Aim: This webinar will provide an introduction and overview of the Arts Council’s environmental reporting requirements. It will explain the necessary steps to comply and the help on offer. The webinar will include: - Introduction to the Arts Council’s environmental reporting and Julie’s Bicycle. - Why is this happening now? - How does it affect you? - What are the benefits for your organisation? - What help is available? - What is an environmental policy and action plan? - What are the IG Tools? - Q&A

1. Today’s Topic:
Environmental Reporting: What is it, how does it affect you
WEBINAR STARTING AT
10AM

2. Module 1.1 An introduction
Environmental Reporting: What is it,
how does it affect you
Christina Tsiarta Catherine Langabeer – 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)
– An introduction to environmental reporting
– Basic training
– Specialist advice, dependent on the nature of your
organisation
– 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
• What are the IG Tools?
• How can you get started with drafting an EP and AP?
• What help is available?
• Trouble shooting QA

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

9. Why you will care
Why you ‘should’ care
Why it’s worth it

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. What are the IG Tools?
• Set of online carbon calculators
• Specific to cultural sectors
• 5 different tools:
– Outdoor Events
– Offices
– Venues/Cultural Buildings
– Tours
– Productions
• Account for:
- Energy
- Water

14. What are the benefits?
• Establish a baseline
– Where do your main impacts come from?
– How do you best focus your reduction efforts?
• Inform your policy and action plan
• Inform your planning = ê£
• Peer comparisons (industry average)

15. What help is available?
• 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

16. IG Tools demonstration

17. Developing your environmental
policy and action plan
• Policy: Your statement of commitment to sustainability, setting
over-arching ambitions
• Action plan: How you’re going to achieve your objectives and
targets (what, who, how and when)

18. What are the benefits?
• Shared objectives to gain organisation-wide support
• Clarity of purpose for better project management
• Greater accountability and transparency
• Create baseline of activity = measure future success

19. What help is available?
• www.juliesbicycle.com/resources/ace-npos/help-guidance
• Key resources:
– Environmental Policy and Action Plan Guidelines
(incl. resource matrix)
– Example policies and plans from other organisations
• Email or phone support from Julie’s Bicycle
• Further webinars

20. The Policy: Starting Out
• Understand and prioritise
impacts
• Start from what you do
• Consider what you control vs.
what you influence
• Use quantitative and
qualitative data

21. The Action Plan:
Starting Out
• Define objectives, targets actions in line with policy commitments
• Make them SMART
– Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant Timely
• Set responsibilities, timescales and deadlines
• Define how to track and share progress
• Establish a regular (e.g. annual) management review

22. Any questions?
• Reporting deadline 31st May 2013
• Allow 4 – 6 weeks for reporting cycle
to take place within
• support@juliesbicycle.com
• www.juliesbicycle.com - Click on the
NPO Help Centre green circle

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

24. THANK YOU