SUSTAINABILITY IN POST
I n 2011, the BAFTA albert Carbon Calculator was launched by some bright minds at the BBC who understood the danger of the approaching climate crisis and wanted to help broadcast productions track their CO2e emissions. The calculator was put in the care of BAFTA and made free to use for the entire UK industry. Soon, an organisation built up around that bit of software, which began to have a substantial impact on how content creators approached sustainability. But BAFTA albert’s primary focus – which goes for most media industry sustainability initiatives – has been on production. Once that footage is passed off to post-production, a lot of the great initiatives, tracking and net zero road maps become increasingly vague. A lot of research has been commissioned on the major problem spots in production – travel and energy use remain the biggest sources of CO2 emissions. Sustainability impacts can also be reduced by smart procurement and food usage, and there is greater awareness about the huge waste of resources that can come from building sets, props and costumes which might only be used for a single day. One pervasive myth that extends across production – as well as genres We don’t know enough about environmental impacts of post- production to make it fully zero carbon, but we know enough to start making changes now, says Neal Romanek
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