Developing an environmental strategy for UK film - BFI

appropriate to goods supplied, this will be incorporated into new and renewed supply
contracts. Defra will also use their influence to incorporate packaging clauses in pangovernment
contracts.
• Water: Where practical defra will develop water saving projects at all defra sites such as
reusing rain water for non-potable purposes.
• Energy: Through defra’s agreed Carbon Management Programme with the Carbon Trust,
defra will undertake a full review of energy management of the estate and institute a
range of invest to save measures to realise carbon savings into the future. This
partnership is being viewed as a pilot for other Government departments.
• Procurement: Defra will ensure that sustainable development principles are embedded in
pan-Government call-off contracts for goods and services – the first of which will be the
Pan-Government Travel Contract.
On 12th June 2006, the Government set a series of sustainable operations targets 25 for the
Government office estate, including a pledge to go carbon neutral by 2012 and to reduce carbon
emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. The sustainable operations targets apply to all central
Government Departments and their Executive Agencies, including buildings and land managed.
They also apply to NDPBs on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of ministers.
European Union and UK Government: Legislation, Taxation & Targets
Legislation, taxation and targets have many issues for business and will impact the film industry
through economic instruments and regulation. EU and UK environmental legislation is
increasing annually. This alone will be incentive for the UKFC and UK film industry and to
implement environmental strategies.
As outlined in Chapter one, the impacts of climate change will be severe. As a result climate
change is at the heart of EU and UK legislation, and is now becoming a core part of business
strategies across the globe. With the rising UK CO2 emissions, and EU and UK targets additional
measures, legislation and incentives may lead to increased energy costs and more stringent
measures.
EU leaders agreed a binding target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 1990 levels
by the year 2020 at a climate change summit in Brussels during March 2007. It is thought the EU
could offer to extend its 20% target for emissions cuts to 30% if other heavy polluters like the
US, China and India come on board. The EU also has a binding target for 20% of the EU’s
energy to be from renewables by 2020. The current share of renewables in the UK’s total energy
mix is around 2% and for the EU as a whole around 6%.
The Kyoto Protocol: The Kyoto Protocol entered into force on 16 February 2005 and binds 35
nations to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a first phase until 2012. The UK
target is a 12.5% cut from 1990 levels by 2012. The targets cover emissions of the six main
greenhouse gases (Appendix 1).
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