Q1
- Report Date
- November 2019
Summary
- Sustainability incorporated into the University’s Standard Operating Procedure
- New Sustainability Protocol developed and circulated
- Baseline established for tenant sustainability policies and practices
- Online hub published for sustainability information in the Festival Fringe
- Physical presence within the festival established through the ‘Sustainability Hub’
- Coordinated and delivered multiple festival sustainability events
- Helped establish a festival sustainability network of key stakeholders, including Fringe tenants
- Supervised internship on the use of single use plastics in the Festival Fringe in University venues
Further details
- Festival Sustainability Hub
- Successful planning and delivery of the project
- 11 hosts (experience mostly rated average-excellent)
- Approximately 27 events (engagement mostly rated average-good)
- Daily footfall estimate around 20, attendees mostly passersby
- Key comments from hosts: location could be more prominent, signage increased, opening hours later in the day, better weather-contingency plans, request for more online support, great initial attempt.
- Online engagement
- Total tweets: 40 Reach: 61,433 Engagement: 994 (1.6% of total reach)
- Funding
- Funding secured to support Coordinator role until end of October 2020
- Future priorities
- Developing the concept of the Festival Sustainability Hub for 2020
- Meetings with tenants to review Festival Fringe and identify opportunities for improvement
- Organise meeting on the Festival Sustainability Network on the 22nd November
- Work with key tenants to introduce reusable cup trial
- Work with Social Investment Scotland to identify opportunities to showcase social enterprise.