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Audio-Visual Media

The Audio-Visual Sector encompasses various creative endeavours that merge sound and visuals to entertain, inform, and inspire audiences. It includes film, television, animation, gaming, virtual reality, and digital media sectors.

Professionals in this industry collaborate to craft compelling stories, design captivating visuals, compose evocative music, and develop immersive experiences. From the big screen to mobile devices, the audio-visual creative industry shapes culture and influences societal perspectives. It thrives on innovation, technology advancements, and diverse talent, constantly pushing boundaries to deliver memorable and impactful content.

Whether through blockbuster movies, binge-worthy series, visually stunning animations, or interactive gaming experiences, this industry serves as a conduit for artistic expression, cultural reflection, and entertainment consumption on a global scale, captivating audiences and shaping the way we perceive and interact with the world around us.

For the Audio-Visual Sector, typically the greatest direct environmental impact areas are Digital Technologies, and Materials & Waste Management. To learn more about these topics, use the buttons below.

For managers, leaders and executives, another key impact area is Governance & Communications – to find out more, click the button below.

Resources

To go directly to some resources for the Audio-Visual Sector, click on some of our examples below:

Green Memo for The Young Offenders

Making Impactful Music 2023 ESG Report

A Screen New Deal: A Route Map to Sustainable Film Production

Julie’s Bicycle – Climate Literacy Webinar

Music Industry Climate Pack

Greening the Audiovisual Sector: Towards a New Understanding through Innovation Practices in Wales and Beyond

Ninja Tune Record Label & Julie’s Bicycle

Music of the Spheres World Tour – Sustainability

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For further case studies, research & reports, and resource organisations for the Audio-Visual Sector, head over to our resources section, or find some digital tools, guides & manuals, and templates in our toolbox.

Green Memo for The Young Offenders

This series, we are committed to being more green and reducing our carbon footprint. Please take a little time to read about our plans below and do share any of your own ideas with us.

 

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Motion On Larkin Green Memo

We are part of BAFTA’s Albert scheme which focuses on reducing the environmental impact of productions, and we all have a responsibility to make positive changes and establish a workable and realistic plan to help decrease our carbon footprint.

 

 

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Creative Carbon Scotland

This site sets out the framework for environmental reporting for the arts, screen and creative sector in Scotland. In being based on the most recent technical research and legislation, as the technical research and legislation develop, this framework will develop as well.

 

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Making Impactful Music 2023 ESG Report

The report cites WMG joining with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group in 2023 to establish the Music Industry Climate Collective.

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A Screen New Deal: A Route Map to Sustainable Film Production

The film production industry requires systemic change to become sustainable. This report sets out a route map to achieve this goal. This report has been produced as a collaboration between albert, the BFI and Arup between November 2019 and July 2020.

 

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Julie’s Bicycle – Climate Literacy Webinar

As part of the BFI Sustainable Screen Programme funded by the National Lottery, Julie’s Bicycle delivered a Climate Literacy webinar for anyone working in the screen sector. It focused on those involved in activity ‘beyond production’ – from cinemas, festivals and screen archives, to education and skills development, sector support and promotion.

 

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Music Industry Climate Pack

Music Declares Emergency was created by music industry
professionals and artists in 2019 to place music at the heart
of the conversation and action in relation to the climate and
ecological emergency.

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Albert

Our toolkit comprises of a carbon calculator and Carbon Action Plan.

The calculator allows you to work out the carbon footprint of your production, enabling you to see the impact of your production.

 

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Broadcasting Sector Sustainable Road Map

An initiative of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, this Roadmap document sets out a vision for a sustainable broadcasting sector in Ireland and offers a concrete plan for how to get there.

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Ad Net Zero Ireland

Ad Net Zero is the advertising industry’s drive to reduce the carbon impact of developing, producing and running advertising to real net zero. Ad Net Zero in Ireland is driven by all the key trade bodies and organisations in the Irish marketing and advertising community.

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Greening the Audiovisual Sector: Towards a New Understanding through Innovation Practices in Wales and Beyond

Despite efforts towards reducing the negative environmental impact of the audiovisual sector, sustainability remains challenging. In this paper we address environmental sustainability in the Welsh audiovisual sector through the lens of green innovation.

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Ninja Tune Record Label & Julie’s Bicycle

The Ninja Tune Record label has carried through this progressive vision to its operations, working to develop a sustainability strategy and broader advocacy work.

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Music of the Spheres World Tour – Sustainability

When we first announced the Music Of The Spheres Tour, we hoped to make it as environmentally beneficial as possible and reduce our direct carbon emissions (from show production, freight, band and crew travel) by 50%. We’d like to share how it’s been going; some things work and some things need improving.

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