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BBC publishes Net Zero Transition Plan

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has published its first Climate Transition Plan, detailing how it intends to be Net Zero by 2050. This forms part of the Corporation’s commitment to building a sustainable BBC and wider media industry. The BBC has been making significant progress towards its science-based targets, aligning a commitment to world-renowned natural history programming with ambitious and tangible actions off-screen. From reducing emissions on acclaimed drama Blue Lights by replacing diesel fuel with HVO in generators and production trucks, to replacing refrigeration chillers and gas-fired boilers with heat pumps in…

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Long-term Net Zero targets approved to build a BBC for the future

Stuart Mitchell

New ambitious BBC Net Zero targets have been verified by the globally-respected Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Building on our existing Near-Term Targets to halve emissions by 2030, our Long-Term Targets to reduce all emissions by at least 90% by 2050 have now been approved, and under this standard and definition we will be Net Zero by 2050. The SBTi standard requires a 90% reduction in emissions with no more than 10% offset by 2050, favouring emissions reductions rather than offsetting to achieve true Net Zero. We recognise that climate change…

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Sir Lenny Henry Centre to review BBC’s £112 million Creative Diversity commitment

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has commissioned the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity (LHC) to review its three-year Creative Diversity commitment of £112m. The BBC’s commitment of at least £100m of existing TV commissioning budget and £12m in Radio covers content broadcast between April 2021 – March 2024, with the criteria and definitions established in consultation with the LHC in 2020. The commitment is the biggest financial investment in on-air inclusion in the industry. Within the first two years the BBC had invested a total of £128.5m into TV & Radio…

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BBC appoints new Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Disability Lead

Stuart Mitchell

  I’m really pleased to have been appointed to this important role for our national broadcaster. I’m looking forward to building on the good work of my colleagues and predecessors to further improve accessibility and facilities for disabled colleagues, which will be to the benefit of all our staff and users of the BBC’s first-rate services. Robbie Crow, Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Disability Lead The BBC have appointed Robbie Crow as the Corporation’s Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Disability Lead. Robbie started in post on Monday 27 March and will be…

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BBC launches commitments to improving access for disabled people on and off screen

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has launched a new set of commitments to improve the representation of disabled people on screen and to improve access to BBC productions for disabled people. BBC iPlayer is also launching a dedicated collection called Count Us In that celebrates disabled programming and talent, which will be live this weekend ahead of the United Nations International Day of Disabled Persons on Saturday 3 December. The BBC’s commitments state: The BBC is committed to improving the representation of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people on screen, with a focus on the…

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