Green energy funding for London’s Creative Enterprise Zones

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged £1.2m to enable workspaces in London’s nine Creative Enterprise Zones (CEZ) to become greener and more sustainable.

Local authorities with accredited zones are being invited to apply for grants of up to £200,000 to invest in practical and achievable measures that will improve energy efficiency.

The move comes in attempt to support small creative businesses and organisations that face the pressure of rising energy bills.

Khan said rising energy costs are hitting the arts, cultural and creative industries hard.

“It is vital that [the sector] is supported to become more energy efficient, especially as these businesses are not protected by the energy price cap,” he added.

“This latest investment reaffirms my commitment to placing the environment at the centre of our economic recovery and will help workplaces deal with burden of the cost of living crisis and spiralling energy bills as we build back a fairer, greener city for all.”

To date, the CEZ programme has invested £14m to support London’s artists and creative businesses and has established nearly 1,000 creative training, work placements and jobs across the nine zones.