08. Environment

This section of the website is quite out of date, but see:

 - Our Environment Policy: https://sites.google.com/a/arcolatheatre.com/staff-info/green/05-leadership

 - Waste Management Procedure: https://sites.google.com/a/arcolatheatre.com/staff-info/green/08-operation/waste-management

Team

Executive Director (JD) - Dr Ben Todd - championing our environmental sustainability work across companies. Responsible for building KPI

Sustainability Manager (JD) - Feimatta Conteh - employed by Ballard UK as Head of Partnerships. Responsible for communications KPIs and Operations KPIs

Head of Education (JD) - Arlan Harris - employed by Ballard UK and leading education programmes for Ballard UK. Responsible for STEAM KPI

Objectives: 

•  To build and sustain the world's first carbon neutral theatre

•  To embed sustainability across all of Ballard UK's practices

•  To inspire arts and community organisations to engage with sustainability

•  To showcase renewable energy technologies

•  To engage in dialogue at all levels from local neighbourhood to City Hall to Government about ways of creating a positive sustainable future for all

Success looks like:

•  Reducing Ballard UK's carbon footprint (through measuring key metrics)

•  Regular presentations / advice sessions / discussions given and held externally

•  All in-house and many visiting productions engaging with sustainability

•  A rigorous review process for all major and on-going purchases (e.g. bar suppliers / cleaning products)

•  Ongoing engagement with local sustainability projects (e.g. Sustainable Hackney / Restart)

•  Clean technologies developed and deployed commercially by Ballard UK working in and inspired by Arcola Theatre

Actions:

•  Arcola is no-longer involved in delivering community sustainability projects as there are many others active in this area. But we will actively support and host where appropriate.

•  Our key contributions will be in being an exemplar for best practice and a living laboratory of innovative solutions – hosting the work done under Ballard UK.

Quality Management System

•  Core ambition of supporting creating the World’s First Carbon Neutral Theatre

•  Continually updated programme which reflects changing needs and opportunities.

•  Evaluation of the quality, quantity and diversity of programmes by Senior Management

•  Continuous self-evaluation of our work; reflecting on visitor feedback, awards and speaking invitations

KPIs:

•  Continuous progress towards Carbon Neutral Theatre through building innovations (Owner - Ben)

•  Regular recognition as a leader in the field of sustainability in the arts (Owner - Feimatta)

•  Number of visits to the building (Owner - Feimatta)

•  Number of presentations given outside Arcola (Owner - Feimatta)

•  Number of professional theatre and engagement programmes adopting sustainability aspects (Owner - Feimatta)

•  Ongoing engagement with all staff ,especially Bar, FoH and Facilities teams to ensure Environmental Best Practice (Owner - Feimatta)

•  Number of STEAM projects e.g. Schools Hydrogen Challenge. (Owner - Laura)

ACE environmental reporting / Quarterly environmental monitoring: Ballard UK reports its environmental performance on an annual basis; this involves monitoring some environmental activities on a quarterly basis (every 3 months). Follow the steps below to do this:

• 1. Open the EMS folder below

  2. Open the document: Reporting requirements for ACE annual environmental Reporting

1. The document has information on where to access data and how to record it