Coronation Street Blog: Manchester Mayor Visits Weatherfield on Green Mission

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester has visited Weatherfield. Technically part of Andy’s mayoral constituency, Weatherfield has its own mayor but we won’t go into all that.

Andy took to the cobbles as part of his work on tackling environmental issues facing in the area. Back in March the ‘Manchester Green Summit’ was held in the region and who better to help put a subsequent plan into action than a soap that has won numerous awards for its green efforts.

Twitter: @MayorOfGM

The awards for Corrie started flooding in when the programme moved to its new home at MediaCity. The first major gong was won at the Observer Ethical Awards and Producer Kieron Roberts had this to say at the time:

“This is a very special and important award, one which we are all very proud to receive. Coronation Street has strived to improve the sustainability of every element of the production from how we power our site, to how we encourage electronic working for scripts and paperwork, to how we minimise waste and recycle wherever possible, to how we produce food, source costumes, and create sets.”

Now at the end of every episode, after the credits you will see the albert+ sustainable production logo in recognition of their continuing efforts to make an environmentally-friendly show.

Twitter: @ITVCorrie

The UK government this week declared a “Climate Emergency” – the first country to do so, recognising that climate change and poor air quality are a real and present danger. The Mayor and cast and crew of Coronation Street are obviously taking note.

Andy Burnham, and the Labour Party which he represents have many connections to Coronation Street. Often when the Labour conference takes place in Manchester, politicians dance the night away at parties in the Rovers Return.