{"content":[{"text":"In supporting the local economy the council recognises that our recovery needs to be \n sustainable, supporting low carbon activities and the green economy. Taking its \n leadership role means influencing others, be they local communities, businesses, \n partnership organisations, suppliers or networks.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.132792,"width":0.757004,"height":0.072605}},{"text":"What does this mean for the cultural and creative industries in \n North Somerset? \n Like most activities, cultural and creative industries have an impact on the \n environment, but we recognise that the environmental challenges facing the sector \n are diverse and complex, reflecting the wide spectrum of activities undertaken.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.239877,"width":0.7345490000000001,"height":0.11321899999999996}},{"text":"The council aims to support cultural and creative industries in reducing their \n environmental impacts and carbon footprint and have sustainable behaviours \n embedded in their organisations and their work, with the additional cost reductions \n that this can often bring. Other environmental impacts besides carbon emissions are \n also important. Some aspects of resource use and waste streams can be measured \n in terms of their equivalent carbon emissions, others can nonetheless be monitored \n and reduced.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.372708,"width":0.756336,"height":0.13719600000000004}},{"text":"The influence of cultural and creative industries","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.526424,"width":0.5348430000000001,"height":0.022962999999999956}},{"text":"The cultural and creative industries influence the wider public through their \n communication of ideas, emotions and values. Indeed, this influence is seen by \n many as the unique and distinctive contribution that these sectors make to \n addressing the troubling environmental changes taking place, and the risks we face. \n We are keen, then, to see how the sector uses its influence, through the work they \n produce and present, through the way in which they operate and through their \n communication with their audiences, networks, and partners.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.568712,"width":0.748156,"height":0.137208}},{"text":"Measuring impact – What you can do","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.722441,"width":0.41425500000000004,"height":0.022962999999999956}},{"text":"1.","bbox":{"left":0.15122,"top":0.764799,"width":0.01689199999999999,"height":0.01962699999999995}},{"text":"Develop an Environmental Policy","bbox":{"left":0.181449,"top":0.764799,"width":0.318202,"height":0.01962699999999995}},{"text":"Measuring and reporting carbon emissions and other environmental impacts is \n the essential first step to reducing them. To put these measures in place \n organisations first need to agree on what will be measured and how and \n developing an Environmental Policy will provide the framework for this.","bbox":{"left":0.15122,"top":0.803924,"width":0.6988509999999999,"height":0.07833100000000004}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}