NCVO CCIS June 10 - 1 Trewin Restorick GAP and Lucy Carver BSKYB

Creating a Climate for Change

Trewin Restorick, CEO of Global Action Plan &

Lucy Carver, Director of The Bigger Picture, Sky

29th June 2010

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After 45 More Years of current energy use patterns

Today’s CO2 Concentration

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Gulf of Mexico, 11 July 2005

Summer Temperatures in context

Source Met Office Hadley Centre

Observed temperatures

Simulated temperatures

2040s

2060s

2003

We are already

committed to this from

past emissions alone

www.defra.gov.uk/adaptation

35 000 people died across Northern Europe in the August heat-wave of 2003 –

effective planning is essential

UK Floods June – July 07

= £3 Billion

How Sky and Global Action Plan

came to work together

Sky’s The Bigger Picture

Responsible Business

Environ

ment

Sport

Art

Joining In

Sky and Climate Change

• We believe its happening - and want to tackle it

• Sustainability = good business sense

• 9.8M+ homes and 17,000 employees = big

opportunity to make a difference

INSPIRING ACTION TO COMBAT

CLIMATE CHANGE

(customers and staff)

MINIMISING SKY’S ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT (direct footprint and indirect footprint)

Help Sky

homes be

greener homes

Schools

Sky

Rainforest

Rescue

Products OperationsSupply

Chain

Sky’s Environment Strategy -

Areas of Focus

GAP works

with us

across all

areas

Environment: Minimising our

impact at Sky

CO2 Emissions

25% reduction in gross CO2 emissions (tonnes / £m) by

2020 versus a 2008/09 baseline

Energy Efficiency

20% increase in energy efficiency in Sky owned buildings

by 2020 versus a 2008/09 baseline

On-site Renewable EnergyUK Sky-owned sites to obtain 20% of gross carbon emissions from the use of on-site renewable energy by 2020 versus a 2008/09 baseline

Fleet25% reduction in CO2 emissions per van in our fleet by 2012 versus a 2008/09 baseline

Employee Business Travel20% reduction in CO2 emissions per FTE from employee business travel by 2012 versus a 2008/09 baseline

Waste to LandfillDivert 90% of waste from landfill by 2012

Waste RecycledReuse or recycle 70% of waste by 2012

WaterEnsure that water consumption remains +/- 1m3 from 10m3/FTE

Product Energy UseCut the total energy consumption of newly installed Sky+HD boxes by 30% by 2012 versus our current Sky+HD box

SuppliersEngage with 50 of our most carbon intensive suppliers to help them measure their carbon footprint and reduce emissions further

Creating a Joint Vision for the Sky /

Global Action Plan partnership• Achieve significant practical and measurable improvements in

environmental impacts by engaging the Sky community delivering innovation and long term behaviour change

• Help grow and enhance the reputation of Sky and Global Action Plan (position Sky as a thought-leader in addressing environmental issues and Global Action Plan as one of the UK’s leading environmental charities)

• Generate buzz and excitement around Sky’s involvement in the climate change agenda, providing hooks and angles for exciting news stories

• Demonstrate an acclaimed ground-breaking, successful, action-led corporate/charity partnership

• Through cash, leveraged and in-kind investment, raise a minimum £1m over three years for Global Action Plan’s initiatives

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Appetite for Action

• Global Action Plan and Sky

• Free web and teaching

resources for Primary

Schools in the UK and Ireland

• Join the dots between

the environment, the food we eat and the food

we throw away

www.appetiteforaction.org.uk

EverGreen & volunteering

opportunities

Benefits to Global Action Plan

• Different culture and skills

• Creativity

• Creates scale

• Credibility

• Resource

Benefits to Sky

• Our people = key to reducing our CO2 emissions

• Employees who join in are stronger advocates

• Reach consumers through volunteering and Schools project

Working with GAP bring us:

• Different culture and skills

• Creativity

• Depth

• Credibility

• Contributes £2m to WWF for

project over 3 years

• Supported by Sky marketing

and programming

• Raise £2m over 3 years via on-line, red

button and phone donations through

specific awareness and donation

programmes

• Delivered on the ground by WWF Brazil,

with local community and government

• Link to Copenhagen Climate Change

Summit

Project

• WWF and Sky to help save 1

billion trees in Amazon

rainforest in partnership over 3

years

• £10= helps save 500 trees

Sky Sky Customers & employees

Sky Rainforest Rescue - Project

Overview

Schools and Sky Rainforest

Rescue

• Global Action Plan are expert in schools - GAP and WWF are creating programme together

• Taking learnings from Appetite for Action

• We want 3,000 Primary and Secondary Schools to take part

• Will educate on rainforests and how we can take decisions at home to help save them

Contact Details

www.globalactionplan.org.uk

Telephone: 020 7405 5633

[email protected]

www.sky.com/thebiggerpicture

[email protected]