Our Green Story

To preserve and promote Belfast’s rich maritime heritage for the enjoyment of current and future generations and in doing so contribute to sustainable social and economic development.

1 Comply with all relevant environmental legislation and regulations.
2 Set targets and actions within our own working environment.
3 Demonstrate best practice in sustainability through the delivery of our
projects and initiatives.
4 Influence and encourage our stakeholders and destination partners to
adopt and implement a shared sustainable vision for the waterfront.

We will:
• Continue to grow the Waterfront Neighbourhood Network.
• Lead the way in heritage education training with our industry stakeholders, destination partners and volunteers.
• Engage with local people and visitors so as they understand, value, care for and enjoy the waterfront.
• Extend and grow our Maritime Belfast Volunteer Network.
• Add to our Maritime Story Plan in collaboration with our neighbourhood communities.
• Promote, support and improve good health and wellbeing for our team, board members and volunteers.
• Educate by providing upskilling training programs for our staff, destination stakeholders and provide mentoring
and advisory support for partner organisations.
• Advance community development by enhancing and monitoring accessible free public spaces, facilities and amenities e.g. SoundYard, RiverBox and the Great Light.
• Continue to support local community initiatives, e.g. Local Community Day.
• Engage with our key stakeholders and build new partnerships.
• Energise Belfast’s waterfront to become a vibrant, accessible heritage destination, where everyone feels welcome.
• Ensure Titanic Belfast delivers a socially sensitive pricing policy

We will:

• Ensure that the operator of Titanic Belfast maintains the iconic status of the building and continues to provide an innovative world class visitor experience.
• Promote partnership and collaboration across the Maritime Mile through our destination forum, attracting visitors who will stay longer and spend more.
• Ensure Titanic Belfast and our visitor attractions provide innovative world class visitor experiences.
• Reinvest commercial income from our assets into our charitable purposes.
• Continue our partnership as part of the EU Hub-In initiative, supporting collaboration between the creative industries and neighbourhoods.
• Provide equal pay for performing artists as part of our ongoing events programme

We will:
• Ensure that the operator of Titanic Belfast maintains the iconic status of the building and continues to provide an innovative world class visitor experience.
• Promote partnership and collaboration across the Maritime Mile through our destination forum, attracting visitors who will stay longer and spend more.
• Ensure Titanic Belfast and our visitor attractions provide innovative world class visitor experiences.
• Reinvest commercial income from our assets into our charitable purposes.
• Continue our partnership as part of the EU Hub-In initiative, supporting collaboration between the creative industries and neighbourhoods.
• Provide equal pay for performing artists as part of our ongoing events programme.
• Contribute to Belfast’s city growth ambitions along the waterfront, and driving further tourism success by improving access and connections between existing assets through our waterfront framework, including enhancing active travel options.
• Continue working on the creation of a distinctive and competitive place, with a focus on climate resilience, the circular economy and green tourism.
• Improve health and wellbeing, safety and employment for local communities, creating welcoming and safe spaces for the community to flourish.

We will:
• Work towards a destination accreditation which covers 10km of accessible waterfront.
• Reduce our use of non-renewable resources, reduce waste and increase use of recycled, renewable and environmentally responsible resources in our office.
• Reduce single use plastics and become a zero-waste office by 2025.
• Set specific objectives to reduce our impact on the environment, or to improve or minimise environmental impacts in
relation to the Waterfront.

We commit to reducing energy consumption in the office by 5% by 2025 and will:
• Reduce paper use by 80%.
• Ensure that the operator contract goods and services we procure add value socially or environmentally.
• Support the wider use of sustainable materials and construction techniques.
• Reduce the impact of staff commuting and business travel by promoting low carbon travel and alternatives to travel.
• Promote sustainable transport working in partnership with Belfast Bikes and Sustrans.
• Monitor, measure and communicate our carbon footprint to inform our actions and to track and improve our performance.
• Protect our local biodiversity and ecology by implementing the waterfront promenade recommendations, in relation to local ecology and improved site planting