Working through OVG’s Green Operations & Advanced Leadership (GOAL) initiative, the new partnership will implement EIC standards throughout OVG convention centers, including training venue employees for the Sustainable Event Professional Certification and the Certified Meeting Professional designation. GOAL will engage in ongoing data collection and analysis across all venues and help properties reach their sustainability objectives through best-practice sharing, measurement tools, and on-site consulting.

A leader in live venue development around the globe, Oak View Group is also a groundbreaker in sustainability.

CGR has been directly supported by GOAL in a year-long engagement to determine the most appropriate and authentic sustainability platform for the team. Support including on-stie visits of all facilities, observations of race-day activities, interviews with key leaders across the organization, environmental data collection, and assessment of sustainability-related opportunities and gap analysis for further improvements.

Sustainability efforts and legislative requirements are leading the consideration of all-electric sports venues, if the owner can withstand the sticker shock. Oak View Group’s Green Operations and Advanced Leadership (GOAL) organization provided Sports Business Journal with annual energy and electricity consumption averages from GOAL member venues to study this further.

Oak View Group's commitment to sustainability extends beyond individual arenas, with initiatives like the Green Operations & Advanced Leadership (GOAL) program, which aims to promote sustainability across the live entertainment industry. GOAL provides resources and guidance to venues looking to operate more sustainably.

The Vegas Golden Knights announced today, March 15, The Knight SHIELD Project. The objective of this new sustainability-focused initiative is to help fortify the realm’s vitality at club owned and operated venues (City National Arena, The Dollar Loan Center, and America First Center) and throughout the region. To help set this program up for success, the Golden Knights are collaborating with the Green Operations and Advanced Leadership (GOAL) team.

The panel at this year’s Pollstar Live! will discuss why Dave Matthews Band’s Nov. 7 tour kickoff at Enmarket Arena was a success and how those involved hope it can influence more venues and artists to keep sustainability at the top of their minds while on tour. The activation featured a case study with Oak View Group (Pollstar’s parent company) to look deeper into how sustainability practices are feasible and how carbon neutrality can be achieved.

Motorsports leaders were waving the green flag at the recent GOAL Grand Prix conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. The inaugural, invitation-only conference was held Jan. 9-10 at Honeywell headquarters for 100 participants representing leagues, teams, tracks, partners and other stakeholders in the racing industry to discuss ways to minimize the environmental impact of motorsport and lead the racing community toward a more sustainable future.

Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena and the New York Islanders' UBS Arena have built in a wide range of features to reduce their carbon footprints

Dave Matthews Band is making efforts to minimize carbon emissions while touring, and Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia, teamed up with the band to make DMB’s Nov. 7 show – and their venue – more sustainable. Enmarket Arena partnered with Green Operations & Advanced Leadership (GOAL) to produce a zero-waste concert, with 90% of waste produced by the show diverted from the landfill.

“We will provide students with environmental data from venues for them to analyze, compete with, and ultimately gain a hands-on understanding of the intersection of sports and sustainability,” offered Kristen Fulmer, OVG’s head of sustainability and director of GOAL.

When Dave Matthews Band set out to begin their fall 2023 tour leg at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Georgia, on Nov. 7, they had a mission. They wanted their show to be sustainable, and the 9,500-seat venue was up to the challenge.

Arctos Partners has joined forces with Oak View Group to enhance OVG’s GOAL sustainability program by providing proprietary data, insights and best practices on impact and governance.

GOAL aims to bring “holistic sustainability” to venue operators and touring artists, according to Kristen Fulmer, OVG Head of Sustainability, and director of the GOAL program

Oak View Group, VenuesNow’s parent company, has also made a mission to share its findings and strategies with the industry, through its GOAL – Green Operations & Advanced Leadership, developed by OVG, the Atlanta Hawks, Fenway Sports Group and architect and green building figure Jason McLennan.

Last week’s fourth annual Sport Positive Summit, headlined by GOAL, took place at the Kia Oval cricket ground in London — which drew 500 people in-person and 100+ virtual attendees — offered less Kumbaya, more hard conversations, often featuring new voices from different parts of the world.

The Climate Pledge Arena changed those notions, and a new sustainability standard, GOAL, aims to share its lessons with other venues, large and small. GOAL stands for Green Operations and Advanced Leadership and is a sustainability platform for arenas, stadiums, and other public assembly venues in the sports and entertainment industry.

SUSTAINABILTY IS GOOD BUSINESS: That was one of the messages imparted during a panel discussion entitled “Sustainability: How to Act Locally With Global Impact.”