Renewables supplier Good Energy has partnered with Creative Carbon Scotland to help Scotland’s cultural sector become more sustainable.
The collaboration, match‐funded by the Culture and Business Fund Scotland (CBFS) programme, will enable the design and creation of skills workshops and online resources for the sector to empower and support ‘green champions’ working in theatre, dance, music, literature, visual arts, screen, and the creative industries.
Creative Carbon Scotland has been working with the Scottish cultural sector since 2011 to reduce the environmental impact of the arts and to explore innovative approaches to enable Scotland’s cultural sector to bring about the transformational change needed to address climate change.
The company’s Green Arts Initiative is a growing collaborative community of over 225 cultural organisations committed to environmental sustainability.
The new partnership with Good Energy follows recent work by Creative Carbon Scotland to help arts and cultural organisations reduce their energy demand through improved energy efficiency and buildings management and positive behaviour change.
The CBFS programme is funded by the Scottish Government via Creative Scotland.
Managed by independent charity Arts & Business Scotland, it seeks to encourage closer collaboration between business and the cultural sector by match funding business sponsorship of cultural projects throughout Scotland.
Creative Carbon Scotland director and founder Ben Twist said: “Ethically‐sourced renewable energy is a great way through which our sector and wider society can shape a cleaner, greener future.
“With match-funding from the Culture & Business Fund Scotland, our partnership with Good Energy aims to build up knowledge and awareness to help those working in the cultural sector to make more sustainable energy choices.”