AB and Bolt reinforce their collaboration with a sustainable partnership
Starting today, Bolt, the Brussels-based sustainable energy platform, will be an official partner of Ancienne Belgique. Together, the partners want to prove that culture can be a powerful driver for change.
This isn’t the first collaboration between Bolt and AB. In March 2023, they launched a successful joint crowdfunding campaign to install solar panels on the roof of the AB building, resulting in a reduction of 41 tonnes in annual CO2 emissions and an energy surplus that is shared with seven homes in the neighbourhood, via Bolt. During AB’s summer festivals Boterhammen In Het Park and Feeërieën, Bolt supplied green energy via a large solar panel installation.
AB and Bolt are taking it one step further today; Bolt will become an official partner of the Brussels concert venue. We have a shared vision of a fairer, greener future. We will work together on initiatives to make our concert venue, the music sector and the impact of our audience more sustainable.
Ward Cannaerts, Marketing Manager at AB: “Our collaboration with Bolt began a few years ago with a crowdlending campaign – a seed we hoped would blossom into a driver for more sustainable energy in the cultural sector. This structural partnership aims to expand our collaboration and encourage even more music lovers to participate in the urgently needed energy transition.”
Pieterjan Verhaegen, CEO and co-founder of Bolt: “Ancienne Belgique has long been an example of how culture and sustainability go hand-in-hand. After our crowdlending campaign for solar panels, we’re proud to strengthen this commitment. As a Brussels company, we’re ecstatic to work with one of our city’s most iconic venues. We share the conviction that change begins at the local level. That makes this a logical and meaningful step.”
Bolt’s customers can share in the fruits of this partnership. They will not only enjoy 100% green, local energy, but also exclusive benefits at AB: discount vouchers for concert tickets and even a chance to get tickets to sold-out shows.
