Green Producers Club Expands to form GPC Islands
REYKJAVÍK / OSLO, August 10, 2026
Green Producers Club (GPC) announces the establishment of GPC Islands, a new regional office unifying Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands under a shared sustainability hub.
Expanding upon the GPC Iceland branch, GPC Islands addresses the distinct environmental, logistical, and infrastructure challenges faced by creative and sports sector productions in isolated island territories.
Island nations operate under structural realities that differ fundamentally from mainland countries. Lacking rail networks, land transport corridors, and local access to large-scale supply chains, events and productions in these regions rely heavily on maritime and air logistics while navigating unpredictable climate conditions and growing tourism demands.
"The launch of GPC Islands marks a critical milestone for our organisation and sets a blueprint for expanding into other island nations globally. Mainland sustainability models often rely on solutions like regional rail or contiguous supply chains that simply do not exist on islands. By creating a dedicated network for Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, we are enabling direct peer-to-peer knowledge sharing among members who face identical structural realities. This regional hub will serve as the model for how we connect, support, and scale green transition tools across island communities worldwide." says Mads Astrup Rønning, Co-founder & Head of International Operations
The GPC Islands office is headed by Julie Runge Bendsen, whose work with GPC began when managing carbon footprint tracking using the Green Producers Tool (GPT) for the Iceland Airwaves festival.
Photo by: Juliette Rowland 2026
“Getting emission numbers on Airwaves’ production made me realise the particular conditions that events and cultural productions in the North Atlantic operate under: No rail connections, limited local availability, and climate conditions which are different to the majority of case studies and existing resources on environmental sustainability.” says Julie Runge Bendsen, Country Manager of GPC Islands.
“We can’t change our geographical position or improve transport infrastructure in the region overnight. The green transition of the creative and sport sectors in Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands has many other potentials for championing innovative solutions through collaboration and shared knowledge-building. A joint GPC office for Iceland, Greenland & Faroe Islands is a step in that direction, and I am excited to join the movement.”
Bendsen brings a decade of experience across film, performing arts, live music, and municipal cultural infrastructure in the North Atlantic. She holds a Master’s Degree in Modern Culture from the University of Copenhagen and has been based in Iceland for over eight years, specialising in regional grant development and project management.
GPC Islands will focus on building a region-wide network of producers, festivals, sports organisations, and cultural institutions, developing regional sustainability benchmarks and adapting the Green Producers Tool to remote operational environments.
