36 ITV plc Annual Report and Accounts 2023 ITV plc Annual Report and Accounts 2023 37 S SOCIAL PURPOSE CONTINUED T R A T E G I C R E Content by, with and for everyone, connecting P O Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) – based on data for the year ended 31 December 2023 R 2023 2022 Change DIVERSITY and reflecting modern audiences. T Global Global Global (excl. Equity & OUR GOALS Scope Description Unit UK (excl. UK) Total UK (excl. UK) Total UK UK) Emissions Champion diversity through our mainstream content, create 1 from gas, Inclusion equitable opportunities at ITV and across the industry, and create refrigerants and owned vehicles tCO2e 1,448 284 1,731* 1,608 335 1,943 -10% -15% an inclusive culture at ITV. Build accessibility and disability equity Electricity emissions into everything we do at ITV. Location- using geographical based location tCO2e 3,827 756 4,582* 4,261 1,101 5,361 -10% -31% 2 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Market- Electricity emissions based using purchased electricity factor tCO2e 1,669 794 2,463* 2,570 868 3,438 -35% -8% Location- Total 1 based Emissions tCO2e 5,274 1,039 6,314 5,869 1,435 7,304 -10% -28% & 2 Market- Total based Emissions tCO2e 3,116 1,078 4,194 4,178 1,202 5,381 -25% -10% Direct & Indirect Energy Consumption kWh 24,793,533 4,417,537 29,211,070 26,975,667 5,501,408 32,477,075 -8% -20% Total revenue £m £4,260 £4,345 -2% Normalised Location- emissions to tCO2e/ Overview Mainstream THE RESULTS 1 based revenue £m 1.238 0.244 1.482 1.351 0.330 1.681 -8% -26% & 2 Market- Normalised In 2023, we have continued to focus on Content based emissions tCO2e/ We increased our to revenue £m 0.732 0.253 0.985 0.962 0.277 1.238 -24% -9% interventions that drive long-lasting commissioning spend with Purchased goods improvements. Highlights include We have committed £80 million of ITV’s 3 and services tCO2e 274,626 291,120 -6% investing £22.8 million of our ringfenced content commissioning budget over diverse-led production 3 Capital goods tCO2e 217 1,844 -88% Diversity Commissioning Fund (DCF) three years (2022 to 2024) to drive companies by more than 50% Fuel and reaching £54.2 million over two years; racial and disability equity within our in the first year of our fund Energy-related Step Up 60 where 185 diverse creatives mainstream content. Alongside this, 3 activities tCO2e 1,856 2,170 -14% the £500,000 Development Fund helps compared to 2021. Upstream have stepped up into more senior transportation production roles over three years; and to develop people and ideas that can 3 and distribution tCO2e 558 1,338 -58% delivering the Amplify senior leadership qualify for the DCF. As well as creating Diversity Commissioning 3 Waste tCO2e 64 62 3% programme for Deaf, Disabled or new content, the fund helped us Fund spend: £54.2 million 3 Business travel tCO e 24,078 21,392 13% Neurodivergent colleagues. continue investing in shows like Sorry, 2 including £41.1 million with 3 Commuting tCO e 8,564 8,113 6% I Didn’t Know, which returned for a 2 diverse-led production Upstream We made progress towards all of our fourth series in 2023. We commissioned 3 leased assets tCO2e 14,361 14,373 -0% 2025 target areas at the All Colleagues diverse-led production companies companies (across 2022 3 Use of sold products tCO2e 487,910 485,171 1% level. At senior levels, progress towards including Douglas Road Productions, to 2023). 3 Investments tCO e 21,312 14,568 46% our targets has been slower, however we Flicker Productions, Fuuse Films, Tall 2 3 Total Scope 3 833,546* 840,150 -1% have made improvements overall. In Story Pictures and TriForce Productions. Diversity Development Total Scope 2023, we ran a successful campaign to Fund spend: Nearly 1, 2 & 3 increase diversity data completion rates We have made impactful improvements (Market- up to 82%. in the lead presenters of our biggest £400,000 has been used to Based) tCO2e 837,740 845,531 -1% shows with Maya Jama (Love Island) and date to fund the development In 2024, we will maintain and build on our AJ Odudu (Big Brother). ITV Studios of over 30 projects including Methodology 24% of our market-based Scope 1 and 2 data Where actual data was not available, ITV success, seeking out more diverse ideas, continues to make groundbreaking 2023 emissions data covers global operations set is based on estimated data, which makes spend data was multiplied by the latest CEDA diverse content including I Kissed A Boy, the pilot of Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes up 1% of the total data set. Estimates are EEIO factors. ITV will continue to monitor and production companies, and talent. We for which we have operational control. We use will continue to collaborate across the the UK’s first dating show for gay men. in 12 Hours leading to it being the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Protocol calculated from previous consumption trends improve our emissions data quality, with an Corporate Accounting and Reporting and published benchmarks. initial focus on actual supplier specific data. industry to drive systemic change. commissioned for a series. Standard and the latest conversion factors Our Scope 2 footprint decreased in 2023 Energy efficiency initiatives from the Department for Energy Security and because of energy efficiencies in our buildings • A metering project has been launched to Net Zero to calculate Scope 1 and Scope 3 and an increase in renewable energy better understand the source of our energy Business Travel emissions, and the latest procurement. use, helping to proactively reduce energy conversion factors from the International consumption BIG ZUU’S 12 DISHES Energy Agency to calculate Scope 2 emissions The calculation methodology for the Scope 3 IN 12 HOURS in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. category ‘Purchased Goods and Services’ in • The lighting in our Leeds archive has been 2023 includes actual supplier data provided swapped to LED lighting, using an estimated ‘Location-based’ calculations reflect the via the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), and quarter of the energy previously being used average emissions that using electricity the use of V6 CEDA EEIO (Environmentally • Photovoltaic panels have been installed at creates in the country where the energy is Extended Economic Input Output) factors, our Emmerdale set as part of a wider solar used, while ‘market-based’ calculations which are the GHG-Protocol recommended installation project reflect emissions based on the energy factors for estimating carbon emissions based contracts ITV has chosen, such as through on spend data. The supplier-specific data • Three boilers and three chillers have been purchasing energy on a renewable tariff. accounted for 3.5% of ITV’s total spend and switched off in Leeds, having been replaced was calculated using an average data method, by newer and more efficient cooling and We have chosen to measure and report our heating systems emissions in total gross emissions in metric apportioning the total direct, indirect and tonnes of CO e per £ revenue, which is the upstream emissions of a company based on 2 their yearly revenue and the proportion to recommended intensity ratio for the sector. which ITV spent with them. * The emissions data provided has undergone limited assurance by ERM CVS.