At Hope Solutions, we believe October is the perfect moment to take stock. Are your net zero ambitions keeping pace with reality? Or is there still a gap between what’s been promised and what’s being delivered?

Powering events and entertainment is often complex. To cut environmental and carbon impacts, we always recommend starting with the fundamentals: use energy more efficiently, prioritise renewables, connect to the grid where possible, and use batteries or hybrid systems to manage peaks. We’ll cover how to specify a full low‑carbon setup in a future post. Power & Energy Management Hierarchy, last updated: 14/10/25 However, where grid connection and renewable energy aren’t availa

From the fields of Glastonbury to the House of Commons, our Live Events Manager, Bryonie Mathews attended the breakfast launch of a legislative proposal aiming to ban single-use plastic cups from riverside pubs and bars - part of a broader effort to tackle plastic pollution in the Thames and other UK waterways.