In May 2021 Adelaide Fringe committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as an ongoing pledge to generate positive social and environmental change.
Our Sustainability Committee has identified seven of the seventeen goals that Adelaide Fringe will work to implement whilst creating awareness on all seventeen goals. A to-do list for the world, the ‘Global Goals’ are a call for action by all countries to promote prosperity while protecting the planet.
Adelaide Fringe’s Sustainability Committee collaborated with external experts as well as internal departments to devise the actions within this plan. The actions have been created organically by the committee and represent Adelaide Fringe’s sincere dedication to positive social and environmental change.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
Build on the Audience Survey in order to measure the impact that Adelaide Fringe has on the broader mental health and well-being of Fringe-goers, in order to report on this through our annual review. Include consistent questions to collate data for annual reporting.
Maintain a minimum of 50% of Adelaide Fringe HQ staff to be qualified in Mental Health First Aid at all times.
3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.and promote mental health and well-being.
Annually engage a local mental health/wellbeing service to assess and improve actions Adelaide Fringe can take to promote good mental health and well-being to Artists, Venues and Audiences.
Increase the average attendance by 25% of staff and volunteers at the Volunteer Social Catch-ups during the Adelaide Fringe season and enquire about barriers to participation annually. The aim is to increase the connection to the community and to reduce social isolation within the volunteering team.
Initiate and continue to roll out the ‘Good Fringe-Goer’ campaign, to encourage and bring awareness about Adelaide Fringe etiquette to Adelaide Fringe patrons. This includes but is not limited to: being COVID safe, responsible consumption of alcohol and being a responsible consumer at Adelaide Fringe.
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.
Adelaide Fringe will commit to providing a Professional Development Series to upskill and train creative entrepreneurs, and continue to advocate for the needs of small and medium sized creative enterprises at Government level to ensure ongoing sustainable growth is benchmarked against other industries.
Adelaide Fringe to produce and distribute grants to Artists, Venues and Producers to help support their work and make their Fringe seasons financially sustainable, and securing perpetual investments to the Artist Fund and artist loans scheme increasing equality for participation.
8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for people of all genders,including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.
Instigate an audit of the recruitment process at Adelaide Fringe, ensuring the process is accessible and inclusive for all applicants.
8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.
Adelaide Fringe to provide an optional follow up meeting for all short term, internship and casual contracted staff to assist in the mapping out of future employment opportunities with Adelaide Fringe as well as associated businesses.
Have a minimum of three paid internships undertaken annually, to increase employment opportunities from marginalised communities at Adelaide Fringe e.g. AFL ArtsReady.
Create and implement an action plan for the process to follow in the event of Adelaide Fringe supporting local vulnerable communities to learn how to create long-term sustainable events/event seasons.
Drive tourism to local vulnerable communities (such as bushfire affected areas, regional communities) through avenues such as regional Fringe activities, Fringe in Your Hood and Fringe lists. This could be facilitated through providing artist fund grants, sourcing funding and advocating for financial support to councils or tourism associations in these areas. Also, providing resources to potential Fringe venues and artists in these areas to achieve a successful Fringe season.
Reduce inequality within and among countries.
10.2 By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
Create, implement and review a Reconciliation Action Plan, lodged with Reconciliation Australia.
Create, implement and review a Disability Inclusion Action Plan. 2021-2023
Engage third parties to advise on how communications from Adelaide Fringe can be more accessible to a diverse range of audiences through changing the way information is presented. This outreach will be a commitment to ongoing communications to increase participation from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
10.3 Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.
Ensure all Adelaide Fringe managed offices/worksites have accessible and gender neutral bathrooms as a standard, setting the standard for all venues which participate in Fringe.
Increase accessibility to the arts by purchasing tickets for disadvantaged groups, schools and individuals who may otherwise not be able to experience Adelaide Fringe.
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
11.2 By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons.
Implement marketing collateral that explains how to get around Fringe, working with our sponsors and partners to bring information to our customers and greater community on how to safely and effectively travel through the Fringe network.
11.4 Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage.
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Instigate Adelaide Fringe staff onboarding to include ‘how to get here’ section, encouraging the use of public transport, cycling, car sharing and other methods of transport which are affordable and sustainable. Include information on traveling after hours, such as night time bus timetables, to assist with providing a safe means of transportation to all staff.
Create, implement and review a Reconciliation Action Plan, lodged with Reconciliation Australia.
11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.
Devise, implement and review an Environmental Code of Conduct of which Adelaide Fringe and its associated stakeholders hold itself accountable. This includes creating a waste prevention flow chart (including chemical waste) in order to use preventative measures in the first instance.
11.7 By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities.
Create, implement and review a Disability Inclusion Action Plan.
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
12.4 By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
12.5 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
12.6 Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.
Reach out to Fringe Venues to learn their current practices and research the sustainable practices of SA waste management companies. Include any well placed companies on the Artist and Venue preferred suppliers AVR resource.
Devise, implement and review an Environmental Code of Conduct of which Adelaide Fringe and its associated stakeholders hold itself accountable. This includes creating a waste prevention flow chart (including chemical waste) in order to use preventative measures in the first instance.
Be a leader in the Fringe and Festival circuit nationally and internationally regarding sustainability practices and adoption of the global goals.
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
13.2 Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning. Implement a Motor Vehicle policy to include hybrid or 100% electric vehicles to be used where possible.
Investigate how much energy the Adelaide Fringe HQ, produced events and Warehouse consumes. Use this information to implement a Carbon Offset policy for the Adelaide Fringe, with the goal to reduce and offset our total energy usage by 2025.
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
17.16 Enhance the global partnership for sustainable development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the sustainable development goals in all countries, in particular developing countries.
Create an ethical procurement policy with board approval which implements the requirement for good working conditions, sustainable materials and share with partners ensuring our partners values align with the Adelaide Fringe values.
17.19 By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries.
In 2030 build on and create a new, updated Sustainability Action Plan for Adelaide Fringe.
For public enquiries about our Sustainability Action Plan please contact us at: email buzz@adelaidefringe.com.au or visit adelaidefringe.com.au/environmental-sustainability
