The ETC Theatre Green Book provides theatres four levels of certification: Preliminary, Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. These are based on hitting pre-defined goals across productions, buildings, and operations.
The approach is designed to be both realistic and effective, getting over the ‘piecemeal’ approach to sustainable activity that leads to “progress in one area while ignoring others that may have more impact.”
Theatres will be able to use the resulting labels on their websites and promotional material to demonstrate the extent of their sustainable progress to audiences and policymakers.
Preliminary
Preliminary is your commitment to become climate netural.
Basic
Baseline is the first step on your journey. You'll need to work differently but it isn't too hard.
For a theatre to self-certify as Basic, it would need to:
- Make the majority of its productions to basic standard, which includes that 50% of all materials used in the production have a previous life, and that 65% of materials used in the show are re-used or recycled
- Run the majority of operations to basic standard (across four out of six operational categories), which means progressive reduction of waste, monitoring audience travel, control all heating and cooling by timers to avoid energy wastage
- Develop a sustainability plan for its building and carry out ‘Easy Wins’ to reduce energy use, which might include draught proofing windows and doors, and installing hot water flow restrictors on taps and showers.
Intermediate
Intermediate reduces the damage that you cause the planet
Advanced
Advanced is as close as you can get to climate neutral.
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