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Launched in 2022, the Green Action Program (GAP) has supported music businesses across Australia to better understand, monitor and improve their environmental impact. Green Music Australia was excited to deliver our music industry training initiative to seven NSW-based music businesses in 2024, including:

  • Association of Artist Managers (AAM)
  • Club 77
  • Cobargo Folk Festival
  • Fillmore's
  • Live Nation (including Spilt Milk and Anita’s Theatre)
  • The Servo
  • Yours and Owls

Past GAP alumni include ABC Music, UNIFIED Music Group, The Corner Hotel, arn (Australian Radio Network), Brunswick Ballroom, MusicNSW and more. 

The 2024 New South Wales program was made possible with the support of the NSW Environment Protection Authority, the NSW Government through Create NSW, and the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.

A group photo of the GAP NSW participants, gathered outside of a cafe with natural sunlight.

The Green Action Program supports music businesses to undertake a range of hands-on, in-person and online facilitated learning modules including: 

  • First Nations First - why platforming First Nations voices matters to sustainability 
  • Policy and procedure development - how to embed climate action into organisational structures 
  • Regulatory Environment - review of recent legislative changes including plastic bans and emission reduction targets
  • Measuring impact - capturing and using data to set goals and identify and meet sustainability objectives
  • Energy 101 - A walk-through onsite energy audit at a live music venue
  • Creating tailored environmental and social impact reports 
  • National and international case studies of best practise
  • Climate leadership - gaining skills to lead operational change and achieve stakeholder approval

Club 77 Case Study

"We’ve greatly benefited from Green Music’s knowledge sharing around energy, emissions and social impact. Highly recommend all venues to get to know their team and services. We owe it to our kids' future." - Dane Gorrel, Club 77 Music Director.

Participant Outcomes:

  • A business Sustainability Action Plan created with input from your broader team
  • Data analysed and benchmarked in environmental reporting platform Amidesi for three years post program
  • Policies & procedures that feed into your Sustainability Action Plan
  • Annual reports highlighting organisational progress and improvement pathways
  • A network of industry peers committed to climate action
  • Inspiration towards the potential for positive transformation in your business, personal life, and our industry
  • Educated staff across your business

Green Action Program 2024 Recap

"GAP was so beneficial in bringing environmental issues to the forefront of our business discussions and planning, and bringing our team on that journey. I can't wait to continue learning and taking action for our planet and people."- Fiona McAuliffe, ABC Music Label Manager

New South Wales 2023 Participants:

  • ABC Music
  • arn - Australian Radio Network
  • Electronic Music Conference
  • La La La's
  • MusicNSW
  • Oxford Art Factory
  • Universal Music Australia

Victorian 2022 Participants:

  • Brunswick Ballroom
  • Corner Hotel
  • Flow
  • Music Victoria
  • UNIFIED Music Group
  • Velodrome Events


If you'd like more information about the Green Action Program, email us at [email protected]

 

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Green Music Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and meet and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. When musicians stand up and speak up for the environment, we’re following the lead of Indigenous people who have cared for Country for tens of thousands of years. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and appreciate the pivotal role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within the Australian community - including the music scene. We acknowledge that this land – which we benefit from occupying – was stolen, and that sovereignty was never ceded.

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