Cultural management is an essential part of sustainable development
In 2015 the historic and legally binding Paris Agreement gave us a road map to address climate change once and for all. 195 nations universally adopted this agreement, committing to holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°c above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature. ENCATC wants to contribute to the achievements of the Paris agreement goals by continuing to build a “green” organisation through a sustainable management policy.
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ENCATC: an environmentally responsible organisation
AWARENESS
Awareness of the importance of a sustainable way of life is enhanced and communicated to our members, stakeholders and followers, to assure they share our concerns about a greener future.
To help them be engaged and leading actors on climate change, we have released a special issue of our newsletter.
In March 2018, we have also started a new strategic cooperation with Julie's Bicycle; a charity bridging the gap between environmental sustainability and the creative sector. Thanks to this cooperation ENCATC launched a series called the Creative Climate Movement with the aim to empower our members, stakeholders and followers with cultural responses to climate and environment.
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SUSTAINABLE COMMUNICATION
Sustainable communication is considered whenever applicable: we disseminate documents and papers for meetings electronically (at least 80%); we communicate with members and stakeholders with e-format newsletter and reports; we have subscribed exclusively for online and e-format advertising and promotional material; we strive to use online services such as online banking, insurance and human resource services, wherever possible.
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WASTE MANAGEMENT
In order to minimize our waste stream, we have a “Zero single-used plastic” policy at the office.We use only high capacity ink cartridges and recycled paper; we sort and recycle our waste; we are also trying to implement a circular economy in regards with the waste generated by our Annual Congress.
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FOOD & WATER
We buy local and organic food and we drink tap water at the office. For our events and activities, we work mainly with organic catering (http://www.oups.be/). We avoid plastic/single serve containers, we try to offer more vegetarian options, and to have water bottled from local taps. We also try to adapt food quantity to avoid having unused leftovers.
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TRANSPORT & ACCOMMODATION
Transport modes have the biggest impact on our carbon footprint. We make a constant effort to use public transport, whenever possible; we encourage our staff and members to use when possible the “slow travel” rule for travelling. We also organise online meetings and phone-conferences when possible to cut down on travel, and we pay attention to stay in green hotels,whenever possible.
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