Media & Entertainment
Sustainability in Media & Entertainment
The media & entertainment industry has its own sustainability challenges surrounding the environmental, social and governance impacts of
Projects being developed
Influence of its content on issues including human rights, climate, justice, and equity
The film and television production industry generates carbon and greenhouse gases from travel, transportation, production material deliveries, onsite generators, and even pyrotechnical scenes. The United States film and entertainment industry produces hundreds of films and television series each year. The industry spends millions of dollars on everything from flights for actors and actresses to food for crew teams, fuel for trailer generators, and, of course, electricity for picture-perfect light. While this results in award-winning entertainment and enjoyable evenings of episode-binging, these productions can have large carbon footprints and significant environmental impacts.
Value drivers for Media & Entertainment
Energy efficiency & Carbon Emissions
Energy efficiency is something that studios are becoming more mindful of, especially because they can reduce costs significantly by using energy-efficient lighting alternatives and electrical retrofitting.
Entertainment & Media industry needs to measure, monitor and report on emissions from all aspects of our value chain, including our operations, supply chain (including all outsourced productions), and emissions associated with the downstream use of our products and services.
Waste Diversion
Each show and film uses a number of props, clothing, and backdrops to produce the perfect scene. Once productions are complete and the items are no longer needed, they can generate large amounts of waste if not disposed of properly. The practice of waste diversion can be extremely useful in these instances.
Water Use Reduction
Productions and studios are adopting water conservation practices to lessen not only their water consumption but also the waste that can be generated from plastic bottles. NBC Universal utilizes recycled stormwater for its landscaping and some operational uses. In addition, similar-size production studios are working to eliminate bottled water consumption by installing reusable bottle-filling stations around their campuses. Some on-location or mobile productions have even contracted new vendors to set up large water filling stations on-site, eliminating plastic waste and reducing transportation costs.
Disclosure standards for Media & Entertainment
The SICS (Sustainability Industry Classification System) lookup tool from SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) allows you to determine the primary SICS industry for tens of thousands of companies listed around the world, enabling investors and corporations to determine which SASB Standard is applicable to that company. Media & Entertainment industry falls under the service sector, and you can download E&M standards from the SASB website free of cost.
