Vision: 2025 and Julie’s Bicycle have launched a 12-month pilot with ten local authorities including Manchester, Bristol and Reading, to test how the Green Events Code of Practice (GECOP) can be used to embed sustainability within local authority processes. The project is co-funded by Arts Council England and participating local authorities.
GECOP has been developed as a collaboration between the outdoor events industry, local authorities and other stakeholders, to create a clear and consistent understanding and approach to sustainable best practice for the sector, and was launched last year as a working draft with the support of music industry body LIVE. Earlier this year, a first concrete step was taken by publishing the Environmental Sustainability chapter of the Purple Guide, based on the Green Events Code of Practice.
