BBC Sport has signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Sports for Climate Action Framework. The framework brings together representatives from across the global sports community to drive change by setting clear targets and standards in line with the Paris Agreement, as well as harnessing the power of sport to […] More
New electric off-road racing series, Extreme E, is pushing its green agenda with the upcoming launch of the St. Helena, following an 18 month long refit making the ship suitable for the freight of cars and teams for the inaugural season starting in January 2021. Extreme E secured exclusive use of the former Royal Mail […] More
Sports broadcaster, commentator, presenter and producer Hazel Irvine has been appointed as the chair of the newly formed albert Sports Consortium. In her role, Irvine will help guide the strategy of the group as it works to reduce its impact on the environment. One of the first female sports presenters to appear on UK television, […] More
Plastic broadcaster accreditation passes for Premier League and English Football League (EFL) matches are to be replaced with digital IDs, Football DataCo has confirmed. For many years, staff working for approved media partners and broadcast rights licensees, and their OB suppliers, were handed plastic ID cards and asked them to wear them while working inside […] More
From the start of the 2020-21 season, all Premier League and English Football League (EFL) matches shown live on Sky Sports will be certified as 3-star albert sustainable productions, the broadcaster has announced. The certification is awarded to UK productions that meet the sustainable credentials of albert, the BAFTA and industry-backed consortium set-up to tackle […] More
Extreme E and Discovery have agreed on a broadcast and streaming partnerships that will see live and on-demand race coverage of the electric off-road motor racing series shown on Eurosport across Europe and North America. The three-year agreement will see Extreme E screened in more than 50 markets in Europe and in North America via […] More
Red Bee Media is now a partner of the DPP’s Committed to Sustainability Programme and will support initiatives aimed towards increased sustainability in the global media industry. Red Bee was one of the first companies to be awarded the DPP Committed to Sustainability mark and achieved a four out of five score. In 2018, Red […] More
Sky has published its annual social and environmental impact report highlighting the progress it has made in 2019 and setting out its Bigger Picture ambitions for 2020 and beyond. The publication of the report comes as Sky announces a landmark commitment toward its ambition to be net zero carbon by 2030, with all its Sky […] More
In the lead-up to the Sports TV Awards ceremony on Wednesday 27 May, SVG Europe is profiling all of the projects that have been nominated for an award. Today we are focussing on the shortlist for the One Planet Award for Sustainability in Sports TV. The One Planet Award recognises and rewards individuals, companies, projects […] More
With environmental sustainability in mind, Genelec is offering its customers the option of a special RAW aluminium colour finish on a selection of the models in its Studio, AV and Home Audio ranges. All the models feature the Minimum Diffraction Enclosure (MDE) design, developed by Genelec in close collaboration with industrial designer Harri Koskinen, and […] More
