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Music executives and board members were hired and promoted this week at UMG, the Television Academy, Kobalt, AIM, Warner Chappell Music and more.
âThe music industry has the opportunity to lead here,â says Lewis Jamieson, a spokesman for Music Declares Emergency. âIt can become the exemplar of a green recovery, and help the public to understand and support what that idea means.â British independent label Ninja Tune has just announced ambitious and detailed plans in response to the new sustainability drive from the European Independent Music Companies Association. The labelâs funds and pensions are divested from fossil fuels, it is installing renewable energy systems in its London headquarters and it is encourag...
Ninja Tune and Beggars Group have announced plans to become carbon negative. As part of ongoing commitments toward sustainability, Ninja Tune, home to Big Dada and Technicolour, alongside 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL and Young's parent company Beggars, have shared plans on how they intend to become carbon negative over the next decade. After hiring head of sustainability Will Hutton in March this year, Beggars is pledging to reduce its emissions by 46% by 2030. Speaking about the changes with Music Week, Hutton said: “To get to work on measuring and reducing our impact as quickly as po...
Ninja Tune have unveiled plans to become carbon negative. The independent stalwarts have committed themselves to the new aim, moving from carbon neutral to enact carbon negativity measures. It comes as the music industry looks again at sustainability efforts, with Music Declares Emergency’s Turn Up The Volume week launching today (April 18th). Music Week hosts a special report on the label groups' endeavours, with Beggars Group and Ninja Tune fulfilling their role as ounder members of IMPALA’s Sustainability Programme. Beggars - 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL and the recently re-named Youn...
The program includes a 15-point climate charter. IMPALA is launching a program to help make the European independent music industry more sustainable, the trade body announced today. The sustainability program is based on a package compiled by a task force initiated and chaired by Horst Weidenmüller, CEO at Europe-based label group !K7. The package includes a 15-point climate charter that sets a goal of a climate positive membership by 2030, with an interim net zero target for 2026. Though the targets are voluntary, IMPALA will provide access to guidance and training for members to assist t...