Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Responsible programming
• Diversity and inclusion
• Environmental impact
• Community engagement
• Health and safety
• Creative economy
• Supply chain responsibility

Environmental Achievements

• Purchased 48,000 MWh of green electricity; corporate headquarters in London ran entirely on renewable energy tariff.
• Reduced major accidents and accidents requiring more than three days off work.

Social Achievements

• Launched Citv, a dedicated children's channel, becoming the UK's most popular commercial free-to-air children's channel.
• Increased ethnic minority representation at ITV to 9.9% from 6.4% in 2005.
• Came second in the Guardian’s 2006 Giving List for charitable contributions.
• Supported various community campaigns like ITV’s Big Clean-Up, raising awareness and mobilizing volunteers.

Governance Achievements

• Published a new Corporate Responsibility (CR) policy.
• Established a CR Operational Group to manage CR issues.
• Maintained a popular schedule with a low level of complaints upheld by Ofcom.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Incomplete environmental data, particularly for waste recycling and water consumption.
• Maintaining on-screen diversity portrayal to reflect the UK population.
• Ensuring responsible use of premium rate phone lines in interactive programmes.
• Managing the environmental impact of energy use and waste generation across the entire ITV estate.

Mitigation Strategies

• Reviewing company-wide waste management strategy to maximize materials recovery and recycling.
• Implementing energy efficiency measures at London TV studios.
• Working with Ofcom and ICSTIS to ensure responsible development of interactive TV formats.
• Developing systems to help production managers regulate energy demand of their productions.
• Evaluating data collection systems to improve reliability.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Re-drafted procurement policy to strengthen CR position in supply chain.
• Created questionnaire to assess suppliers’ CR capabilities.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: AA1000 Assurance Standard

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Enviros Consulting Ltd

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Second place in the Guardian’s 2006 Giving List
• ITV News awards for various news stories

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Responsible Programming
• Independent Reporting
• Reflecting Society
• Supporting Communities
• Responsible Advertising
• Digital Switchover
• Online Content on Demand
• Creative Economy
• Our People
• Health and Safety
• Protecting the Environment

Environmental Achievements

• Manchester site CHP saved 1,734 tonnes of CO2 in 2007
• Improved methods for measuring the climate impact of business travel
• Reduced waste sent to landfill (though data comparison is difficult due to improved data collection systems)

Social Achievements

• Launched ITV Carer of the Year initiative raising awareness of carers' work
• Introduced Give as You Earn (GAYE) scheme for employee charitable donations
• Improved support for employees with children under five (childcare vouchers and flexible working)

Governance Achievements

• Comprehensive reimbursement scheme for Premium Rate Services issues
• Changes to the operation of Premium Rate Services (PRS) including suspension of SMS and Red Button voting in live programmes
• Strengthened ITV’s compliance resources with the addition of a dedicated Interactive Governance team

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Failures in systems for premium rate services and administering competitions
• Increased competition from digital services
• Data collection problems from some waste and water contractors
• Difficulty in capturing on-screen disability information
• Underrepresentation of women in public affairs impacting programme content

Mitigation Strategies

• Deloitte review of PRS, reimbursement scheme, charitable donations, operational changes to PRS
• Exploring new revenue streams to adapt to changes in the media landscape
• Improving ways to capture data on waste and water use
• Improved support for new employees who declare a disability
• Increased support for flexible working patterns to support gender equality

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Questionnaire to evaluate potentially risky suppliers

Responsible Procurement

• Inclusion of clauses in contracts requesting compliance with Procurement Policy

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Increased regulation affecting the cost of energy and volume of carbon dioxide emissions

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Enviros Ltd

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Communicators in Business award for CR awareness raising campaign
• Various awards for ITV News reporting

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• People
• Planet
• Partnerships

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced absolute (Scope 1 and Scope 2) greenhouse gas emissions by 17.3% since 2016, and 47.1% since 2013
• Continued to buy 100% renewable electricity for our owned properties in the UK
• 11 ITV productions became albert-certified for sustainable production techniques
• ITV Calendar News became the first regional news programme to achieve albert certification

Social Achievements

• Contributed over £30 million through cash, in-kind support and public donations to charitable causes
• Launched ITV Embrace (BAME network) and ITV Balance (work-life balance network)
• Exceeded mandatory and voluntary access services targets for subtitling, audio description and signing
• Colleagues volunteered over 10,880 hours of their time, worth over £700,000 to charities
• Promoted the People’s Projects, supporting 95 community organisations with £2.85 million in grants
• Launched ‘Plus 1’ initiative to improve recruitment, development and succession planning

Governance Achievements

• Accountability for the CR programme rests with the CR Board, chaired by the Group Legal Director and Company Secretary

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Not disclosed

Mitigation Strategies

• Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Social Partnership Commissioning Commitments

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Numerous awards listed in the report (see page 12)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Partnerships
• People
• Planet

Environmental Achievements

• Became a carbon-neutral business
• Reduced absolute emissions by 10.1% versus the previous year and 52.5% since 2013
• Reduced emissions per unit revenue by 12.8% and per employee by 11.8% since 2017
• Removed all single-use cups and cutlery from main hub sites
• Purchased 100% renewable electricity for UK buildings (55.6% of global consumption)
• 38 albert-certified productions (778 hours of TV)

