Development, planning and execution of agricultural projects

Agriculture

Development, planning, and execution of cultural projects

Culture

Consulting and planning for climate adaptation strategies and social development

Sustainability

Development and execution of wine recovery and production projects.

Wines

Couto-mixto

Tremor was one of the most sustainable festivals of 2023 - a distinction made by the AGF.

IQ-Mag has published an article about the 2023 music festivals to be honoured by the AGF as the most sustainable of the year. Read the article [here](https://www.iq-mag.net/).

The AGF (A Greener Future) Greener Festival Certification is the first global sustainability standard for live events, focussing on festivals that reduce waste, emissions and promote equality and biodiversity. In addition to Tremor, festivals such as We Love Green, Boom, Boomtown Fair, Dockyard, Northside and OyaFestivalen have also obtained certification for 2023. This involves a detailed assessment based on 11 themes, such as local ecosystems, travel, food, energy, waste and governance, including self-assessment, site visits and presentation of post-event data for an independent audit by AGF.

Find out more [here](https://www.agreenerfuture.com/who-is-certified).

Environmental consulting

Tremor named one of the greenest festivals of 2023

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O Tremor foi um dos festivais mais sustentáveis de 2023 - uma distinção feita pela AGF.

Tremor distinguido pela AGF

Tremor distinguished by AGF

EDGE Network reports on the Improvers certification awarded to the Spanish festival by the AGF.

The EDGE Network website announces that Keroxen has been awarded the Greener Festival - Improvers certification. Find out more about our contribution to the EDGE Network [**here**](https://couto-mixto.com/en/projects/edge).

The ‘Improvers’ certification signifies great strides in the journey of a green event, with continuous improvements, and shows that your event demonstrates a significant commitment to the process of reducing negative environmental impacts and reinforcing positive ones.

Keroxen has demonstrated a willingness to realise a greener event by focusing on best practices for the future. The team demonstrated excellent efforts and a clear determination to continue improving, protecting the environment and strengthening positive links with stakeholders. 

AGF's certification is the world's first and most comprehensive sustainability standard in the live events sector, for festivals and events that reduce waste and emissions and strengthen equality and biodiversity. Discover all the award winners [**here**](https://www.agreenerfuture.com/who-is-certified).

Keroxen joins Tremor as one of the EDGE Network festivals to be certified by the AGF

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A EDGE Network dá conta da certificação Improvers atribuída pela AGF ao festival espanhol.

Keroxen distinguido pela AGF

Keroxen distinguished by AGF

Events

EDGE Network's first training session opened a window into an approach that combines sustainability with culture.

The multidisciplinary artists Pura Márquez, Nestor Torrens and Simone Marin, organisers of the Keroxen Festival, presented ‘Recycling, sustainability and integrating agriculture as art: reimagining a cultural festival’, a workshop that explored the Keroxen universe, showing how this project has managed to combine environmental concerns with different cultural movements, becoming an agent of change that, with music as its link, aims to inspire experimentation with styles and coexistence between artists.

Likewise, it was explained how Keroxen mixes visual art with the environment that surrounds us, giving importance to the blending of concepts and creating a perfect setting to develop the ideas of this project that was born in an old abandoned paraffin tank, now known as Espacio Cultural El Tanque, in the centre of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Today, Keroxen continues its creative process with the creation of the Parque Agrotecnológico de Bajamar, an edible forest, and the construction of a greenhouse as one of Keroxen's many sound and art venues to come. 

This event marked the first moment of the EDGE Network training cycle, the planning and execution of which was overseen by Couto-Mixto.

(Artwork: Pura Márquez)

EDGE Network capacity building event

A window into an approach that combines sustainability and culture

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O primeiro momento de formação da EDGE Network que abriu uma janela para uma abordagem que alia a sustentabilidade à cultura

EDGE Workshop - Reciclagem, sustentabilidade e integração da agricultura como arte: reimaginando um festival cultural

EDGE Workshop - Recycling, sustainability and integrating agriculture as art: reimagining a cultural festival

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Consultoria e planeamento de abordagens de adaptação climática e desenvolvimento social

Sustentabilidade

News

Projects

In partnership with AGF, Couto-Mixto is responsible for assessing the environmental impacts of the festivals that are part of the European project.

Couto-Mixto, in collaboration with UK's A Greener Future, advised EDGE - Network of Ultra-Peripheral Music Festivals on assessing, improving and certifying the good environmental practices adopted by its three member festivals. In the context of this collaboration, a manual of good practices was developed and can now be followed not only by the members of the network, but also by other events and promoters operating in territories similar to those impacted by Fengaros, Keroxen and Tremor. The environmental variables assessed are: impact on local environments; impact on the local community; travel and transport; energy; procurement; solid waste and recycling; water use; wastewater and sewage; CO2 analysis; carbon footprint; biodiversity assessment.

By the end of the project, both Tremor and Keroxen received the Greener Festival certification, by AGF. Learn more about it [here](https://couto-mixto.com/en/articles/keroxen-agf) and [here](https://couto-mixto.com/en/articles/tremor-agf).

The good practices manual is now available online at [EDGE's website](https://www.edgenetwork.eu/pt/article/what-can-festivals-in-islands-do-to-improve-their-sustainability-journey-a-comprehensive-guide/).

Consulting and certification of good environmental practices

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A couto-mixto, em parceria com a AGF é responsável pelo levantamento dos impactos ambientais dos festivais que incorporam o projeto Europeu Edge. 

Consultoria ambiental aos festivais da rede EDGE

Environmental consultancy for EDGE festivals

Implementation and management of the Lá da Lama vineyard

On the land where a new vineyard now stands, wine that is recognized both regionally and nationally has been produced. Following the most recent division of the well-known farm, the new owner renovated the entire vineyard. To transform production, Couto-Mixto resorted to VITIS, which supported an area of 8 hectares. The grape varieties present include Loureiro, Trajadura, Alvarinho, and Arinto.

Planning, building and planting

8 hectares supported by the VITIS project

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Implementação e gestão da vinha Lá da Lama

Quinta Lá da Lama - vinha biológica/biodinâmica

Lá da Lama Farm - Organic and biodynamic vineyard

One of Couto-Mixto's core principles is its commitment to fostering a more sustainable society. To achieve this, the company dedicates its efforts to creating and sustaining projects driven by values that prioritize the social and environmental well-being of all participants and their surrounding communities. Leveraging specialized training in environmental science, along with experience in developing and executing sustainable projects—some of which have earned awards—Couto-Mixto consistently applies this expertise and awareness to every project it undertakes.


Preparing applications to implement environmental sustainability strategies, along with reviewing and advising on new methods to reduce environmental impact.

Climate Adaptation

Submitting applications for the Portugal 2030 PRR environmental fund to support the installation of sustainable energy systems.

Installation of Sustainable Energy Systems

Assessing structures and providing strategic guidance on gender equality and social inclusion within business frameworks, ensuring alignment with European standards. Managing applications for social programs.