Responsibility

STRATEGY 2030 | ACTIONS

Strategy 2030

Tampere Music Festivals is a part of the City of Tampere’s Urban Environment unit. Our policies and practices are based on the 2030 strategy of the City of Tampere , which states the following: “We carry our responsibility of wellbeing and environment by operating in an ecologically, socially, culturally, and economically sustainable ways. We advance equality and safety with our activities.” On this page, we have summarized information on the practical responsibility actions that the Tampere Music Festivals organization implements in its daily operation.

STRATEGY 2030

Actions

Social sustainability

We are committed to proactively advance equality, and we have action plan guidelines for how to report and deal with inappropriate behaviour.
We offer internships for students, including persons who speak Finnish as a second language and other minorities
Information regarding accessibility issues is readily available
A part of our festival programme is always free of charge for the audience, and to most of our events it is possible to get tickets with the Kaiku card (more information below)
At our events, we consider health and safety aspects of the visitors’ experience. We follow the latest recommendations and communicate those clearly. Ear plugs are available in those events that may potentially cause hearing damage due to volume levels.

Report Inappropriate behaviour →

Environment and climate

We encourage festival visitors to use environmentally sustainable ways of travelling to the festival by actively providing information regarding public transportation and cycling possibilities to the venues.
Our food catering and collaboration partner restaurants’ menus always include at least one salty and one sweet vegan option.
Our operations do not create ingredient or food waste, and in the case that there is surplus in food portions those are gifted onwards.
We avoid using plastic ware. In the situations that require plastic ware, we use biodegradable dishes instead.
Some of the materials that are produced for the event are reusable or from recycled sources.

If you have comments or ideas regarding environmentally-friendly practices that are not yet being used at our festival and that would be possible to organize, please feel free to send your ideas to music@tampere.fi. Persons who provide ideas that lead to concrete actions will be gifted a prize!

Rainbow sign / we speak gay

We take part in the LGBTQ friendly We Speak Gay -community. This means we are committed to treating all our artists, employees, and customers with respect and equality regardless of gender, race, skin colour, age, nationality, religion, culture, or sexual orientation. We Speak Gay community’s objective is to build an even more empathetic and inclusive Finland, the world’s most rainbow-friendly country for travel.

PHOTOS: LAURA VANZO

Kaiku card

We are a part of the Kaiku card network, which aims to enhance possibilities for youth, adults, and families who are financially in a tight situation to take part in cultural events and art creation activities. Read Kaiku card instructions on our tickets page.