Environmental Sustainability
By its very nature, the theatre industry is transitory and often resource-intensive. As such, we have a responsibility to minimise our negative environmental impacts. At the SJT we are committed to this aim, and are continually working to minimise our impact.
To track and report on our impact, we use tools provided by Julie’s Bicycle. Julie’s Bicycle is a London-based charity that supports the creative community to act on environmental sustainability and works in partnership with Arts Council England to inspire environmental action across the arts and cultural sector.
They offer free carbon calculators designed for the creative sector, allowing us to track emissions from energy, travel, waste and materials, and turn this data into action.
We also use the Theatre Green Book, an industry-wide initiative to work more sustainably. It is a free resource for everyone in the performing arts, working in any role and at all scales, providing a framework for planning, best practice guidance, a measurement system and shared standards.
You can find our Environmental Sustainability Policy here and our annual reports below.
As well as our yearly progress outlined in these reports, there are ongoing actions we take to reduce our impact which are now standard practice.
These include:
• Ensuring we recycle as much waste as possible within the building
• Using 100% degradable membership cards
• Trees are planted on our behalf by our membership card and print suppliers
• Choosing a 100% renewable tariff – all our electricity is generated with zero emissions
• Committing to use responsibly sourced FSC certified paper where possible.
How you can help!
You can help us to reduce our impact by using more sustainable methods of transport to get to the theatre and recycling our paper brochures and flyers.
