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Investors in the Environment

Living and working in such a beautiful part of the world is our daily reminder that we have a responsibility to protect the nature that surrounds us. The three counties we cover – Cumbria, County Durham and Northumberland – are home to three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and three National Parks.

At Highlights we are always working very hard to improve our sustainability, whether this is reducing the amount we print, helping our venues find ways to reduce their carbon footprint, or the smaller, simpler things such as car-sharing amongst the staff and using a local milk vending machine for our morning coffees. You can read more about our sustainable journey below.

Programming

We are proud to programme work with environmental themes to inform and stimulate debate. This Autumn season we have Penguins – a brand new sensory show for children. Audiences will follow a puppet penguin’s journey as they unravel environmental challenges and the effects of climate change on their snowy habitat. The show is guided by verbatim recordings of young voices, whose wacky and wonderful ideas provide hope for a future led by an innovative, responsible generation.

Marketing and Print

All of our marketing materials – brochures, posters, flyers, postcards – are printed and supplied by two local, sustainable businesses. Both Cerberus Printing in Kirkby Stephen, and HH Reeds in Penrith, are members of the Woodland Trust Carbon Capture scheme. This means carbon from all the paper we use is offset by planting new woodland in the UK.

www.cerberusprinting.co.uk/sustainablity

www.hhreeds.co.uk/sustainability

Venues

Click here to learn about the sustainable projects and green achievements of our Venues.

Investors in the Environment

We are delighted to announce that we achieved the Bronze Award with Investors in the Environment (IiE) in October 2023, by demonstrating a commitment to reducing our environmental impact and to the continual improvement of our sustainability performance.

We are now working hard to continue improving our performance and have some exciting plans coming up over the next few months – watch this space!

 

 

 

You can download a copy of our Environment Policy here