Green Action Program
Eight leading organisations in the music industry have taken action in response to climate change, including reducing their reliance on single-use plastics.
Filling the GAP
Green Music Australia’s Green Action Program, an 8-week intensive sustainability program, was delivered in NSW for the first time. Seven organisations (ABC Music, Australian Radio Network, Electronic Music Conference, Lalalas, MusicNSW, Oxford Art Factory and Universal Music Group) participated in nine workshops covering topics such as improving knowledge and raising awareness on First Nations Leadership, changemaking, sustainability in practice, waste, environmental impact and data, energy, and sound pollution.
Workshops and one-on-one sessions helped raise awareness on the single use plastics bans with organisations and their wider staff. Participants were trained to become sustainability leaders in their organisation, educate other staff members to make change, and share positive sustainability actions with their stakeholders and peers, showing that simple actions can deliver positive results.
Participants created sustainability action plans with clear steps, timelines, and accountabilities to drive environmental changes within their organisations. Green Music walks alongside these organisations helping to create benchmark data and put in place monitoring systems to make sure activities are having desired effects. Green Music will continue to work with participants to support with data needs and refine policies in the long term.
GAP has pulled back the curtain on taking action on sustainability in my organisation for me. Both how the many threads intersect - and how to shift the needle on them to tangible meaning.
- Sarah Salkild, arn