Live Nation Entertainment sustainability score: 25/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
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Live Nation promotes concerts and festivals, owns and operates venues, sells tickets through Ticketmaster and sells sponsorship and advertising. Concerts made up 82.8% of its 2025 revenue, Ticketing 12.2% and Sponsorship & Advertising 5.3%.
More about Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on 2 August 2005 as Live Nation, Inc.; Ticketmaster Entertainment became its wholly-owned subsidiary through a merger on 25 January 2010, when it took its current name. It had about 17,700 full-time employees at 31 December 2025, plus about 17,000 seasonal and part-time employees, and $25.2 billion revenue in 2025.
Founded 2005Head office Beverly Hills, United StatesStaff ~17,700 full-time employees (31 December 2025); ~17,000 seasonal and part-time at year-endRevenue ~US$25.2B revenue (US$25,201.4M, 2025)Website ↗
Live Nation publishes no Scope 1, 2 or 3 figures. It says it completed a first Scope 1 and 2 inventory in 2023 but has not printed the results, so the size deduction for an incomplete footprint (0.70x) applies. It says nearly all its European venues buy 100% renewable electricity, but gives no overall share and no split between contracts and certificates. Its target to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030 from 2019 is self-set, with no Scope 3 target and no SBTi validation. Its festivals used biofuel at over 60 sites in 2025, but it publishes no company-wide waste or water figures.
Live Nation Entertainment scores 25/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Live Nation Entertainment joint 959th of 1,118 companies scored, and joint 4th of 5 in Cinema / Exhibition / Live Venues.
What is Live Nation Entertainment doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Resource Use & Waste (8/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (1/10, 1/10).
Where Live Nation Entertainment lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling, even from energy bills or mileage.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations1/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is2/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Live Nation Entertainment's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Live Nation Entertainment's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
9% of them were published by Live Nation Entertainment itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“In 2023, we completed our first Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions inventory”
“Our primary sources of Scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions come from the energy used to power our events.”
“We promoted approximately 55,000 live music and other events in 2025.”
“Where necessary, we will conduct environmental and biodiversity impact assessments to protect local flora and fauna during our events.”
“Fan travel is the largest driver of live music emissions, accounting for 77% in the UK and 62% in the US”
“all venues controlled by Live Nation-owned Academy Music Group had been switched to renewable energy sources”
“over 90% of waste from fans on the tour was reused, composted, recycled or donated”
“free water refill stations”
“after the bank suspended its sponsorship of music festivals staged by promoter Live Nation, including Download, the Isle of Wight and Latitude.”
“fan travel was the single largest source of live music emissions”
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How does Live Nation Entertainment compare with other cinema / exhibition / live venues companies?
Live Nation Entertainment is tied at the bottom of the cinema / exhibition / live venues pack.
Among the 5 major cinema / exhibition / live venues brands we've scored, Live Nation Entertainment is tied =4th of 5, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Cinema / Exhibition / Live Venues?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Live Nation Entertainment.
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