Working Group on Sustainability
ECSA created a Working Group on Sustainability to tackle the topic of environmental sustainability within the profession of music authors and look into ways of making composer and songwriter associations operate more sustainably.
Members of the Working Group on Sustainability
- Niilo Tarnanen, Composer and educator (Finland)
- Wally Badarou, Composer and musician (France)
- Melpomeni Kermanidou, Composer and musician (UK)
- Nina Lith, Communication Manager (Finland)
ECSA Sustainability Charter
In November 2024, ECSA published its Charter on Sustainability. The publication of ECSA's Charter on Sustainability marks the culmination of the activities of ECSA’s Working Group on Sustainability under its Creative Europe application for the period 2022-2024. By outlining a series of pledges the Charter provides a way to keep track of our progress towards these efforts in the long term, offering a tangible record of our alliance's commitment to environmental sustainability.
While acknowledging that sustainability is a notion that encompasses a multitude of aspects, including social, cultural and economic ones, the Charter focus specifically on the environmental dimension of sustainability. ECSA recognises the existential threat and devastating impact of climate change and is committed to supporting the EU’s implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement through the European Green Deal, which is also identified as one of the cross-cutting priorities of the Creative Europe programme.