BAFTA albert has released its 2025/26 Studio Sustainability Standard Report and The Bottle Yard Studios’ TBY2 facility is officially the highest performing studio of the year – making it the most sustainable film and TV studio in the world. TBY2 is rated Outstanding with an overall score of 97%, the highest of 31 global studios … Read more
The BAFTA albert 2023 annual review was released, detailing progress made by the film and TV industries in improving environmental sustainability. The report also looks at BAFTA albert’s strategic progress over the same period and details priorities for the coming year. 2023 was a landmark year for the screen industries with the most productions ever … Read more
albert, the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability, has today published its review of 2022, covering its initiatives to support and inspire the industry, data gathered from its certification process which assesses carbon emissions and waste, as well as the progress made under the Climate Content Pledge to increase and improve climate storytelling. The … Read more
albert, the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability has launched an in depth guide for those in the screen industry who want to reduce their impact on biodiversity in every area of production from planning to props. It includes a clear categorisation of the kinds of impacts a production could have on biodiversity in … Read more
BAFTA albert, the film and TV consortium for sustainability, has released its Studio Sustainability Standard Report, providing analysis on sustainability data from studios across the UK and USA. Drawing from data submitted from 12 participating studios across 2021/22, the Studio Sustainability Standard Report provides analysis of the current collective impact and efforts reduce them of … Read more
The Bottle Yard’s TBY2 facility in Bristol is one of the first studios to be awarded the new Studio Sustainability Standard by BAFTA albert, the UK’s industry organisation for environmental sustainability in TV in film. The sustainably-designed film and TV production facility, which opened last Autumn, is powered by a 1MWp rooftop solar array, believed … Read more
albert, the TV and film industry organisation for environmental sustainability, has awarded 12 studios with the first year of the Studio Sustainability Standard badges in recognition of their commitment to sustainability. A significant milestone has been achieved in the journey towards a more sustainable film and TV industry with albert awarding the first-ever round of … Read more
VMI has completed its third Carbon audit, which confirms that CO2 emissions have reduced for a 3rd year and are now at half of 2019 levels, two full years ahead of schedule from 213T CO2e to 121.4T CO2e, a reduction of 48.12% compared to the 2019 baseline and a 43% saving from 2021. Upon completion, VMI surveyed … Read more
The announcement of Joe Lycett Vs the Oil Giant as the winner of this year’s inaugural Climate Impact Award at the Edinburgh TV Festival, marks another important milestone in the TV Industry’s commitment to do more and better climate storytelling to support society’s transition to a sustainable future. The award comes just under a year … Read more
Pixipixel, the London based rental house, has revealed that it received a carbon neutral certification. This is part of Pixipixel’s sustainability commitment and makes it one of the first rental facilities that can offer camera, lighting and generators to achieve this milestone. “We are excited to share the news about Pixipixel’s carbon neutral status. We … Read more
albert has unveiled a new tool to help those working in editorial in TV and film to consider new ways to bring climate storytelling into their programmes. The tool, which is housed on the albert website, allows users to choose their programme’s genre before answering a series of questions which then indicate how ‘planet friendly’ … Read more
albert has published data from its carbon calculator and certification toolkit, revealing that in 2021 the average hour of TV contributed 5.7tCO2e per hour. This represents a 30% increase from 2020’s figure of 4.4t CO2e/hr- but remains significantly lower than 2019’s average figure of 9.2tCO2e. albert’s 2020 Annual Review indicated that the 4.4t figure was likely … Read more
Robe UK has joined the ‘albert’ Initiative – a UK-based BAFTA owned and industry run organisation which is dedicated to raising awareness and empowering professionals and companies working in film, television, commercial and other screen-based media productions to operate as sustainably as possible. One of their aims is to build an accredited network of equipment suppliers, … Read more
A new scheme has launched to help studios measure and reduce the environmental impact of their facilities. The global, voluntary scheme has been designed by albert – the industry organisation for environmental sustainability in TV in film – alongside global engineering and consulting firm Arup. The Studio Sustainability Standard is designed to help studio facilities … Read more
The BFI and BAFTA albert have announced that Wales has been selected to put environmental sustainability recommendations for screen production into action in Screen New Deal: Transformation Plan. The initiative is a follow-up to the Screen New Deal report released in 2020, which explored the carbon impact of the film production sector and proposed a … Read more
UKTV has been a member of albert since 2014 and it has been mandatory since April 2020 for all their original productions to be carbon neutral and sustainable. As they progress on their environmentally friendly journey it has become clear to them that the biggest opportunity to inspire change is through Planet Placement – this means … Read more
The UK’s key broadcasters are hosting a series of events from COP26 in Glasgow this November. The events will showcase the collaborative work of the broadcasters over the past decade through BAFTA’s albert – the screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability which aims to reduce the environmental impacts of production and empower creatives to produce … Read more
Albert’s annual review has been released – and this year, they’ve gone interactive. As with previous reviews, they deep dive into the facts and figures which show the impact the TV industry has on the environment (as well as the improvements) and also highlights their collective achievements during a particularly turbulent period. Albert has been … Read more
What needs to happen for the film industry to transition to zero carbon emissions by 2050? “It’s no surprise or secret that the film industry’s environmental footprint is high, and a lot needs to happen quickly to reduce it. Luckily, our conversations with the industry suggest they are up for the challenge. Like the TV … Read more