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Ecologi becomes the official offset provider for BAFTA albert

Ecologi, the climate action platform, is the new offset provider for albert, the screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability. Both leaders in their respective fields, they have signed a two year partnership expected to reduce around 100,000 tonnes of unavoidable carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). Owned by BAFTA and backed by the screen industry, albert supports […]

September 8, 2022

albert launches new tool for editorial teams

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’ […]

June 21, 2022

Sky Sports News receives albert certification

Sky Sports News has been recognised as a carbon neutral sustainable production by albert, the organisation leading the UK TV and film industry in the charge against climate change. The accreditation for the sports news channel follows on from its landmark Transfer Deadline Day broadcast, which has received albert certification since October 2020. This wider […]

January 31, 2022

UK broadcasters collaborate at COP26

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 […]

October 26, 2021

CME Media Group joins albert

CME Media Group (CME) has announced that CME will be the first CEE producer to join albert, the screen industry authority on environmental sustainability for film and TV as an international member. CME joins current members such as Fremantle, ITV, and Sky and recognises that its ambitions of being the best CEE producer of content […]

October 14, 2021

AdGreen initiative from UK advertising

The Climate Action Working Group, led by UK trade body the Advertising Association in partnership with ISBA and the IPA, has launched AdGreen, an initiative to unite the advertising industry to eliminate the negative environmental impacts of production. AdGreen is backed at launch by adam&eveDDB, APR (Advertising Production Resources), Havas, MullenLowe Group as part of […]

September 9, 2020

Sky Sports kicks off season of sustainability

From the start of the 2020/21 football season, all Premier League and EFL matches shown live on Sky Sports will be certified 3-star albert sustainable productions. The certification is awarded to productions that meet the sustainable credentials of albert, the BAFTA and industry-backed consortium set-up to tackle the environmental impact of broadcasting and inspire audiences […]

September 8, 2020