As set out in our Environment Policy, Creative Scotland, like all Government bodies in Scotland, has a statutory requirement under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, to act:
As a public body, Creative Scotland is required to develop and implement an environment policy and to report against this annually.
We also need to be able to demonstrate how we as an organisation and the organisations we support, contribute to an environmentally aware and sustainable Scotland.
There are three main ways that Creative Scotland can, and will, act sustainably and promote sustainable action and behaviour that will, in turn, contribute to a sustainable Scotland and help address the climate change issues that face us all globally. These are:
This Environment Action Plan sets out in detail what Creative Scotland does already to deliver the above and what we intend to do in the future.