Arts Council England Environmental Programme
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Programme strands and activity
The programme, first launched in 2012, builds literacy, confidence and leadership skills to give cultural professionals the agency to act on climate change and champion justice and fairness. The Arts Council England 2020-30 Strategy, Let’s Create, is built around four Investment Principles, including ‘Environmental Responsibility.
Read our latest annual environmental reportThe programme offers:
- Events and workshops
- Free CG Tools carbon calculators, designed by Julie’s Bicycle, specifically for the creative industries
- Environmental resources: guides, factsheets, case studies, webinars, reports and toolkits
- Reporting resources for NPOs
- Facilitating and hosting national networks, focusing on leadership and peer exchange
- A helpdesk for grant holders
- Audits and evaluations
- Mentoring
- Funding Watch, a resource of current funding opportunities
- Programme strands: Spotlight, Accelerator and The Colour Green Lab
Spotlight Programme
The Spotlight group – 30 NPOs across 80 sites – is the only cluster of large infrastructure cultural organisations working together on a Science-based targets pathway to net zero. The group is aiming to achieve measurable reductions in line with the Paris Agreement: limiting global warming to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Accelerator Programme
The Accelerator Programme works with cohorts of up to ten organisations to advance their sustainable practice and share insights with their peers and the wider sector. The programme looks at everything from touring models and audience engagement to design and supply chains, income generation and governance.
The Colour Green Lab
The Colour Green Lab is an environmental knowledge and skills programme, supporting cultural practitioners and artists of colour to lead environmental action.
Reporting resources for NPOs
This year’s practical reporting webinars will take place in May and June 2022, and can be booked here.
Environmental Reporting for NPOs Reporting FAQsContact the team
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