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CBC announces five-year plan to get greener

TORONTO – CBC/Radio-Canada this week unveiled its new 2021–2026 environmental strategy, “Greening Our Story.” The five-year plan will see the public broadcaster launch sustainable production practices with the objective to create content in ways that actively eliminate waste and carbon emissions from production workflows, says the broadcaster’s announcement. CBC/Radio-Canada is committing to, reads its release: Measuring the carbon footprint of 100% of its in-house productions using albert, a tool which calculates the carbon emissions of productions. Ensuring 25% of its in-house productions are “albert-certified” as sustainable. Measuring the carbon footprint of 50% of external productions using albert and collaborating with...