Green Music Australia (GMA) is proud to announce a new partnership with climate-impact agency FEAT. Live to accelerate sustainability outcomes across the Australian music industry in 2026 and beyond.
Pictured: (L) Berish Bilander, CEO, Green Music Australia and (R) Heidi Lenffer, Founder & CEO, FEAT. Live.
Building on years of collaboration, this formal partnership will see 10% of all new Solar Slice music partnerships in 2026 directed to support Green Music Australia’s on-the-ground work helping artists, venues, and festivals reduce emissions and transition to low-carbon operations.
The Solar Slice is FEAT. Live’s flagship impact program – a ticketing surcharge embedded into the booking fee of partner events, designed to unlock sustainability funding through ticket sales. Solar Slice contributions support science-backed climate, nature, and social justice initiatives that cut emissions, restore natural ecosystems, and accelerate the shift to a safe climate future.
Through this partnership, GMA will receive 10% of all new Solar Slice partnerships as tax-deductible contributions up to $3,000 to strengthen core operations, scale education programs, and expand the national sustainability initiatives already delivering measurable impact across tours, productions, and live events.
Founded by Heidi Lenffer from Australian Music Prize-winning band Cloud Control, the Solar Slice ticketing initiative first launched in 2022 with Lime Cordiale’s touring and has rapidly expanded across the industry.
Lime Cordiale have since applied the Solar Slice across four national Australian tours; enabling them to tour in electric 12-seater vans, power their European tour bus with biodiesel fuel, restore Old Growth remnant rainforest in the Booyong Nature Reserve, advocate for World Heritage status for the Great Australian Bight, and support the First Nations-led restoration of Lungtalanana island in the Bass Strait.
“The Solar Slice is one of the simplest and most rewarding things we’ve ever done. Just $1 from every ticket has helped restore rainforests, protect the Great Australian Bight, push a bus company to switch to biodiesel, and tackled South Australia’s algal bloom. A tiny contribution per person has made a massive collective impact.” – Oli Leimbach, Lime Cordiale.
The Solar Slice has been adopted by major festivals including St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Spin Off, and Harvest Rock, alongside artist tours from Angie McMahon, Cloud Control, The Moving Stills and others. The program has been profiled by The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and the ABC, and was awarded the IQ Magazine Green Guardian Award (2024) for leadership in sustainable touring.
"Partnering with FEAT. to apply the Solar Slice for Laneway has been transformative. Their innovative, climate-focused approach aligns perfectly with our vision for a sustainable future, helping us reduce our environmental impact while inspiring our community to take action." – Ali Craze, Sustainability Lead, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival.
GMA Projects Supported Through Partnership:
Sound Country Artist Leadership Retreat: GMA’s flagship artist program returns, offering an immersive three-day learning experience for artists stepping deeper into climate action and cultural leadership.
Green Venue Certification Program: Helping venues big and small measure, improve, and showcase their environmental performance.
Party With The Planet: An alliance of Australia’s biggest music festivals working together to make festivals more sustainable through collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and practical action.
Sustainable Music & Merch Alliance: Bringing together the country’s top record labels, manufacturers and retailers to work towards greener vinyl, CDs & tees, informed by deep research and authentic music sector knowledge.
No Music On A Dead Planet: The global music and climate advocacy campaign, proudly stewarded in Australia by GMA since 2018.
Free Info Session - Solar Slice In Action: Funding Climate and Nature on Tour
Join an artist-led webinar exploring how to fund climate and nature solutions using FEAT. Live’s Solar Slice mechanism.
Hosted by Tim Shiel (Community Organiser, Green Music Australia) with Heidi Lenffer (Cloud Control/FEAT Founder) and Oli Leimbach (Lime Cordiale), this session will break down how Solar Slice works in practice. Oli shares firsthand insights from multiple tours and the recent Lime Green Festival – offering practical tools to help artists at any stage build a lasting environmental legacy through their live shows.
When: Tuesday, 21 April 2-3pm AEST
RSVP: Via Humanitix here.
Free Webinar - Party With The Planet: Funding Sustainability Webinar
Green Music Australia's webinar series on festival sustainability relaunches in April with GMA’s first session, ‘Funding Sustainability’, featuring FEAT. Live’s Heidi Lenffer and Australian Festival Association’s Olly Arkins – an invite only event offering music event promoters, workers, suppliers, staff and peak bodies practical guidance on implementing and communicating impactful sustainability initiatives.
To join the Party With The Planet alliance, please complete the expression of interest form here.
Green Music Australia is supported by the Australian Government through Music Australia.
For interview requests and further information:
Julianna Toth // Partnerships and Communications Manager
[email protected] // 0423 512 527
