Solidarity Eco Tax
ESNS 2022 launched a new initiative that invites our community to support our sustainability efforts. The Solitary Eco Tax is a financial contribution on top of the ticket price, which is directly invested in various initiatives to diminish the C02 emissions of the travel of our community.
Efforts include Green Touring Support and our partnership with SkyNRG, who use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to reduce the net emissions of air travel.
Because the goal is to have Europe come together, and we want to meet each other, we decided to design this on the basis of solidarity. We split the cost to all, no matter if you come from Amsterdam or Warschaw.
Green Tour Support
We started the ESNS Green Touring Support in 2022. We invite ESNS Acts to share with us their concrete plans for sustainability in the field of transport on their own tours. Acts can request the difference between the regular tour costs and the green tour costs from ESNS.
In the first two years, we focussed on the supporting their summer tour, being booked after playing at ESNS, but we found out it is better to support them earlier on. That is why we now support them in their travels towards ESNS.
All artists playing at ESNS will receive information on travel possibilities towards Groningen including the possibility to apply for financial support. The support will consist of a maximum of 500 euro to pay the difference between normal travel cost and sustainable travel cost.
We have launched this before the edition of 2024 and with huge success, after 3 days we had to stop the application of the support, so we are able to help more artists in the new setup.