Research shows that televisions and associated devices are responsible for about 1.4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, all the services used to gain audiences such as personalisation and use of AI, has a compounding effect. As public service media organisations, we have a responsibility to improve the environmental performance of the broadcasting industry to make it more sustainable.
2026
Public Service Media & The Green Narrative- EU's Sustainability Omnibus Impact
Sustainability Summit (Q4 2026)
2025
- Cloud
- Cloud Energy Use Tools
- Metrics
2024
- Sustainability Rulebook: The Green Claims Directive
- Joint EBU MIS
- Joint EBU L&P Meeting
- What About Sustainability and Scope 3?
- Sustainability Summit (Q2 2024)
2023
- Roundtable: The Scope 3 Conundrum
- Joint EBU MIS
- Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
- Sustainability Rulebook: The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
- Sustainability Rulebook: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
- Sustainability Summit (Q2 2023)
2022
- Joint AIDI Workshop
- Cloud
- Environmental Sustainability at Public Service Media: Corporate Investments
- Sustainability Summit (Q2 2022)
2021
- Sustainable Supply Chain and Procurement
- Sustainable Transport in Broadcast
- Joint EBU Academy Sustainability Awareness Sessions:
- Sustainability Summit (Q2 2021)
2020
EBU Technology & Innovation Workplan
Every two years, the EBU develops a roadmap for technology and innovation activities based on the requirements and inputs given by EBU Members. The result of this roadmap is our bi-annual EBU Technology & Innovation Workplan. Strategic programmes and project groups are set up to focus on specific areas of interest. To access the latest Workplan, click here.
EBU Interdisciplinary Programme on Sustainability within PSM
- Helps Members to understand how to use sustainability measurement and metrics to deliver business transformation thus aiding informed decision making.
- Supports the use of case studies that take advantage of work done in other related industries, such as the ICT sector.
- Produces guidelines on best practices in sustainability and develop a common methodology for measuring the carbon footprint of production.
- Acts as a collective voice when liaising with other groups who seek to engage with the broadcasting industry on sustainability and environmental issues, such as the ITU and other stakeholders.
Join us
If you are interested in Sustainability within PSM, join our group on this topic and participate in the discussions. Some restrictions may apply.
ECOFLOW II: Exploring sustainable choices in media distribution
The second phase of the ECOFLOW IBC Accelerator project is now underway, supporting efforts across the media industry to better understand and reduce the...
Measuring the presence of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in RTVE programming
Carmen Pérez Cernuda, Deputy Director of Innovation and Technological Strategy, describes the Spanish broadcaster’s innovative analysis to quantify the...
Giving old lenses a new lease of life
The production technology team at SVT has developed a means of bringing vintage equipment back into everyday use. Julia Kjaergaard explains how this cost-effective...
EBU takes sustainability message to Media & Entertainment Leaders Summit
The annual Media & Entertainment Leaders Summit took place in London last week, with speakers examining trends and technologies that are accelerating change...
Meet us at IBC 2023!
We are gearing up for a prominent presence at IBC 2023 in Amsterdam, with our stand at 10.D21, the 'IBC Tech Zone' collaboration, and a number of awards.
Carbon offsets should be a last resort, says ITU opinion
A recently published opinion from the International Telecommunications Union with EBU input urges the broadcasting industry to focus first on reducing...
Whatever the metaverse may be, it must be sustainable
The idea of the metaverse raises the question of how it will be enabled in reality and who will pay for the infrastructure, EBU Director of Technology...
A workshop on how to get AI to be as green as possible
The EBU AI and Data Initiative and the Sustainability for Public Service Media working group are co-organizing an EBU-Members-only workshop, held on Thursday...
PTS 2022: where did the journey take us?
It was the first truly hybrid event from the EBU, produced both for the 500+ people who registered to follow the event online and for the small number...
Cloud, game engines, and sustainability: PTS 2021 outgrows physical limits
More than 600 media technologists registered for the Production Technology Seminar 2021 (26-28 January) to talk shop, compare notes and take a fresh look...
Don't know where to begin with sustainability?
Sustainability management is no longer in the green shoots phase, and help and knowledge are available. Members organized in the EBU sustainability working...
Report: how EBU Members are taking a lead on climate actions
A new EBU report highlights the work being done by Europe's public broadcasters to reduce CO2 emissions arising from their content production and distribution...
