SUSTAINABILITY


GETTING GREENER


We need to realise that we’re adding a huge workload


green runner, or sustainability steward.” To make appreciable inroads there is a raft of


changes needed, both big and small. “The biggest challenges are undoubtedly fossil fuels used, for travel and power generation, and within our supply chain these are very difficult nuts to crack,” says Ashby. “Film and drama is a mobile circus that travels around and energy efficiency has not been a priority”. Wherever possible, productions can use local crew, or encourage cast and crew to minimise journeys, travel by rail, stay over rather than commuting. For location filming, switching generator fuel from diesel to alternative fuel can reduce emissions. Netflix smash hit Bridgerton managed to


significantly reduce emissions on its UK shoot for Season 2 in part by piloting a GeoPura emission-free, green hydrogen power unit in place of multiple diesel generators. Power from the unit was enough to stand in for several diesel


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generators, while by products included clean drinking water and silence.


A sporting chance At Sky Sports, all UK and Irish OB generators are


now run from biofuels. Since January of 2021 all Sky Sports UK productions have been carbon neutral and opportunities have been taken to use events to spread useful messaging towards climate change awareness. One area that can reduce impacts is by using remote working. In sport, remote production has really proved a way forward, led by its football coverage with OB expert NEP and sister infrastructure company NEP Connect. Some remote workflows are more green


than others. Blackbird Video and environmental management consultancy Green Element recently compared different remote operations at sporting events, looking at cloud based, on premises and cloud native. On premises scores lowest, dragged down by travel impacts and the installation of on-site production rigs; cloud-based uses more energy to move material into and out of the cloud; while cloud native appears the greenest option,


being eleven times as efficient as on-prem. Industry body the Digital Production


Partnership has its own Committed to Sustainability mark. Since its launch in 2019, 40 companies, including BT, Clear Cut Group, Dolby and Shoot Blue have taken part in the scheme, which is based on achieving scores across four core areas. Abdul Hakim, DPP Business Development


Manager explains how the Committed to Sustainability mark is based on a self-assessment questionnaire, submitted with supporting evidence. There is a score out of five and companies are encouraged to publish and to resubmit and improve their score. “The industry average is currently at three and we want to increase this quite rapidly,” says Hakim. Hakim suggests that first steps for companies


might be broader, organisational targets, including training and organising management structure, but then moving to science-based emission reduction targets. The DPP works with albert, referencing their tools and recommendations, such as albert’s Creative Energy Supplier. “They’ve done a lot of groundwork,” says Hakim. “There’s no point in reinventing the wheel.”


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