{"id":48020,"date":"2025-11-25T10:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoprod.com\/towards-harmonization-of-carbon-accounting-in-the-audiovisual-sector\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:12:11","slug":"towards-harmonization-of-carbon-accounting-in-the-audiovisual-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecoprod.com\/en\/towards-harmonization-of-carbon-accounting-in-the-audiovisual-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards harmonization of carbon accounting in the audiovisual sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TV broadcasters are uniting around a methodological framework published in a white paper by the Ecoprod association to better manage the decarbonization of the sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecoprod’s member broadcasters have joined forces to create a methodological framework<\/strong> for factoring the carbon footprints of audiovisual program production into their group carbon footprints. This collaborative approach, unprecedented in the sector, illustrates a strong desire to pool efforts and build a coherent, transparent and comparable approach between players<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This framework, result of consultation <\/strong>between the CSR managers of ARTE, CANAL+, France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, M6 and TF1, and validated by the members of the “Ecoprod Diffuseurs” working group, Bein Sports, TV Monaco, Mediawan and NRJ Group, responds to a shared need: to have a harmonized, clear, and operational methodology to better assess, manage, and reduce the environmental impact of the content that broadcasters produce or co-produce, in line with their CSR and climate commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In a regulatory and societal context where the expectations of public authorities, investors, and the public are growing, this framework constitutes a strategic lever to support the ecological transformation of the audiovisual sector. The publication of this white paper thus responds to a major challenge: harmonizing methods to enable a common language<\/strong>, improving the transparency<\/strong> and reliability of broadcasters’ carbon footprints<\/strong>, and encouraging all stakeholders to take concrete steps toward decarbonization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Voluntarily applied, this framework marks a structuring step<\/strong> in the construction of a common language around climate issues in the audiovisual sector, and a harmonization of practices. It is voluntarily<\/strong> limited to<\/strong> carbon emissions generated by the production phase<\/strong> of audiovisual content. It does not cover the impact of broadcasting, viewing <\/strong>by audiences, or the internal operations <\/strong>of media companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“This work of analysis and consultation was essential. It’s essential to be able to exchange ideas constructively with other broadcasters, as we do within Ecoprod,”<\/em> emphasizes Marine Schenfele, CSR Director at Canal+ Europe and CEO of the Canal+ Foundation. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The framework is structured around three main areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n