

With 20 years’ experience in the events industry, Stefan began his career as a gig promoter, going on to become Operations Director of Wychwood Festival. Now, as Senior Events Officer in Bristol, he commissions the 200,000+ person Bristol Harbour Festival and Bristol Run, which between them generate over £6m of economic impact to the city each year. In recent years, Stefan has increasingly specialised in event sustainability and is passionate about pushing the boundaries in this field. In 2024 he was awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to research decarbonising power at festivals and events. He has been applying this knowledge practically this summer through Bristol’s innovative clean power pilot.

https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/innovation/creative-and-cultural/creative-places-growth-fund/clean-power-pilot/

https://www.churchillfellowship.org/ideas-experts/fellows-directory/stefan-edwards/

Ian Peniston is Director of Operations at Power Logistics. Having joined the company as a Project Manager in 2011, he has worked his way through the ranks and led the delivery of some of its most high-profile and operationally demanding projects, including the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II, HM The King’s Coronation, BST Hyde Park and Winter Wonderland.

Ian has extensive experience in developing practical, sustainable power solutions for large scale live events. He has been instrumental in driving Power Logistics’ innovative approach to developing sustainable power solutions.

He is currently playing a leading operational role in Power Logistics’ involvement in the Clean Power Pilot with the West of England Combined Authority (WECA). The project is helping to test and demonstrate how lower-carbon power solutions for both events and film and television can work in practice. Power Logistics is facilitating the use of micro grid technology and battery-powered solutions wherever operationally possible, helping productions and events reduce emissions without compromising the resilience of their temporary power supply.

Alexis Parkin is Sustainability Officer at 4Wall Europe, where he leads the carbon measurement, training, and circularity programmes for one of the UK’s largest AV rental operations. Alongside this role, he continues to work out on the road as a touring screen technician with The Prodigy.

His path into the industry began in Newcastle’s carnival scene in the early 1990s, performing on stilts. Since then, he has worked as a street performer, actor, HGV driver, production hand, and video technician, building a profile of hands-on experience across live events. 

A Carbon Literacy Practitioner and Trainer, Alexis focuses much of his current work on metering audio, lighting, and video departments individually, measuring what a show actually draws in practice rather than relying on spec-sheet estimates.

Andrew has worked for almost 30 years in cross sector roles including culture, events, politics and innovation and is now undertaking PhD research at Music Futures UK around environmental regulations and live events. Leading on research and project delivery within creative ecosystems, event sustainability & accessibility policy, he also works as a consultant in intersectional, regenerative projects around the UK and beyond.

 His research specialisms are rooted in climate adaptation and climate justice and has recently written a chapter on how the UK can improve environmental regulations for outdoor events, and is working with the Canadian Live Music Association to deliver their Climate Contingency Roadmap. He is one of the project leads for the national Green Events Code of Practice project and has recently contributed to the third edition of TheShow Must Go On report. Andrew is also a trustee for Youth Music and Global Local and in his spare time plays double bass in Thrill Collins. 

John Rostron is the Chief Executive of the Association of Independent Festivals, the UK’s leading festival representative body. AIF membership has now surpassed 100 of the leading independent music festivals in the UK. AIF leads on the campaign to reduce VAT on tickets to 5% for the next three years in order to support festivals and audiences. During 2023 John initiated the First Festival Campaign to present a new way for 18 year olds to access UK festivals. John formed a new All Party Parliamentary Group for Festivals which enables independent festivals to meet with MPs from across the UK to improve understanding of the festival sector. He also Chairs the LIVE Expert Group for festivals.

In 2023, John was appointed to the Board of Creative Wales – the Welsh Govt department for the Creative Industries. He advises on the Music Sector in Wales.

Bryonie’s work is grounded in the operational delivery of sustainability, aiming to bridge the gap between goals and action through practical strategies. Working as Sustainability Coordinator at Shambala festival & Kendal Calling festival, and as a Founding Partner at The Earthed Collective, she works to deliver change with teams on-the-ground informed by evidence and experience, with a keen focus on waste management and the power of collective vision. Bryonie’s key skill is making sustainability practical, accessible, and achievable at any level.”

Rowan is founder and director of Wild Rumpus, a social enterprise who produce Just So Festival, and formerly Timber Festival. Wild Rumpus are artists, curators and producers who explore nature connection and play through meaningful, joyful interventions. They deliberately blur lines in their creation process, and are experimental in their approach. The work they create fuels curiosity, playfulness and a boldness in their audiences, often families. Their programme of projects includes festivals, large-scale events, creative interventions, meaningful partnerships and sector development work. Wild Rumpus work internationally from their exploratory creation space in an English Woodland.

As the founder and director of The Beat Goes On… Micro-Festival (TBGO), launched in 2020, Emma Beat has spearheaded an annual independent event rooted in underground dance music, community, and radical sustainability.

Under her leadership, the festival operates on a strict Leave No Trace ethos utilising upcycled materials for infrastructure and decor, enforcing single use plastic reductions, providing free water refill stations, and partnering with ethical local vendors.

Supported by the AIF Micro-Festival mentoring scheme, Emma is taking TBGO’s environmental commitment further in 2027  by moving the event to a wind turbine powered farm location and joining forces with the Rubbish Portal to significantly reduce generator reliance and correctly measure & report on waste.

Beyond its environmental mission, Emma has established TBGO as a vital launchpad for emerging talent and a champion for grassroots festival culture. The multi stage event offers accessible pathways into the music industry while championing inclusivity and collaboration.

Emma’s hands-on leadership at TBGO, alongside her broader industry advocacy with organisations like the NTIA and PRS Foundation, reflects her commitment to building one of the UK’s leading underground micro-festivals creating a lasting, positive legacy for both the community and the live music sector.

Graham supports Vision for Sustainable Events with PR and manages the Green Supplier Directory and Partnership Relations.

Graham has over two decades in events media and PR, supporting sustainable initiatives and creative event industry communications, through his consultancy Brown Fox Comms. He supports organisers and suppliers to strategically connect their brands with their clients, stakeholders and to build communities.