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A C T I O N W E E K

We are very grateful to our key sponsors without whom the Creative Green Awards

would not have been possible:

We would like to thank the judges of the 2019 Creative Green Awards:

Jonathan Badyal, Juliet Davenport, Julie Godefroy and Bella Sereno.

This year’s 2019 Creative Green Awards are part of London Climate Action Week.

Julie’s Bicycle would particularly like to thank the inspiring community of Creative Green organisations who are pioneering

sustainable cultural practice.

O U R T H A N K S

18:00 Doors open and welcome drinks

Kindly donated by Borough Wines

18:30 Awards Ceremony Welcome

Amani Saeed

18:35 Curzon welcome and short film selection

Welcome

Alison Tickell

19:05

19:10 Keynote

Farhana Yamin

19:20 Awards Presentations Part I

19:35 Transitioning to Clean Energy

Juliet Davenport

19:45 Awards Presentations Part II

20:05 Poetry performance

Amani Saeed, Barbican Young Poet

P R O G R A M M E

20:10 Outstanding Achievement Award

Baroness Lola Young

20:15 Close

20:30 Drinks, nibbles and networking

21:00 Bar opens

20:00 Creative Green Champions

N O M I N E E S

C O M M I T M E N T

• Electric Picnic

• London Theatre Consortium

• Shambala

B E S T M U L T I - A R T S C E N T R E

• Barbican Centre

• HOME Manchester

• Somerset House

Presented by Jonathan Badyal Presented by Farhana Yamin

U N D E R S T A N D I N G

• BRIT Awards

• Festival Republic

• National Theatre

B E S T C U L T U R A L V E N U E

• Almeida Theatre

• Battersea Arts Centre

• Lyric Hammersmith

• Sadler’s Wells

Presented by Sian Alexander Presented by Sam Lee

I M P R O V E M E N T

• Battersea Arts Centre

• Norwich Theatre Royal

• Sadler’s Wells

• Theatre Royal Stratford East

• Unicorn Theatre

C R E A T I V E P R O G R A M M I N G

• National Theatre

• Old Vic

• Somerset House

• Studio Olafur Eliasson

Presented by Michael Pinksy Presented by Melvin Benn

B E S T N E W C O M E R

• Barbican Centre

• Bow Arts

• HOME Manchester

• Onassis Cultural Centre

• Opera North

B E S T C R E A T I V E G R O U P

• Curzon

• Festival Republic

• London Theatre Consortium

• Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Presented by Judy Ling Wong Presented by Heather Ackroyd

O U T S T A N D I N G A C H I E V E M E N T

• Almeida Theatre

• Battersea Arts Centre

• Lyric Hammersmith

• Sadler’s Wells

• Shambala

B E S T F E S T I V A L

• Download

• Electric Picnic

• Latitude

• Leeds

• Shambala

Presented by Fay Milton Presented by Baroness Lola Young

Farhana Yamin s an environmental lawyer, climate change and

development policy expert. In addition to founding Track 0, she

is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House.She was a negotiator

for the Alliance of Small Island States, and Lead Author for the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an Advisor to the Republic

of the Marshall Islands (RMI) for the 2015 Paris Agreement and is

widely credited with getting the goal of net-zero emissions by mid-

century into the Paris Agreement.

In 2018, she joined Extinction Rebellion as coordinator of their Political

Team, advocating the use of peaceful mass civil disobedience and was

arrested in April 2019 for glueing herself to the HQ of oil giant, Shell.

Farhana is on the board of UK Greenpeace UK, advisory board of WWF

and Julie’s Bicycle’s board (July 2019).

K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R

F A R H A N A Y A M I N

K E Y N O T E

Jonathan Badyal is Head of Communications

at Universal Music UK, the UK’s leading music

company. He works across all aspects of the

company’s internal and external communications.

He is also on the Boards of the Roundhouse,

Black Country Living Museum and is an associate

Board member of Julie’s Bicycle.

J B W O U L D L I K E

T O T H A N K O U R

J U D G E S

Juliet Davenport is founder and Chief Executive

Officer of Good Energy – a 100% renewable

energy company with a mission to power a

greener, cleaner future together. She is a

recognised expert in the energy sector and is

passionate about supporting socially responsible

business.

