1. WEBINAR STARTING AT 11 AM
Today’s topic:
Small is beautiful – Specialist advice on environmental reporting for
organisations with five employees or less

2. Module 3.1 – Small is beautiful
Specialist advice on environmental reporting for
organisations with five employees or less
Christina Tsiarta and Luke Ramsay, Julie’s Bicycle

3. Housekeeping

4. Webinar Series
• Weekly webinars for Npos, Mpms, Mdp lead partners and
Bridge Organisations
• Now until May 22nd (reporting deadline is May 31st)
– Specialist stakeholder webinars
– Troubleshooting

5. Today’s agenda
• Introduction to Julie’s Bicycle
• Introduction to the Arts Council’s environmental
reporting requirements – what is expected?
• Climate Change and the Arts
• Using the IG Tools & FAQs for small organisations
• Environmental Policies and Action Plans & case studies for small
organisations
• Trouble shooting Q&A

6. • Not for profit
• Founded by the music industry, now spanning many creative sectors
• Five years old
• A bridge between sustainability and the creative industries
• Anchored in research
• Not a bike shop

7. What does that look like?
• Working with over 1,000 organisations of all sizes and
types:
Artichoke, Royal Opera House, Manchester Jewish
Museum, Latitude Festival, BALTIC and Live Nation
• Consultancy
• Free online resources
• Networks
• Industry Green (IG) Tools and Certification
• Arts Council partnership

8. Arts Council Requirements
1. Developing an environmental policy and
action plan.
– Notify us using the IG Tools
2. Collecting data on emissions from
energy and water use from April 2012 to
March 2013.
– Submit using the IG Tools
Reporting deadline: 31st May 2013

10. Why you ‘should’ care
Why you will care
Why it’s worth it
Climate Change and the Arts

11. Why you will care
• It’s a business issue, not just an
ethical one
• It can save you money, time
and effort
• It’s not going to go away

12. Why you ‘should’ care
• UK Gov:
– 80% reduction by 2050 on
1990 levels
• Arctic sea ice:
– Melting twice as quickly as
predicted
• Rate of species extinction:
– 100-1,000x higher than
historically ‘normal’
• Temperature rise:
- 5/6ºC warming => ê 5-10%
off global GDP

13. Why it’s worth it
Arts and Culture:
– Have an impact far
beyond their own
footprint
– Enable us to
understand complex
issues
– Have a role to play
in social change

14. What are the IG Tools?
• Set of online carbon calculators
• Specific to cultural sectors
• 3 relevant tools (5 in total):
– Outdoor Events
– Offices
– Venues/Cultural Buildings
• Account for as a minimum:
- Energy
- Water

15. IG Tools: FAQs for small organisations
• Shared office space (utilities included in rent or standard fee)
• Uncooperative landlords
• Not paying for rent and/or utilities and/or service fee
• Based in a building owned and/or managed by another Npo/Bridge/
Mpm
• Based in a University or local council
• Only energy OR water data available
• No data available
• Only cost figures available
• Reporting on co-production or touring activities
• Office based organisation w/ indoor and
outdoor events

16. What is a policy and an action plan?
Environmental Policy
A broad overarching statement of your environmental ambitions,
which provides a framework for day-to-day action.
Action Plan
Detailed and specific document that defines
(i) targets (ii) actions (iii) responsibilities and (iv) deadlines
for achieving environmental improvement and reducing
environmental impacts.

17. Example: JB Policy

20. Example: MJF Action Plan

22. Top tips for small organisations
• Identify main impacts and what you can control
– E.g. travel, IT, banking, lease, procurement
• Align documents with funding/governing body (council or university)
• Identify different stakeholders and relationships
– Consensus for implementation, development and innovation
• Consider sector wide networks
– Consider joint energy/waste procurement

23. Case study: Redeye
• N-f-p organisation supporting photographers at every level
• 3 part-time staff and c£88,000 p/a from ACE
• Based at Chinese Arts Centre & working from home
=> the carbon footprint from energy and water consumption is tiny
How can they develop an environmental policy and action plan that
will make a difference but is appropriate to their scale and capacity?

24. Case study: Redeye cont.
•
Office:
– Encourage
and
support
the
landlord s
EP&AP
– Consider
impacts
of
home
premises
(energy,
procurement,
travel)
•
Member
events:
– Choose
venues
w/
environmental
credenAals
(virtual
parAcipaAon)
•
Member
advice
&
info:
– Build
on
2003
Ethical
Statement
(impacts
of
dark
room
processing)
• Member
surveys:
– Could
include
env.
consideraAons
in
future
annual
surveys

25. Any questions?
• Reporting deadline: 31st May 2013
• support@juliesbicycle.com
• www.juliesbicycle.com - Click on the
NPO Help Centre green circle

26. Further support
• www.juliesbicycle.com
• Practical Guides and Fact sheets
• Case studies
• FAQ’s
• User Guides
• Further webinars
• Phone & email support

27. IG Tools: Help
• To register/sign in: www.ig-tools.com
• Key resources:
www.juliesbicycle.com/resources/ace-npos/ace-ig-tools
– IG Tools User Guide for Arts Council England funded
organisations
– Demo videos
• Email or phone support from Julie’s Bicycle
• Further webinars

28. EP & AP: Help
• www.juliesbicycle.com
• Key resource: Environmental Policy and Action
Plan Guidelines – includes a resource matrix for
developing your actions
• Example policies and plans from other
organisations
• Email or phone support from Julie’s Bicycle
• Further webinars

29. THANK YOU