Environmental Policy
Issue 2.0 November 2024
At Seventy7 Group Ltd we are committed to growing a low-carbon business. As part of our commitment, we have joined thousands of similar sized companies across the UK by signing up to the UK Government’s Business Climate Hub. This commits us to take action immediately in order to:
- Halve our greenhouse gas emissions before 2030
- Achieve net zero emissions before 2050
- Disclose our progress on a yearly basis
In making this commitment we are proud to be recognised by the United Nations Race to Zero campaign, and join governments, businesses, cities, regions, and universities around the world that share the same mission.
These are ambitious targets but as a creative and highly collaborative company we are confident that, starting with some simple and practical steps, we will find more sustainable and resource-efficient ways of working.
Annex A details these steps and explains what we plan to do to limit the negative impacts of our operations and when.
As a leadership team we will meet regularly to review performance against these objectives, and to ensure continued compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and standards.
We will report our progress in accordance with the SME Climate Hub guidelines for measuring and reporting emissions. We are committed to sharing this information with our people and being transparent in our dealings with our customers, suppliers and society in general.
Signed
Jayne Riley
Chief Executive Officer
Annex A – Steps to achieving our environmental objectives
Achieving our environmental objectives requires us to reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions associated with our biggest impacts on the environment. These are:
- Energy Use: The electricity and gas we useto power our offices and studios.
- Emissions to Air: The gases and particles which are emitted when we travel for work. This includes travel between offices, travelling to meet clients, travelling to and from location and commuting to work.
- Use of Raw Materials: The raw materials we use during the construction of sets and the waste we generate when they are no longer required.
We are in the process of collecting ‘business-as-usual’ data for each of the emission-releasing activities above, using 2019 as our baseline year[1]. This information will enable us to accurately assess and report reductions in our GHG emissions in future. Until this data is available we are taking the following steps to reduce our environmental impact:
| What we need to reduce | How we plan to do it | Our Target | By When |
| Energy Use | Improve the energy efficiency of all buildings we own. | 100% of buildings to have completed an energy audit to identify viable energy saving opportunities. | 2025 |
| Energy Use | Transition to renewable energy, fuel and electricity for all offices and studios (buildings) we own. | 100% of buildings to transition to renewable energy tariffs from energy suppliers. | 2025 |
| Emissions to Air | Continue to promote a ‘climate-conscious approach to travel’ by encouraging staff to: choose not to travel when virtual collaboration tools will adequately fulfil the purpose of travelensure unnecessary travel is not undertaken (e.g. by sending the minimum number of individuals required to fulfil the purpose)choose modes of transport that reduce the environmental impact of travel (e.g. travelling by train rather than plan) | 7% year on year reduction in absolute emissions arising from business travel* | Year on Year |
| Use of Raw Materials | Reuse materials and setsReduce the amount of waste going to landfill | 100% of buildings to have completed a waste audit to improve our understanding of our waste streams, and increase our recycling rate | 2026 |
In addition to the above Seventy7 Group has recently taken steps to reduce our Green House Gas emissions by integrating LED lighting during the renovation of our studio spaces and investing in the latest computing technology to enable flexible working. Our use of emerging technologies and the opportunity for the market to provide new services to help with decarbonisation will be kept under review.
[1] The lockdown enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in significant levels of remote working and reduced studio activity, which will have reduced our carbon footprint in 2020/21. We are still reviewing the effectiveness of these working arrangements to understand which could continue post-Covid and carry the carbon savings into the future. It is therefore important that our ‘business-as-usual’ GHG emissions are calculated using 2019 (pre-pandemic) data.