Julie Godefroy is a chartered engineer, working

as an independent sustainability consultant and

part-time as CIBSE’s Technical Manager. She has

a particular interest in housing and in historic

buildings. She is on the advisory group for UCL’s

MSc Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings,

and sustainability advisor for the National Trust’s

Historic Environment Group. She is a member of

the Creative Green Advisory Group.

Bella Sereno is Resource Manager at Tate. She

leads the staff and visitor experience through the

gallery’s innovative waste reduction programme.

With nine years of experience in the waste

management industry, her expertise includes

providing innovative solutions to achieve and

maintain corporate waste management and

sustainability objectives.

Jonathan BadyalHead of Communications at Universal Music UK

Sian AlexanderExecutive Director of Lyric, Hammersmith

Michael PinskyBritish artist

Judy Ling Wong OBEHonorary President of Black Environment Network

Fay MiltonDrummer, English rock band Savages

Farhana YaminEnvironmental lawyer, climate change and development policy expert

Sam LeeFolk singer, song collector, radio host, broadcaster and animateur

Melvin BennManaging Director of Festival Republic

Heather AckroydOne half of artist duo Ackroyd and Harvey

Baroness Lola Young of HornseyCross-parliamentary peer and co-Chair, Foundation for Future London

A W A R D S

P R E S E N T E D B Y

Amani Saeed is a London-born American-British-Indian-Middle-

Eastern-etc spoken word artist. She is a Barbican Young Poet, member

of The Yoniverse, and has worked with the Roundhouse, the BBC, and

the Huffington Pos. Amani’s work brings the big issues to your kitchen

table. It explores the crisis cultivated by living between sometimes (but

not always) contradictory cultures, treading the line between masjid

and mini skirt.

You can find her online @amanithepoet, or at amanisaeed.com.

P E R F O R M E R + M C

A M A N I S A E E D

P E R F O R M E R

Creative Green Award Winners’ Plates 2019

Award winners have all been presented with an award plate using waste

materials, created through a collaboration between MaterialDriven and ECOR.

MaterialDriven is a design agency and materials library, which serves as an

interface between the developers of sustainable, new materials and brands

or institutions seeking to learn about and apply them. The company’s projects

are educational, curatorial and commercial in nature, with a presence in the

UK, US and Spain. MaterialDriven has worked with ECOR to create the Creative

Green Awards 2019. With ECOR technology, fibre waste streams are converted

into panel materials with a wide range of applications, such as displays,

signage, furniture, building materials, consumer goods and secondary

packaging. ECOR’s mission is to enable their clients to achieve their Circular

Economy ambitions. ECOR is Cradle-to-Cradle certified and is eligible for

LEED credits.

Creative Green Champions

Green Champions will receive gift bags including Curzon memberships, In

Our Hands films, a bottle of delicious fizzy English wine from Fitz, plus a

cake from Luminary bakery.

A W A R D S

Fitz are a sponsor who have provided their sparkling wine made and sourced in England to our award winners.

A social enterprise offering opportunities for women from disadvantaged backgrounds to build a future for themselves.

Good Energy is a pioneering, clean energy company whose purpose is to

power the choice of a cleaner, greener future for everyone. Having led the

way in clean energy since 1999, Good Energy is making it easier for people

and businesses to make renewable energy part of their lives. Good Energy

powers homes and businesses with 100% renewable electricity from a

community of over 1,400 UK generators and owns and operates two wind

farms, including the UK’s first commercial wind farm, and six solar farms.

In addition, Good Energy offers a green gas product which contains 6%

biomethane — gas produced here in the UK from food waste. To make

it completely carbon neutral, emissions from the rest of the gas their

customers use is balanced through supporting verified carbon-reduction

schemes in Malawi, Vietnam and Nepal. Good Energy supplies 100%

renewable power to a number of organisations in the arts and cultural

sector, including Opera North, Ealing Studios, BAFTA, and Blenheim Palace.

Good Energy, named in the top 10 most ethical companies, is supporting

the creative industries, arts and culture to switch to renewable energy and

align with zero carbon international targets. If you are interested in joining

the Creative Energy community and switching to 100% renewable energy

get in touch at business-sales@goodenergy.co.uk.

