Film London is a committed member of LAIN (London Anchor Institutions’ Network) and today (4 February) alongside other major organisations across the city, we celebrated five years of collective effort to build a fairer, greener, more prosperous London.

As one of the largest and most impactful anchor networks in the world, we’re proud to be part of a programme of work, backed by the Mayor of London, that is helping London and Londoners to thrive.

LAIN boasts a growing membership spanning the public, private, faith-based, education and cultural sectors. Each member has significant presence and influence in the city and has committed to working in partnership to tackle inequalities and the growing climate emergency.

We do this by using our procurement, workforce and estates to help create the conditions Londoners need to thrive – such as making changes to the way we hire people, buy goods and services, and manage our facilities to reduce carbon emissions.

In just five years, LAIN has proven it can deliver change at scale and at pace. It has:

• Opened up new opportunities for small and diverse-led businesses, awarding them more than £3.4bn worth of contracts – creating new jobs for local people and strengthening supply chains.
• Driven down carbon emissions, saving more than 311,000 tonnes of CO2e – critical to the city’s ambitions to achieve net zero.
• Transformed lives through fair pay, uplifting the salaries of more than 11,000 Londoners through new London Living Wage accreditations – helping more Londoners to thrive.
• Taken steps to make London’s workforces as rich and diverse as the city itself - narrowing pay gaps, creating thousands of apprenticeships and offering hundreds of supported internships for those with learning difficulties.

Click here to read more about London Anchor Institutions’ Network.