The Standards are for everyone working in the creative sector, at every level of seniority. They aim to illustrate what a safe and inclusive working environment, which treats people with dignity, looks like, and are scalable to any size of organisation, production or project.

The Standards provide a framework that sets out the minimum standards of behaviour expected to ensure safe and inclusive working environments – setting clear and consistent expectations for everyone working across the sector, and empowering people to speak up when those expectations aren’t met. This represents a fundamental shift from fragmented approaches to unified accountability.

The Standards were crafted through detailed and extensive collaboration with key organisations in the film, television, theatre and music sectors. They have been adopted across the creative sector and CIISA is developing a range of materials to support their use.

There are four distinct Standards: Safe Working Environments, Inclusive Working Environments, Open and Accountable Reporting Mechanisms, Responsive Learning Culture.