Since its creation, Piknic Électronik has continually innovated in terms of eco-responsible events. We’re committed to continually following up these efforts, and seek to show the rest of the industry and society at large that sustainable development means stronger performance, by making it a core tenet of our business strategy. Consequently, we’re committed to initiatives aiming to:

• Measure and improve our environmental footprint across all our activities
• Live up to our values of diversity and inclusion, in our offices and on-site
• Positively and collaboratively influence our industry and partners
• Always move forward and always seek advanced expertise through our partners
  

We’re also committed to maintaining a Committee for Eco-responsibility and to allocated the necessary resources to reach the goals outlined in our Eco-responsibility strategy plan. Management evaluates the evolution of this Eco-responsibility strategy plan at least once per year, adjusting as necessary to facilitate its implementation and ensure its place in our business strategy.

Finally, we’re committed to following all regulation in the countries and territories in which we operate.

These values guide our company and events:

Humanity (respect, inclusion, diversity, tolerance)
Excellence
Creativity
Integrity

Our actions follow these strategic guidelines:

1. Deliver unique artistic offerings that inspire and contribute to creating an engaged community of festival-goers and partners

2. To fully engage with the reuse economy

3. To demonstrate the profitability of this business model

4. To ensure our business culture and teams are actors in positive change

The charter applies to all employees and contractors hired by the company. Igloofest also encourages its suppliers, clients and strategic partners to adopt eco-responsible practices that live up to these sustainability principles.

Scope of action

The charter was adopted as of March 21st 2019.

Recognizing the impact that the event industry has on the environment, Piknic Électronik has, for several years, emphasized running its business in the most sustainable way possible, economically, socially and environmentally. We believe its possible to have fun while minimizing our environmental footprint.

A Piknic Électronik founder consequently established a coherent sustainable-development plan for the Conseil québécois des événements écoresponsables, to ensure we follow up on our commitments.

We’re working to develop partnerships respecting sustainability norms, doing our best to adopt advanced practices while ensuring sponsorships and promotional activities create a minimal footprint. We do this all while encouraging other parties, notably suppliers, and the public, to adopt eco-responsible behaviour.

Each year, we try to push our commitments and actions even further!

Through the years, we’ve taken several initiatives, both at our offices and on site at parc Jean-Drapeau. Whether quick fixes or ambitious plans, these actions aim to raise awareness among festival goers of today’s challenges!

• Membership on committees for sustainable development
• Participating in social reuse programs
• Publicizing actions, rules and strategies relating to sustainable development
• Achieved level 2 “eco-responsible event” rating from Quebec Normalization Bureau
• Corporate Bixi and ridesharing member
• Reusable drinking glass system eliminating virtually all single-use plastic glasses on site
• Use of reusable, recyclable or compostable food containers
• Compost bin in public cantine area.
• Established donations to green project for every season pass or ticket purchased
• Elimination of daily printed waste
• Information released without press conference, reducing environmental impact: no paper used, no food wasted, no unused USB keys, no greenhouse gasses generated by journalist transport, etc.
• Over several years, creation of printed promotional material was reduced in favour of interactive advertising (web, social media, radio etc.)
• Drinking fountains on site to encourage festival-goers to avoid single use water bottles.
• Since 2015, reduced single use plastic bottle use by staff (25%)