We strive to protect the environment and pay attention to the responsible use of resources. Sustainable decisions are the basis for our future viability. We are therefore open to new technologies and innovations in order to change and optimize processes.

Diversity & Inclusion: At the splash! Festival, we celebrate diversity in all its facets by bringing together people from different backgrounds, cultures and identities. We take accessibility and the participation of every festival visitor into account from the very beginning.

Giving & Volunteering: We support you in getting socially involved and use our platform to make social projects and important causes visible.

We optimize the efficiency of our energy supply through precise performance and energy measurements. We identify potential savings and reduce the consumption of fossil fuels by increasing the use of alternative energy sources. Part of the electricity required for our festival is generated by the photovoltaic system in Ferropolis.

As most of our festival's CO2e emissions are generated in the area of travel & transportation, we are working on a holistic design of mobility concepts for you. But we also want to improve in the area of logistics. That is why we are working together with research institutions to jointly develop future-oriented solutions.

In line with the concept of the circular economy, we strive to return all materials used to the cycle and minimize the use of new resources. Our partners support us in this: Trash Galore, Foodsharing, Utopia and eSKa. We also ask our brand partners to refrain from using plastic and packaging.

In collaboration with Gastrobüro, we are expanding our climate-friendly food offering. In 2023, 53% of the food sold was already vegetarian or vegan. We integrate regional suppliers where possible to further increase the sustainability of our catering. Find out more about Gastrobüro's sustainability here.

By continuously measuring and monitoring our CO2e emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2 and, to a large extent, Scope 3), we create a solid basis for identifying opportunities for improvement.

When you buy your festival ticket, you will come across the "Green Euro". For every ticket sold, we set aside one euro for sustainable measures. We invest one part of this budget in green infrastructure and sustainable measures on the festival site, while the other part is donated to an NGO or initiative carefully selected by our team. In this way, we jointly set an example for environmental protection and social responsibility. In 2023, the green euro was invested as follows: 

• Donations: splash! donated a portion to the Dübener Heide Nature Park. This is not far from the festival site. The donation will be used to finance measures to renaturalize the moors and preserve biodiversity.  
• Festival site:

Carelessly throwing away cigarette butts in nature pollutes the environment and endangers the health of animals that can ingest the butts. For easy and fun cigarette butt disposal, we have installed ashtrays throughout the festival grounds and camping area. 

Using the CROWD IMPACT app, we conducted a visitor survey and determined and evaluated the arrival behavior of our audience. 

To clean Lake Gremmin after the festivals, we have financed a cleaning campaign with divers who collect waste from the water to preserve the intact ecosystem.  

Together with pupils from the Gesamtschule im Gartenreich (Oranienbaum Wörlitz), we sorted our waste in a waste analysis and determined which recyclable materials are contained in the waste and how high the recycling rate is. This will enable us to improve our waste concept even further. 

We also decided to invest part of the green euro in expanding the solar panels in Ferropolis so that we can gradually supply the splash! with more green electricity. (More on this soon). 

For the first time in its history, splash! is part of a research project. We want to reduce our emissions and to do this we are working with partners from science and research, from the festival sector and from the private sector to collect and model energy, mobility and consumption data and to develop a planning platform for sustainable festival logistics. You can find more information about ECO2CONCERT here and also on site at splash!

FAIROPOLIS is the place where committed and creative people come together and share their visions of a better future - with each other and with you. Together with various organizations, we have created a place where you can find out about interesting topics and take part in workshops. In addition, we offer you further activities and program items during the festival! At the same time, we are also creating an oasis to immerse yourself, feel good and recharge your batteries away from the exciting festival madness with various program items, workshops and exciting discussions with the NGOs.