MAYOR ADAMS ANNOUNCES “GOOD CLEAN FUN” INITIATIVE DURING CLIMATE WEEK TO MAKE NEW YORK CITY EVENTS MORE SUSTAINABLE

New Guidelines Will Help Event Producers Cut Waste, Reduce Emissions, and Improve Environmental Impact Citywide 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked Climate Week by announcing the launch of “Good Clean Fun,” a citywide initiative to make New York City’s thousands of public events more environmentally sustainable. Good Clean Fun provides practical guidance and resources to reduce waste, cut emissions, and protect public spaces without sacrificing the energy that makes New York City’s events iconic.

The guidelines were developed based on input from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Citywide Event Coordination and Management (CECM), city agencies, and various major event producers.

From street fairs to major concerts to cultural parades and more, New York City hosts thousands of events each year that draw millions of attendees, and generate significant carbon emissions and landfill waste. Good Clean Fun offers a new path forward, helping event organizers make smarter, greener choices around energy, transportation, food, materials, and waste. If every major New York City event adopted these practices, the city could divert thousands of tons of waste and cut millions of pounds of carbon emissions each year.

“New Yorkers know how to have a good time and now we’re making sure it is not as harmful to our environment,” said Mayor Adams. “With ‘Good Clean Fun,’ we’re turning down the carbon emissions and turning up climate consciousness. We are making it easier for event producers to reduce their carbon footprint, meet our city’s climate goals, and keep the parties going for generations to come.” 

The Good Clean Fun sustainable event guidelines include:

• A sustainable event checklist covering planning, food and beverage, waste, energy, transportation, and venue selection.
• Templates for waste and energy plans to help track and measure impact.
• Sample sustainability commitments to align vendors with sustainability standards.
• Resources from partner agencies, including the New York City Department of Sanitation’s donateNYC platform.
• A metrics tracker to help event producers measure impact of waste diversion, energy use, and emissions.

Good Clean Fun builds on New York City’s “PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done” climate goals, including protecting New Yorkers from climate threats, improving quality of life, and building the green economic engine. The Adams administration continues to focus on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, specifically from large buildings through the Local Law 97 mandate. The implementation of this law aims to significantly reduce carbon emissions from large buildings, targeting nearly 6 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions by 2030.