Manchester Collective is a new kind of arts organisation, built for a fresh and diverse musical world. We create intimate and intense human experiences, inspired by the music that we love, for everyone. We are passionate about people and the planet, and we recognise our responsibility to put forward-thinking environmental sustainability at the heart of what we do. By fully embedding sustainability into the heart of our organisation, we hope to support and inspire our audiences, communities, partners, stakeholders and fellow arts organisations to take action and play their part in creating a better world for everyone.

We commit to:

• Embedding sustainability principles into all Manchester Collective activities

• Establishing a baseline for our operational activities at Manchester Collective HQ

• Reducing the environmental footprint of our concert tours

• Researching how to reduce the environmental footprint of broadcasts and recordings

• Complying with all environmental legislation

• Reviewing our sustainability policies and Environmental Action Plan annually

• Providing information on our sustainability activities on our website

Organisational culture

• MC’s Environmental Sustainability Subcommittee will oversee the delivery of sustainability policies and the Environmental Action Plan and report progress quarterly to the MC Board of Trustees.

• We will ensure that everyone involved in MC – staff, board and freelance creative, artistic and production staff – play a part in the Environmental Action Plan to ensure its success.

Artistic advocacy

• Climate-related themes will be integrated into artistic content and programme development.

• We will raise awareness of environmental sustainability with our musicians.

Buildings and operations

• We will take action to understand our baseline energy use, waste & recycling and water use at MC’s HQ and reduce our carbon footprint.

• By reviewing our procurement specifications, we will ensure future purchases are more sustainable.

Touring and performances

• Sustainability and its measurement will be incorporated into production briefs.

• We will review the touring programme to understand how our carbon footprint can be reduced each year.

Travel: staff, artists and audiences

• We will raise awareness of our policy on sustainable travel to all artists and staff that work with MC.

• Audiences will be encouraged to travel to concerts sustainably by MC adopting measures that promote the uptake of low carbon travel options.

• A decision matrix for international touring will ensure sustainability is considered and travel is justified.

Digital

• A project to understand the environmental footprint of broadcasting, recording and the production of vinyl & CDs will be initiated.

• We will share sector-leading practice relating to our audiences, artistic programme and performances on our website and other platforms.