A Greener Future are honoured to be amongst this year’s winners of The Music Cities Awards 2026, recognising outstanding initiatives that use music to drive social, cultural, environmental and economic impact around the world.
Taking home the Music & Climate Action Award, AGF was recognised for its trailblazing work reducing environmental impact across the global live music sector. As founders of the world’s first sustainability certification for festivals, AGF has spent two decades reshaping how live events are planned, produced, and delivered—providing independent certification, carbon analysis, and practical net-zero strategies that drive measurable improvement. Their work across over 1,000 festivals, tours, and venues has inspired industry-wide change and embedded ecological responsibility as a core part of live music worldwide.
The awards represented a diverse range of initiatives across multiple continents, demonstrating how music can support community wellbeing, education, tourism, sustainability, nightlife, technology and policy innovation.
Dr Teresa Moore, AGF Director, was there to collect the award and said: “We are hugely honoured to receive this award for Music and Climate Action from Music Cities. It means so much to be recognised by the industry for our work with events and music cities to create real impact.”
Claire O’Neill, AGF CEO and Founder, added “We’re really honoured to receive this award because firstly the other nominees were world class, and secondly, we believe that collaboration between cities and cultural events, from festivals to football, is the way forward for an enjoyable and speedy transition to a greener economy and better quality of life.”
The Awards Ceremony took place at Hull Minster on 11 June, as part of the Music Cities Convention in Hull. The evening opened with a performance from a 100−person combined choir and brass players from the City of Hull Band, before moving through nine awards across global categories. Hosted by Hull cultural icon and World Living Statue Champion Andy Train, the night was designed to be more than an awards show, with performances from Bongo’s Bingo and a closing set from the Minster Choir woven throughout the evening.
View all the 2026 winners here: https://www.musiccitiesevents.com/awards
The Music Cities Awards, presented annually since 2020 by Sound Diplomacy during the Music Cities Convention, celebrate the individuals, organisations and cities redefining how music shapes communities.
About the Music Cities Awards
The Music Cities Awards recognise excellence in music-led city development, celebrating projects and policies that strengthen local ecosystems and position music as a strategic driver of sustainable urban growth.
About A Greener Future
AGF is a not-for-profit company committed to helping events, festivals, and venues around the world towards sustainability. AGF provides certification, education/training, consultancy, resources, and green riders, facilitating the exchange and implementation of good ideas. They share information about how environmentally efficient methods are currently being employed at events and how environmental impact can be limited at future events. They offer independent assessment and verification of sustainability claims through the AGF Certification for festivals, venues, tours, and events; plus, sustainability diagnosis and detailed carbon footprinting. www.agreenerfuture.com
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk