Taking Stock 2025

Status Quo - Initial Situation

Sustainability starts with an honest look inward. In our quick check 2025, we highlight selected steps we've already taken at Jahrhunderthalle to become more sustainable across environmental, social, and governance areas. 

  • Utilisation of 100% green electricity
  • Insulation of dome construction and 80% of the flat roof
  • Extensive use of LED lighting
  • Use of non-potable water for outdoor areas (fire pond & irrigation of green spaces)
  • Green office: cloud-based IT, paperless accounting & project management
  • Preferential cooperation with regional service providers
  • Implementation of waste separation concepts
  • Use of reusable cups & reusable crockery with deposit system in the catering sector
  • Offering vegan, vegetarian & regional dishes
  • Cleaning concept via the ‘Clean Goes Green’ programme
  • Green outdoor area: 407 trees, flower beds, shrubs, hedges, meadows
  • Balanced gender ratio of employees
  • Social counselling and support services for employees: "Talking time for you" and Themis
  • Possibility of flexitime, part-time and remote working
  • Company bike for employees
  • Company pension scheme for employees
  • Training and development opportunities, including trade fair attendance
  • Certified apprenticeship program for event technology specialists
  • Practical training partner for dual students in event management & live entertainment
  • Use of inclusive language and pronoun signatures 
  • Donations to charitable organisations
  • Accessibility: wheelchair spaces, lift, disabled parking spaces & disabled WC
  • Deployment of trained Red Cross staff for psychosocial emergency support
  • Transparent internal communication through regular team briefings
  • Internal reporting channel in line with the Whistleblower Protection Act
  • Data protection training
  • Team events

Goals Achieved in 2025–2026

Here's what we've implemented

At regular intervals, we set interim goals and evaluate projects we’d like to implement.
Below, we’ll show you everything we’ve accomplished and implemented over the course of a year, leading up to the summer of 2026. These include small changes we were able to make intentionally, as well as milestones we’ve achieved.
 

We are currently working on these points:

  • Pilot partnership with the ride-sharing platform Road2Gig to promote carpooling
  • Reduction of transportation by purchasing our own barriers and entry gates
  • Reduction of furniture transport by creating two stylishly furnished artists’ dressing rooms
  • Conversion to LED lighting, timers, motion detectors, and optimization of the ventilation system
  • Upgrading the faucets in the CLUB's public area: Cold-water and sensor technology
  • Introduction of paperless accounting and reduction of printed promotional materials
  • Reduction of paper consumption by promoting digital alternatives
  • Improvement of the waste sorting system in the backstage catering area
  • Enhanced collaboration with suppliers and service providers to achieve more sustainable business practices together
  • Transparent communication and raising awareness both internally and externally
  • Development and Implementation of an Awareness Program
  • Awareness Training for Employees
  • Improving Accessibility at CLUB Parking Spaces
  • Training Sessions on Data Protection and AI for Employees
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