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Sustainability

Environmental Manifesto

CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR

  • Make the environment the starting point for all creative thinking and practice.
  • Remain guided by current environmental preoccupations.
  • Focus on the geographic, environmental and cultural commonality of Scotland and the Nordic territories.

COLLABORATION

  • Collaborate with like-minded individuals and organisations
  • Share good practice across the creative industries.
  • Establish and maintain creative communities committed to sustainable practice for cumulative effect.

COMMUNICATION

  • Embrace digital media and technology
  • Commission only sustainably-produced physical media
  • Use online platforms in preference to physical meetings.

PROCUREMENT & USE

  • Source all goods and services from companies and individuals who demonstrate a commitment to sustainability; favour local and certified (Fair Trade, Organic, Sustainable) suppliers.
  • Reduce consumption at all levels.
  • Minimise waste and make best use of all current resources to process material we cannot reuse, recycle or repurpose ourselves.

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION

  • Prioritise walking, cycling and public transport and encourage our collaborators and audience to do the same.
  • Use local and sustainable accommodation providers and minimise subsistence costs.
  • Provide in-house hospitality for collaborators and audience, to minimise ad hoc consumption and waste.

SUPPORT

  • Maintain a corporate grove with Trees for Life and donate at least 5% of our turnover to planting trees.
  • Use social media to celebrate innovations in sustainable practice from across the performing arts.
  • Actively participate in public and private initiatives to foster sustainable practice in the performing arts.

EVALUATION

  • Monitor and evaluate environmental impact of Musica Nordica operations to current best practice standards
  • Assess environmental awareness and commitment of collaborators and audience at all public events
  • Review Musica Nordica Environmental Manifesto annually

 

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