Preserving our planet is the most important challenge of our century and Opera Europa is committed to adapting its working habits to build a more sustainable future.
Opera Europa is part of the SHIFT initiative, a certification established with 15 international cultural networks in partnership with two environmental specialists, Creative Carbon Scotland and Green Leisure Group, which is providing a scheme to improve, measure, monitor and evaluate efforts toward sustainability.
Have a look at our Green Policy clicking in the right sidebar of this page.
Opera Europa actively supports the opera ecosystem in its transition toward a more sustainable future through a range of initiatives:
- The Sustainability Forum, established in 2022, convenes both online and in person to explore the cross-cutting theme of sustainability. It provides a platform for opera houses to share best practices and address the challenges of this evolving issue.
- Sustainability is now a central topic in nearly all Opera Europa forums and major conferences, encouraging companies across the sector to take meaningful action.
- In September 2025, Opera Europa launched a collaboration with the Theatre Green Book and Fedora, engaging 15 opera houses across Europe. The goal is to implement the Theatre Green Book guidelines and develop a tailored version for the opera and dance sectors. This collective effort aims to benefit the entire industry.
Latest updates on our sustainability initiatives
INSPIRE Final Conference
INSPIRE Final Conference : Digital transformation at the service of Sustainability and Resilience
The INSPIRE training platform equips Performing Arts professionals and students with skills in sustainability, digitalisation, entrepreneurship, and resilience through 5 ACQUIN-certified modules:
Create your account now and get your certification for each completed module:
Join us at La Monnaie on 4 December for the closing event of our INSPIRE project, a training programme supported by the European Union Erasmus + programme
The event taking place at La Monnaie/De Munt in Brussels, will gather professionals from the Performing Arts sector as well as high-level EU policy makers and experts from specialised fields such as sustainability, digitalisation, and lifelong learning and aims at creating a moment of deep reflection on the future of the Arts in Europe.
On the afternoon of 4 December, you will discover the innovative INSPIRE learning platform and learn about the policy recommendations formulated for EU policy makers regarding the future of the sector.
How to produce more sustainably? How to handle digitalisation and AI today? How can the sector be resilient in the current international context? These questions will be discussed during the afternoon, involving contribution of the INSPIRE partners, the European Erasmus Programme, the Theatre Green Book and many other experts.
On 5 December in the morning, we will offer interactive and practical working sessions around Green Theatre, Digital Transformation and Inclusion.
We will regularly update this page with more details in the coming months!
