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Spotlight on SustainabilityTowards agreener TVandvideovaluechain January2025Carl Hibbert Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................3Sustainability a top priority for enterprises.............................................................5Global Video Entertainment Facts & Figures (2024).............................................7Sustainability in the TV and video industry.............................................................8Regulatory initiatives....................................................................................................9The continued rise in video content consumption...............................................11Consumer devices at the forefront of sustainability...........................................14Emissions from OTT and streaming video............................................................17Spotlight on sports.....................................................................................................18Summary......................................................................................................................21 Introduction The world has witnessedsubstantialchange since the dawn of the industrialrevolution, witha significant standard of living shift formostglobal inhabitantswitnessed from the following: ➢Globalpopulation reaching 7.8 billion in 2023,rising3.5% since 2020.➢1.45billionpassenger vehicles owned,a7.25xrise over 50 years.➢50% growth in per capita consumer electronics device ownership to3.6 from 2.4 in half a decade (2018-2023).➢Close to5billionscheduled passengers boarded the global airlineindustry,an increase of40%over the pasttwo decades.➢380millionenterprisesinoperation worldwide,doublingin the pasttwenty years. However, improvements in quality of life, the adoption of digital and industrialproducts,and advancements in science and technology that have enabledthese changes, allexertan impact on the Earth’s biosphere. Greenhouse carbon emissions (GHG) in the earth’s atmosphere–seven ofwhich contribute to climate change, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane(CH4),nitrous oxide(N2O),hydrofluorocarbons(HFCs),perfluorocarbons(PFCs),sulphur hexafluoride(SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3)–have grownexponentially since the 1970s,according to the Kyoto Protocol,leading to arange of pernicious ecological, physical and health impacts. Recently, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations stated that“Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising.And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaosirreversible. We are ona highway to climate hell with our foot on theaccelerator.” The rising GHG levels have resulted inhigher global surface temperature,now1.28°C above the average from 1901–2000, plusunprecedented weatherdisasters such as Hurricane Helenein theUnited States, Super Typhoon Yagiin Vietnam,flashfloodsinSpain, droughtinBrazil and firesacrossCanada. “Global carbon emissions exceededpre-COVID-levels in 2023” In 2023,worldwideGHGsapproached 37.5 billion tonnes (Gt), with a marginalannual growth of 1.1%. Although moderately higher than pre-COVID levels of37.1 billion tonnes (Gt), the overall average annual growth has just been 0.5%in the past decade, the slowest growth rate sincethe Great Depression. Advanced economies’carbon emissions declined by 4.5% annually-includingthe USfallingby4.1%-mainly attributed to accelerated commitment towardsenvironmentallysustainable products,services and technologies,acrossmulti-faceted stakeholdersincludingconsumers,businessandgovernments. There arethree main emission types to consider in sustainable ecosystems: 1.Scope 1–Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions:This covers direct emissions from companyoperations (e.g. diesel generator emissions, company vehicle emissions, etc)2.Scope 2–Indirect greenhouse gas emissions:This covers electricity consumed, office heating,renewable energy purchase agreements, renewable energy credits (RECs)3.Scope 3–Indirect emissions coming from business operations:Covers anything from corporatetravel, or energy consumed by products designed by the company that are used by others, withfocus on upstream and downstream activities.Upstream includes emission factors that occurwhen a product is sold by the producer. Downstream occurs once the product is sold and includesstorage and end-of-life activities such as shipping and recycling Spotlight on Sustainability: Towards greener TV and video Sustainabilityatop priorityfor enterprises Globally, enterprises areincreasinglyfocusing on sustainability as one oftheirhigh-prioritybusinessobjectives, partly aresult of increased regulation. InDeloitte’s2024 CxO Sustainability Report, climate change was highlighted by37% of respondents as one of the leading prioritiesforthe next 12 months. Thesurvey also cited that 69% of enterprises have increased thei