MANAGER OR AGENT

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SUSTAINABILITY

Make environmental sustainability a priority in your business and put in place a public environmental policy and action plan with a net zero target. Nominate someone on your team who is responsible for greening your activity. Guidelines to writing an environmental policy and action plan

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ENERGY

Switch to 100% renewable electricity for your office (or generate your own) and encourage your staff, artists, and partners to do the same.
Switchit
can tell you how green your current provider is and suggest alternatives.

Find out more: Renewable Electricity Factsheet. Get a quote from Good Energy / Ecotricity

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ARTISTS

Speak with your artists and support them to take action. Work with them to support environmental causes or campaigns they care about. See artist section.

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ETHICAL PENSIONS

Divest your pension fund from fossil fuels

Look to switch to an ethical pension fund with a focus on green investment, and/or lobby your pension provider to create a more climate-proof pension plan.

For Pension Divestment https://makemymoneymatter.co.uk/

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OFFSETTING

Offset or balance your air and other travel. Download theEcolibriumTravel Carbon Calculator app designed to help everyone in the industry from artists to managers, event professionals and freelancers make a significant difference to the carbon footprint of their work by reducing the carbon emissions from travel and balancing unavoidable emissions though their climate solutions programmes (Energy Revolution - Renewable energy projects AND/OR Trees+- tree planting, rainforest protection & ecosystem regeneration)

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BANKING

Ask your bank about their ethical lending and investment policy and pressure them to improve it. If you can, switch your business banking to an ethical bank that doesn’t invest in carbon intensive fossil fuels. Consider investing in renewable energy projects.
Switchit
can tell you how green your current bank is and suggest alternatives.

For example, FEAT in Australia is a fund that works with artists to make investments into renewable energy projects – let’s talk about setting up something similar in the UK!

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COLLABORATE

Build up relationships with trusted environmental partners, events, and campaigns.

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GOVERNMENT

Write to government representatives at DCMS, BEIS, and your local MPs about the actions you’re taking and your support for more ambitious climate policy.

CAMPAIGNS

CAMPAIGNS

PENSION CAMPAIGN

The UK music industry is a financial powerhouse. Recording and live contributed over £6 billion to the UK economy in 2018 according to UK Music. Across the business, pension schemes and banking holds millions of pounds of value. That money can also contribute to the climate crisis. By switching funds away from polluters and fossil fuel companies, the UK music industry can make a real and powerful contribution to a greener future.

CAMPAIGNS

MUSICIANS’ RAILCARD

Touring is a major contributor of emissions but a necessity for artists and fans alike. We all want to see our favourite artists live, artists want to see their fans. What if we could make touring greener? One way would be to use railway networks but, currently, this is price prohibitive. Music Declares is calling on the government to consider a musician’s railcard to reduce prices and revolutionise touring.

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BANDSTAND PROJECT

Demonstrating best practice in powering small to medium scale outside events, the Bandstand project uses a compact, portable solar battery powered system to power outside live music events across the UK in 2021 and creates a forum to educate and engage local audiences and empower and support local venues.