The Music Climate Pact (MCP) has released an annual report detailing actions taken by participating labels towards reducing carbon emissions, on both the digital and physical sides of the industry.
To this end, it was important to get granular about the path to real results, said MCP project manager Roxy Erickson.
“As we began to map out how best to achieve our goals, it became clear our priority had to be to improve the base data so that we could fully understand where our biggest impacts can be made as we work with all parts of the value chain to create positive action,” announced Erickson.
“At the same time, we need to upskill our industry’s workforce with sustainable practices and knowledge to ensure best practise becomes second nature.”
The MCP report outlines three working groups that were establish to achieve the goals of the programme, including the Digital Working Group (DWG), Vinyl Working Group (VWG), Climate Training Working Group.
The aforementioned training will be rolled out first to physical production and distribution, communication/marketing, and artist support departments within signatory labels – aka departments known to have the most environmental impact.
“Thanks to the improved data and visibility we now have, we know there is a breadth of steps we can collectively take to reduce the impact vinyl manufacturing has on our environment,” said co-chairs of the VWG, Ian Stanton of Beggars Group and John Service of Key Production, in a statement.
“We’ve seen a strong appetite across the sector to move in this direction. Artists and fans increasingly expect sustainable choices, and this work gives us the tools and partnerships needed to meet those expectations together.”
Founding signatories include Anjunabeats, Beggars Group, BMG, Brownswood Recordings, Full Time Hobby, Inside Recordings, !K7 Music, Ninja Tune, Secretly Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Warp.
All thirteen have undergone a baseline carbon audit, and 75% are measuring some or all of their emissions with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol on an annual basis.
A further twelve have created internal projects to decrease emissions, and more than the half that are reporting greenhouse gas emissions to date have reached Scope 1 & 2 emissions reductions (though findings did not say how many are reporting).
The MCP report also follows calls from signatory !K7 for labels to take more ownership over their climate impact, as well as prior studies indicating that music fans care more about the climate than ever.
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