Reducing your carbon emissions before you emit them is the most important thing you can do to run a sustainable production. Here are thoughts, tips and links around TRAVEL.
USE LOCAL CREW Consider location finding agencies like Scout Productions who have remote teams already in place nationwide.
STICK WITH VIDEO CALLS in place of face to face meetings when possible.
WORK FROM HOME If everyone working in offices worked from home on one day each week you would reduce your travel and office CO2 output by a fifth.
ELECTRIC CARS Try London taxi co LEVC & check out Green Tomato Cars. For car shares nationwide try Zip Cars & ask for one of their electric vehicles.
PEDAL COURIERS use 90% less emissions than standard couriers. Companies are popping up throughout the UK. Try Priority Express for Cardiff & Bristol, Pedal Me for London, Pedal & Post & Velocity for Oxford.
DRIVE CAREFULLY Cutting your speed from 80mph to 55mph and being less 'heavy' on the pedals when braking and accelerating can reduce your emissions by a third.
BIKE2WORK SCHEME Use this government scheme to allow your employees to buy a new electric bike with reductions of up to 48.25%. For employers it's free and can also save you thousands in national insurance contributions.
GIVE EMPLOYEES TIME TO TRAVEL ABROAD BY TRAIN & CAR, NOT PLANE. CLIMATE PERKS is an employer benefits scheme where staff receive paid ‘journey days’ to choose low-carbon holiday travel instead of flying.
FLYING
"The hard truth is that we are a long way off putting a long-haul passenger plane into the sky without burning around 100 tonnes of fossil fuel...there is no getting around the need to be frugal with flying. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise." How Bad Are Bananas by Mike Berners-Lee
If you can't avoid flying, this is good to know: FLY ECONOMY. Business class tickets produce twice the carbon emissions as economy because your seat uses up more of the plane.
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