Serpentine Sustainability Action Plan

Serpentine acknowledges the climate emergency and recognises it as the most urgent issue of our time. As a public institution committed to supporting artists and their visions of the future, they have embedded environmental and ecological concerns across Serpentine’s programmes, infrastructure and networks.

Serpentine has been part of the Arts Council England Sustainability Spotlight Programme 2018-23 delivered by Julie’s Bicycle, striving to reduce the environmental impacts of Band 3 National Portfolio Organisations to achieve measurable carbon reductions through the development of environmental management practice.

From this work, they have developed and are implementing the Serpentine Sustainability Action Plan.

Their environmental statement informs all of their operations, from procurement and travel to cleaning products and energy and water consumption. This includes using a renewable electricity supplier, Green IT, waste recycling, using recycled and environmentally friendly products where possible. 

Working with other organisations on the South Ken ZEN+ Programme has helped the Serpentine Gallery accelerate work in some areas (like procurement) through collaborating and knowledge-sharing.