P&J Live has signed the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge to achieve net zero by 2050 and halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

The venue has secured its Greener Arena Certification which further demonstrates independently verified green credentials to visitors and stakeholders.

P&J Live works closely with its Net Zero consultancy partner, Positive Planet, to enhance and accelerate the venue's climate and sustainability journey.

The venue Leadership Team is fully committed to achieving the stated sustainability goals and has introduced carbon literacy training for staff. The venue also has its own in-house green team to consider and action new sustainability ideas.

Venue team members are part of the Association of Event Venues' (AEV) Sustainability Action Group.

WeTrack software monitors our sustainability efforts by setting department targets across three key areas of CSR: Protecting The Environment, Investing In People, and Strengthening Our Communities.

We have achieved our Bronze Green Tourism Certification and currently working towards silver/gold status.

The venue and two on site hotels are supplied by a multi-technology, low carbon energy centre. The development also contains a state-of-the-art Anaerobic Digestion Plant that produces gas.

The energy centre provides heating, cooling and power, via a site-wide heat network to the venue and hotels. Excess electricity generated on site is fed back to the grid.

Demand is managed with the use of energy storage in the form of hydrogen production, hot and cold thermal stores, and grid export for excess production.

The AD Plant processes food, distillery and agricultural wastes. This produces Biogas which is upgraded to Biomethane before being exported to the national gas grid. The site as a whole produces more gas than the energy centre uses to generate the heating cooling and electricity supply to the venue and hotels.

A fleet of hydrogen buses powered by the venue serve our city. The venue is assisting Aberdeen Council with their efforts to export hydrogen from the venue's energy centre to fuel the bus fleet.

The venue offers EV charging and is part of a feasibility study looking at a significant EV Charging Project across the north of Scotland.

LoganAir, the venue's airline partner, offsets carbon emissions through its GreenSkies programme.

There are 7km of footpaths across the site and more than 29,000 trees and shrubs have been planted. This creates a green living environment, encouraging wildlife, our staff and the general public to enjoy the venue's surroundings.

P&J Live is an active participant in the Guardians of Grub initiative, championing the reduction in food waste from spoilage, production and plate waste.

P&J Live's building has separate waste segregation for recycling. All food waste is composted locally, zero food waste is sent to landfill.

Local suppliers are used wherever possible, helping to reduce food miles and menus are based on seasonality, when ingredients are at their best and readily available.

Waste collections are minimised by using on-site compactors.

Any residual non-recyclable waste is sent to a local waste-to-energy facility.

From June 2024, 85% of the venue's food & beverage plastic usage will be recycled.

Used plastic cups are collected after each show to produce new products.

Ideally P&J Live wants to supply reusable cups to visitors. This is still work in progress as the closest centre to wash and return these is based in Glasgow. Travelling there and back would defeat the purpose of having reusable cups, and so we continue to seek a viable solution.

P&J Live is a paperless venue (digital tickets only) and no paper-based marketing materials are used on site.

In-house exhibition stock and expertise means we can offer access to environmentally friendly display boards that can be recycled rather than ending up in landfill, along with lower transport logistics for our conference organisers and exhibitors.