{"id":85623,"date":"2026-01-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=85623"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T07:41:08","slug":"boom-festival-dgtl-and-more-ranked-outstanding-by-agf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/01\/22\/boom-festival-dgtl-and-more-ranked-outstanding-by-agf\/","title":{"rendered":"Boom Festival, DGTL, and More Ranked &#8216;Outstanding&#8217; by AGF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>A Greener Future (AGF) has revealed its 2025 list of festivals that are doing their part to reduce emissions and waste.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The non-profit organization has certified Portugal\u2019s <strong>Boom<\/strong> Festival, the electronic music festival <strong>DGTL<\/strong> in Amsterdam, the Norwegian multi-genre music festival <strong>\u00d8yafestivalen<\/strong>, and Berlin&#8217;s electronic music festival <strong>Paradise City<\/strong> as \u201cOutstanding\u201d in its 2025 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Festivals and events across twelve countries are awarded on the basis of their efforts towards a greener planet to foster and protect biodiversity. Independent music, arts, and science festival &#8211; <strong>Green Man<\/strong>, East London\u2019s <strong>Lido<\/strong> Festival, <strong>The Montreux Jazz Festival<\/strong>, and Spain\u2019s music and gastronomic festival <strong>Sonidos L\u00edquidos<\/strong> are certified \u201cHighly Commended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AGF has categorized twenty-five events into four categories &#8211; Outstanding, Highly Commended, Commended, and Improvers. Independent assessors do site visits and produce share records after the event for review. Assessments include themes like energy, materials, food, water, and more. The festivals <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">categorized as \u201ccommended\u201d are the Copenhagen Film Festival Forum, Cridel pel Clima, India\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Echoes of Earth<\/strong>, the Estonian Fashion Festival, and The Godiva Festival,<\/span> a three-day music festival held in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ULTRA MIAMI 2025 - INTO HYPERSPACE (Official Aftermovie)\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5eDxz3cLyHw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electronic music festival giant <strong>Ultra Music Festival<\/strong> has been honored for the first time with an \u201cImprover\u201d certification. Latin American music festival Cordillera Festival, D&#8217;A Festival Cinema Barcelona, Elrow Town Madrid, Jard\u00edn de las Delicias, Spain\u2019s Monegros Desert Festival, and Phe Festival join the \u201cImprover\u201d certification, alongside Rockygrass and Rocky Mountain Folks Festival held in Colorado, US; Barcelona\u2019s Serielizados International TV Series Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival based in the USA, <strong>Primavera Sound Barcelona<\/strong>, and the UK\u2019s We Out Here.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongratulations to all of the certified events in 2025, who have continued to prioritise their commitment to protecting our planet and each other, despite some so called world leaders demonstrating the opposite intentions. We\u2019re looking forward to coming together and celebrating at GEI and the International AGF Awards in London next month,\u201d AGF CEO Claire O\u2019Neill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agreenerfuture.com\/blog-agf\/greenest-global-events-festivals-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following their \u201cImprover\u201d certification from AGF, Vivian Belzaguy, Director of Sustainability of Ultra Music Festival, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agreenerfuture.com\/blog-agf\/greenest-global-events-festivals-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>: \u201cIt was an honour to finally participate in AGF\u2019s certification programme, something we\u2019ve aspired to do for years! The process challenged us to ask meaningful questions, recognise the impact we\u2019ve made, and identify how we can continue to grow. We\u2019re so proud to have achieved certification from this globally respected organisation and excited to continue participating in the programme in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more festival updates and&nbsp;insights into dance music,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>follow TFword on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tf.word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thefckingword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You May Also Like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2025\/04\/25\/the-green-revolution-how-music-festivals-are-pioneering-sustainability\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"73622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Green Revolution: How Music Festivals Are Pioneering Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2022\/05\/23\/lightning-in-a-bottle-an-eco-friendly-music-festival\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"18474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lightning in a Bottle: An Eco-Friendly Music Festival<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2022\/06\/07\/sustainable-brands-by-artists-that-you-should-know\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"19056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable Brands by Artists That You Should Know<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Greener Future (AGF) has revealed its 2025 list of festivals that are doing their part to reduce emissions and waste. The non-profit organization has certified Portugal\u2019s Boom Festival, the electronic music festival DGTL in Amsterdam, the Norwegian multi-genre music festival \u00d8yafestivalen, and Berlin&#8217;s electronic music festival Paradise City as \u201cOutstanding\u201d in its 2025 report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2026\/01\/22\/boom-festival-dgtl-and-more-ranked-outstanding-by-agf\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":184965154,"featured_media":85624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7915,4294],"tags":[8474,9774,10631,4434,10630,4442],"coauthors":[5154],"class_list":["post-85623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-music","tag-dgtl","tag-echoes-of-earth","tag-lido-festival","tag-music-festivals","tag-paradise-city-festival","tag-ultra-music-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184965154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85634,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85623\/revisions\/85634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85623"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=85623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}