In 2022, we published our Climate Emergency and Sustainability Plan which sets out a programme of action for Creative Scotland to work with Scotland’s culture and creative sectors over the coming years to take a significant step up in the contribution we make to achieving the targets within the Climate Change (Scotland) Act.
The implementation of the Plan amplifies the key role that culture and creativity already play in helping address the climate emergency, both in terms of the actions being taken and the ability for creative practice, in all its forms, to tell the story of the climate emergency, to influence and inspire others to take action.
This year, we are publishing our first Annual Review of progress on the actions contained within the plan (2023/24), and also our organisational emissions (2022/23), Regularly Funded Organisations (RFO) emissions (2022/23) and examples of work we fund which deliver on our environmental sustainability funding criteria (2023/24).
This report increases the visibility of the work the sector is undertaking as agents of transformational change but also delivers on one of the actions within the Plan to report progress annually.