- 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
Sustainability starts with an honest look inward. In our quick check, we highlight selected steps we've already taken at Jahrhunderthalle to become more sustainable across environmental, social, and governance areas.
- 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
We regularly define milestones and review potential projects we’d like to implement.
Our current goals: By July 2026, we want to achieve further measurable progress as an event centre - environmentally, socially and structurally.
On this page, we share what we’re working on: the initiatives we’ve already launched, the ones we’re planning, and the milestones we’re striving to reach.
We are currently working on these points:
- Create incentives for travelling by public transport
- Reducing furniture transport by upgrading and enhancing artist dressing rooms
- Cutting down on transport needs by investing in our own crowd barriers and entry gates
- Further feasibility studies of CO₂ reduction in touring
- Upgrading public area faucets with water-stop systems
- Introduction of compostable disposable tableware in the catering sector
- Reduction of paper consumption by promoting digital alternatives
- Improvement of waste separation concept also in the backstage area
- Strengthening dialogue with suppliers and service providers to foster more sustainable collaboration
- Transparent communication and awareness-building — both internally and externally
- Development of the awareness concept for concerts
- Awareness training for employees
- Expansion of accessibility before, during and after events
- Expansion of accessibility in club car parks & club toilets
- Cyber awareness training for employees
- Ecological upgrading of the outdoor area
- Partnership with WILDE WÄLDER