Creative Climate Leadership – Project Environmental Policy Human society, our choices and behaviours, is having a direct and profound impact on the climate system. At all levels of society – academic, civic, political, cultural, and grassroots – the need for an urgent response to this great challenge is being emphasised. The Paris Agreement, which entered into force on the 4th November 2016, is the global pledge to limit global warming to “well below 2C”, and outlines a framework for how progress will be made and measured. The EU has ratified the Agreement at Council level, and also has its own ambitious environmental targets for energy efficiency, carbon emissions reductions, renewable energy, waste reduction and recycling, and many more. These targets, framed by the reality of a changing climate and the need for a more equitable relationship to our environment, provide a clear context for thinking about the future and role of the creative industries in Europe. Creative Climate Leadership is a programme conceived to support creative and cultural leaders (including emerging leaders) to implement new approaches to environmental sustainability through training and community building, and influence cultural policy to provide the framework for scaling up action and leadership on this issue across the creative industries. The project aims to unlock the potential of the creative and cultural industries to lead in the transition to a sustainable future, maximising their positive impact on society and the environment. Against th is background, the Creat ive Cl imate Leadersh ip project partners are committed to min imis ing the project ’s environmenta l impact . We wi l l ach ieve th is through c lear management frameworks , fo l lowing environmenta l best pract ice and us ing greener a l ternat ives wherever poss ib le , throughout a l l act iv i t ies re lated to the project . Partners

The Creative Climate Leaders partners are greatly varied in size, governance structure, geographic location, political context, and types of activities they deliver. This policy is underpinned by several principles for action that respect the diversity of organisations within our partnership and each partner’s capacity for action according to context and resources. The partnership will adopt a collective approach to managing the project’s environmental impacts, sharing learning on best environmental practice throughout, guided overall by the existing expertise of project coordinator Julie’s Bicycle.

Impacts The Creative Climate Leadership partners are committed to reducing the negative environmental impacts of the CCL project activities, in particular those relating to: • Project business travel for partner meetings, courses, and events

energy use • Project courses and events

energy use, water use, food, waste, transport and travel • Goods and services purchased for the delivery of project activities, notably office and event

supplies, project communication materials and support materials for courses and events, ICT services e.g. website, data, and other server hosting resource use, energy use, and transport for goods

• Partner office activities supporting the administration of the project energy use, water use, waste

Commitments The Creative Climate Leadership partners are committed to understanding, measuring, improving and communicating the CCL project environmental performance and engaging all partners’ staff and management in this process. Key areas of focus are: Reducing the impacts of business travel: • Avoiding project-related travel where possible including:

using webinars, Skype, and teleconferences • Encouraging the use of zero or low-carbon travel modes including

taking the train within Europe where possible for longer journeys to avoid air travel emissions; walking, cycling, travelling by public transport for shorter journeys; avoiding the use of taxis except in exceptional circumstances; giving preference to car companies using electric/hybrid vehicles.

• Booking accommodation with environmental credentials where possible. • Accounting for project-related travel carbon emissions

Reducing the impacts of project courses and events: • Selecting host venues for courses and events that:

have an environmental policy and certification where possible are actively addressing their own environmental impacts across energy and water use and waste reduction are easily accessible by public transport, walking, and/or bicycle.

• Providing only vegetarian and/or vegan catering that is where possible locally sourced, organic, and uses minimal packaging; minimizing food waste by ensuring appropriate quantities are ordered and any surplus can be redistributed if possible.

• Using a ‘green rider’ for events to work with venues on e.g.: ensuring that re-usable plates and glasses are used instead of disposable serveware; that packaging waste is minimized by eliminating products such as individually wrapped biscuits and individual sachets for sugar/milk; providing water in glasses and jugs for speakers and attendees to avoid bottled water.

• Encouraging attendees to courses and events to travel as sustainably as possible. Reducing the impacts of project-related goods and services: • Integrating environmental and ethical considerations when choosing supplies and services for

project operations: considering ‘environmental value’ as part of ‘value for money’; choosing suppliers that have an environmental policy and are addressing their own environmental impacts;

minimizing transport impacts from supplies and services by choosing local suppliers; choosing greener alternatives of products where possible.

• For printed materials, ensuring these are: designed to minimize the use of paper and inks (e.g. using white as background colour and avoiding solid colour blocks, minimizing negative space in design); are printed on recycled paper or FSC-certified paper that is not thicker/heavier than needed; printed using water-based or vegetable-oil-based inks if possible; printed only in quantities necessary for delivery of the project activities; produced by printers with an environmental policy or certification.

• For ICT and digital services, hosting project-related websites and other communications materials with services that have an environmental policy on servers that are powered by renewable energy where possible.

• For stationary and other goods purchased in relation to the project, only buying things that are necessary, and (for unavoidable purchases) choosing greener alternatives where available that are: manufactured from renewable, reused, or recycled content; contain non-toxic materials with a low environmental impact; manufactured in a way that minimises environmental impact; distributed in minimal packaging that is recyclable or biodegradable; long-lasting and that can be reused, recycled, or biodegraded.

Reducing the environmental impact of project-related office activities: • Each partner will engage its project-related staff on environmental sustainability to reduce

energy and water use, reduce waste and increase recycling, including: switching off lights, computers, and other electronics when not in use printing only when necessary, double-sided, on recycled or FSC-certified paper if possible using office recycling and composting facilities if available commuting by walking, bicycle, public transport, or car-sharing where possible.

Monitoring and report ing The Creative Climate Leadership partners are committed to monitoring and transparently reporting on the environmental impacts in CO2e of the CCL project activities, in particular: • All participant travel in relation to CCL training courses; All partners and event participants will be responsible for submitting their travel information to Julie’s Bicycle either directly or via audience surveys. Julie’s Bicycle will collate data via the Creative IG Tools carbon calculators. Results will be published at the end of the project on the project website.

Key Supplementary Documents for Guidance/Consultat ion: • Creative Climate Leadership Green Event Rider (adapted from Julie’s Bicycle Green Rider) • Julie’s Bicycle Practical Guide to Sustainable Procurement • Julie’s Bicycle Practice Guide to Greening the Office • Julie’s Bicycle Paper and the Environment Factsheet • Julie’s Bicycle Print and the Environment Factsheet