ARTS LEADERSHIP
FOR THE CRISIS
OF OUR TIMES
MURMUR: AN INTRODUCTION
Murmur, a registered charity, founded by leaders in climate strategy and the creative industries, enables the worlds of visual arts and music to play their part in combatting the climate crisis.
OUR VISION
A society in which artists, musicians and arts leaders are informed advocates, operating in climate literate and responsible industries, and collaborating with world-class environmental organisations.
OUR MISSION
To unite the visual arts and music industries in addressing the climate crisis with the highest possible ambition by:
Funding initiatives to help our industries to decarbonise
Empowering artists’voices to create major societal change
Financing transformative climate work
THE POWER OF THE ARTS
Murmur is an opportunity for the leading voices and businesses in the art and music industries to show that they take responsibility for their impact on the planet and are committed to addressing climate change.
Art can influence society by changing opinions, instilling values and translating experiences. Artists have previously helped to shape thinking and policy on major societal issues such as race, sexuality and the AIDS epidemic.
Artists and the arts industries have the potential to ignite a critical mass of action on the climate crisis and to be leaders on this vital issue.
HOW IT WORKS
what you need to do
MEASURE - calculate and estimate your carbon emissions on an annual basis
REDUCE - establish an emissions reduction pathway and take actions to reduce your impact on the planet
DONATE - make your annual contribution to Murmur’s shared fund
COMMUNICATE - share your commitment with your network and benefit from Murmur’s donor information and events
RELY ON MURMUR TO DO THE REST
Our strategic climate fund and grant making mechanism will help you compensate for emissions you cannot yet remove in the most impactful and credible manner.
We’ll help quantify the financial value of your residual emissions
We’ll invest in organisations and projects that have the largest possible benefit to the earth
We’ll link you to the world’s most effective climate organisations and a network of likeminded arts leaders
HOW THE FUND IS DONATED
Overseen by expert advisory groups, our shared fund will donate for maximum impact, directing finance towards these three areas:
CHANGE THE INDUSTRY
Initiatives that enable the arts and music industries to decarbonise and meet the 2030 goals
CHANGE THE CONVERSATION
Training artists and arts leaders to communicate confidently about climate change
CHANGE THE WORLD
The most impactful and effective projects and NGOs addressing the climate crisis
who we are
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHRIS STARK - Chief Executive of the UK Climate Change Committee and future Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust; trustee of the V&A Dundee
CAIUS PAWSON (Chair) - Founder of Young, Ambassador for environmental NGO Client Earth
MATTHEW SLOTOVER - Co-Founder of Frieze; board member of Turner Contemporary, Sadlers Wells, the Arts Foundation and the Walpole Group, found member of the Gallery Climate Coalition
HENRIETTA FOSTER - Finance Business Partner for the Climate Change Portfolio, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
WILL HUTTON - Head of Sustainability, the Premier League. Co-founder of the Music Climate Pact
FRANCES POLLITZER - Head of Legal and Business Affairs at Domino Recording Company
IMOGEN WALFORD - Director, Brunswick Arts
VEDANTHA KUMAR - Climate Manager at Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
the team
VICTORIA SIDDALL - Founding Director. Co-founder and trustee of Gallery Climate Coalition; Non-executive Director of Frieze; trustee of National Portrait Gallery, Studio Voltaire and The Ampersand Foundation
IAN STANTON - Sustainability Adviser. Head of Sustainability at Beggars Group of independent record labels; formerly Head of Sustainability at Natural Environment Research Council and The Woodland Trust
DOLLY HAZLITT-POWELL - Director of Operations. Formerly Head of Operations for BAFTA albert, the home of environmental sustainability in the screen industries
WITH THANKS TO
WOLFGANG TILLMANS Photography PETER SAVILLE Design NORTH DESIGN Design
Murmur’s Launch is supported by
The Kreitman Foundation A4 Arts Foundation The Groucho Club