Sustainable production training

As part of our Mind your business strand, we’re offering training in a range of areas related to business management & development, production finance, legal & business affairs, rights, and compliance, giving individuals the tools needed to thrive in their chosen field in unscripted TV. 

The creative industries offer the greatest opportunity to mobilise positive action for the planet. BAFTA’s albert is an industry consortium that is leading a charge against climate change, bringing the screen industries together to tackle their environmental impact and to inspire audiences to act for a sustainable future. 

Albert training helps industry colleagues to live and work sustainably by providing an optimistic, science-based, solution-centric and enjoyable introduction to the environmental challenges we face.

Who it's for

This training is for anyone working in unscripted TV production and is especially helpful for people who want to know more about how to complete albert certification.

The majority of the USF online short course offering is for those at early career stage and above. As a result, we generally require applicants to have at least 3 credits (unless working in a traditionally uncredited role). If you strongly feel you would still benefit from the training, please email USF@screenskills.com so we can assess if an exception should be made.

We are committed to ensuring all our courses are accessible to everyone. This course is designed to be as interactive as possible. Please email the above address if you have any access requirements and we will be delighted to help, be that clarifying the form such interaction is likely to take or discussing reasonable adjustments.

What it covers

Sustainable production training provides the knowledge and skills to create productions in a more sustainable way

• Environmental basics
• Industry’s impact
• Production case studies
• Carbon calculation and certification

Trainer

Siobhan Pridgeon is a consultant, programme manager and trainer with more than 10 years’ experience delivering projects in the creative industries including for Women in Film & Television, BAFTA, D&AD, ScreenSkills and the BFI.

Siobhan delivers the events programme and training for BAFTA’s albert consortium, and is an associate member of IEMA, the largest professional body for environmental practitioners in the UK. 

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘apply for ticket’ and follow the instructions to apply for your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your application.

Places on these free online courses are limited and applications are often highly competitive. To stand the best chance of securing a place, please be sure to consider the following:

• When asked to list your three most recent credits, please include the programme title and your job role
• When asked what you hope to gain from the course, please be concise but ensure you cover the specific elements of the topic you would like to gain knowledge of and what gaps in your skillset you believe the course may address
• A rewording of the course title or a general comment on career progression does not tell us much about how this course would benefit you

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the 'decline ticket' function on the right hand side of the page so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.

This session is supported by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which invests in training for the unscripted workforce thanks to contributions from broadcasters, SVoDs and production companies.

This course would normally cost participants to attend, but thanks to this support, we are able to offer it to you for free. If you fail to attend, we reserve the right to request reimbursement of costs, unless your place can be taken by someone else.