G O O DE N E R G Y

T H A N K S T O

O U R S P O N S O R

Seacourt believe it’s no longer enough to do less harm, we all need to do

more good. Seacourt is a net-positive printing business that gives more

back to the environment than they take. They print materials in a 100%

renewably-powered factory using 100% post-consumer recycled paper

and a waterless and chemical-free printing process. Seacourt has achieved

a net-positive impact in their printing process by committing to reduce

carbon emissions and producing zero waste to landfill, with the result that

they have gone beyond Carbon Neutral in their environmental impact with

Planet Positive Printing.

Recognised with three Queens Awards for Sustainability, they are pioneers

in the circular economy. Seacourt’s Net Positive is achieved through

offsetting via the Ecomapua program, a leading United Nations-backed

project at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest helping to safeguard 86,000

hectares and reforesting a further 1,200 hectares, which includes support

for a local cooperative.

S E A C O U R T

T H A N K S T O

O U R S P O N S O R

Pilio was founded in 2011 as a spin-out of the University of Oxford’s

Environmental Change Institute. Founders Catherine Bottrill and

Dr. Russell Layberry bring a combined 30 years of experience in the field

of sustainability and energy management to help businesses develop

innovative solutions to reduce costs, lower carbon emissions, and

ultimately transform the way they use energy.

Many Creative Green organisatios use Pilio’s services to track their energy

use and develop their environmental strategies to engage staff, audiences,

visitors, and other internal and external stakeholders. Pilio has helped

clients achieve their environmental ambitions by transforming energy

intelligence into actionable insight.

P I L I O

T H A N K S T O

O U R S P O N S O R

First Mile is a leading environmental company at the forefront of the waste

and recycling industry. Since 2004, First Mile has helped over 25,000

businesses save money and improve their environmental performance.

With sustainable recycling solutions for over 20 types of materials, First

Mile has a strict no landfill policy and strives to close the loop where

possible. First Mile is based on a transparent value structure, offering

flexible collections, a straightforward pricing scheme, and an emphasis on

reporting to support customers in leaving a greener footprint. First Mile

provides Curzon with “zero waste to landfill” services across their cinemas.

F I R S T

M I L E

T H A N K S T O

O U R S P O N S O R

We are grateful to Borough Wines, our wine sponsor for the evening, who

have pioneered an environmentally-friendly and affordable refill option for

their delicious wines.

Freedom Brewery have kindly sponsored this evenings beer. Freedom

Brewery produce an organic lager that does not use isinglass finings to

clarify their beer, meaning all are 100% vegan.

Our soft drinks sponsor this evening is a fairtrade organic cola and

lemonade company created to support a social enterprise in Sierra Leone.

Today’s nibbles and canapes are provided by London-based

sustainable food company Elysia, who have so far saved around

9 tonnes of artisan ingredients from going to landfill by delivering their

food around London by bicycle for events from 40 to 400 guests.

T H A N K S

A L S O T O

Curzon is a UK-based cinema company with 13 sites, seven in London

and six further afield around the country. Known for its premium offering,

carefully-curated atmosphere and comfortable cinema experience, Curzon

has been around since 1934 and is steadily expanding. Building on Curzon’s

reputation for providing new perspectives and challenging audiences,

Curzon has been working in partnership with Julie’s Bicycle to create and

foster a sustainable culture – demonstrating and amplifying good practice

and inspiring its community to action.

Over the last two years the partnership has involved policy development,

staff training, energy management expertise, procurement advice and

certification assessing the environmental commitment, understanding

and improvement of Curzon venues across the country. Through this

partnership Curzon has developed three core environmental values to

frame its sustainability strategy: Leadership, Resilience, and People. In

2018, Curzon’s pioneering work in the sector was recognised at the Creative

Green Awards where Curzon was named Best Creative Group.

Curzon Cinemas: Best Creative Group Winner 2018 and 2019 Nominee

C U R Z O N

O U R H O S T

Creative Green is an action-based programme which helps creative

organisations reduce environmental impacts and embed sustainable

practices, in line with zero carbon international targets.

Get in touch at info@juliesbicycle.com.

C R E A T I V E

G R E E N

A B O U T

Julie’s Bicycle mobilises direct action on climate change and the

environment across the arts and culture. It works across sectors,

activities, and scales to reach a net zero carbon goal and a cultural

community at peace with nature.

To find out what you can do, talk to us, vsit our website, or connect on

social media @JuliesBicycle.

juliesbicycle.com.

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