Promising a vision of ‘transformational action on the climate crisis’, the founding Signatories of the ‘Music Climate Pact ’cross several areas of the music business and include all three major music groups – Sony Music Group, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. Independent labels Beggars Group, BMG, Brownswood Recordings, Ninja Tune, Secretly Group, Warp are also involved.
The commitment involves the founding Signatories being required to sign up to one of two schemes by February 2022, either the Science Based Targets Initiative or the UN-backed Race to
Members have also committed to sharing data, insights and resources, as well as providing support for artists to engage and speak up about climate issues.
In addition to its Signatories, the Music Climate Pact is also working with other businesses within the music industry that share the same vision for a cleaner, more efficient and sustainable music market. Some of these initial ‘Supporters’ include IFPI, Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), Julie’s Bicycle, Key Production and Music Declares Emergency.
Paul Pacifico, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Independent Music (AIM), said:“The climate crisis is the single greatest challenge facing the world's population. No single business can solve this global threat on their own and it has been inspirational to see so much of the global music sector come together to take action.”
Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI & BRIT Awards, said: “The music community must take a leadership position on this most urgent of issues to support the work already being progressed by record labels to make their operations more sustainable. It means not just taking our own effective and co-ordinated industry action to respond to the climate crisis, but using the power of music to help inspire others in effecting meaningful change.”
Paul Redding, CEO of Beggars Group (UK) said: “The Music Climate Pact shows the willingness of the whole music industry to work collaboratively on climate issues. Building on IMPALA’s project to develop a carbon calculator tool, all signatories will be pulling in the same direction on sustainability topics. This will help our industry achieve carbon reductions more efficiently as we carry out the same work, in the same way, at the same time.”
Peter Quicke, Co-CEO of Ninja Tune said: "Music is a powerful force for community and communication, and so we have a responsibility to ensure the power of music is used to help combat the climate crisis, that the voices of artists and labels are used to call for change. One key part of that is for music to reduce its own footprint, and to engage with our upstream and downstream partners in reducing their footprint.”
More information can be found by visiting the Music Climate Pact website at www.musicclimatepact.com.