Social Achievements

• Project 84 reached 22 million people and contributed to the appointment of a Minister for Suicide Prevention
• Daily Mile partnership resulted in over 750,000 more schoolchildren running a mile daily
• ITV2 Blood Squad increased blood donation sign-ups by 33%
• Over £52m contributed to charitable causes
• Launched partnership with Benefacto for employee volunteering
• Improved representation across gender, BAME, and LGBT+ in the workforce
• Ranked in the Top 10 best performers in the Hampton Alexander Review on FTSE Women Leaders
• Won three categories at the Asian Media Awards

Governance Achievements

• Strengthened Social Partnership Commissioning Commitments including diversity and inclusion promises
• Strengthened human rights protection in the supply chain through updated Modern Slavery Statement
• Implemented group-wide Modern Slavery Steering Committee
• Mandatory Code of Conduct training for all colleagues

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Need to further improve diversity and inclusion, particularly for people with disabilities and those over 50 in on-screen content
• Maintaining sustainability efforts across the entire supply chain

Mitigation Strategies

• Continued investment in initiatives to attract and retain diverse talent
• Strengthened Social Partnership Commissioning Commitments to promote diversity and inclusion
• Working with suppliers to improve environmental credentials
• Mandating the use of the albert calculator for all productions

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Updated Modern Slavery Statement
• Social Partnership Commissioning Commitments

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

• Better Society Award
• International CSR Awards
• High Sheriff Awards
• Clio Awards
• D&AD Impact Graphite Pencil
• Media Week Awards
• Campaign Big Awards
• UK Social Mobility Awards
• Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity Awards
• GivX Community Value Awards
• Mind Media Award
• Corporate Engagement Awards
• The Peer Awards
• Signature Awards
• In House Recruitment Awards
• FTSE4Good Index Constituent
• Oekom Corporate Responsibility Review (Prime status)
• Sustainalytics (Leader status)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Better Health (mental and physical)
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Climate Action
• Giving Back

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced Scope 1&2 emissions by 26%, Scope 3 by 16%
• 46% of energy from renewables (up 6% from 2019)
• 60% increase in albert environmental certifications compared to 2019
• All UK programmes to be albert-certified by 2021
• Set ambitious target to be net zero carbon emissions by 2030

Social Achievements

• Launched Diversity Acceleration Plan
• Appointed Group Diversity Director to Management Board
• Launched Black Voices campaign
• Britain Get Talking campaign reached 6.4 million people
• Eat Them to Defeat Them campaign reached 9/10 households with 4-9 year olds

Governance Achievements

• Established Climate Change Delivery Group
• Updated Environmental Governance structure
• Implemented new Supplier Code of Conduct
• Published Global Tax Strategy
• Strengthened risk management processes

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• COVID-19 pandemic impacting productions and advertising revenue
• Changing viewing habits shifting towards online platforms
• Advertising market changes and reduced demand
• Evolving demand in the content market
• Platform relationship risks

Mitigation Strategies

• Swift action to preserve cash and reduce costs
• Restructured Broadcast business to create Media and Entertainment division
• Invested in digital transformation projects (ITV Hub, Planet V, BritBox)
• Developed strong relationships with diverse customer base (broadcasters, platforms)
• Continued investment in creative talent and content pipeline

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct
• Procuring with Social Purpose framework

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events

Transition Risks

• Carbon pricing
• Government and regulatory action

Opportunities

• Advertising
• Programming
• Technology

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD

Certifications: albert

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3
• 5
• 7
• 10
• 12
• 13

ITV's social purpose goals align with these SDGs

Awards & Recognition

• MIND Wellbeing Index Silver award

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Better Health
• Climate Action
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Giving Back

Environmental Achievements

• 36% Scope 1 & 2 emissions reduction compared to the baseline year (2019)
• 13% Scope 3 emissions reduction compared to the baseline year (2019)
• 27% of waste recycled
• 94% of UK programmes produced/42% of programmes commissioned albert certified

Social Achievements

• Launched £80 million Diversity Commissioning Fund
• Launched ITV Studios Disabled Writers in Development initiative
• Launched the Amplify senior leadership programme for People of Colour
• 47 million actions taken to support mental or physical health
• 7 million people connected with others as a result of Britain Get Talking
• 1.8 million people took action to care for their mental health due to our ITV2 x CALM partnership
• 1.1 million children ate more vegetables as a result of Eat Them to Defeat Them
• Over 70,000 more children did the Daily Mile
• £15.7 million raised for Soccer Aid for UNICEF
• £13.4 million raised for Disasters Emergency Committee via Concert for Ukraine
• 90 additional mentoring partnerships

Governance Achievements

• Improved data quality by using supplier-level carbon data for 4.6% of spend
• Embedded new sustainability requirements into standard contractual terms and conditions
• Remuneration package of Management Board linked to achievement of key targets
• Senior leaders across the organisation have individual bonuses linked to specific climate action objectives
• ITV’s Revolving Credit Facilities arrangements linked to climate targets performance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Gathering accurate and consistent Scope 3 data
• Business Travel emissions increased by 25% compared to 2021
• Scope 2 footprint increased in 2022 due to awaiting evidence of renewable electricity at several sites
• Reaching 100% albert certification for all shows
• Improving representation in senior leadership for d/Deaf, Disabled and neurodiverse colleagues and People of Colour

Mitigation Strategies

• Engaged ERM CVS to provide limited assurance of emissions
• Published Basis of Reporting for 2022, detailing methodologies and policies
• Recalculated 2019 footprint
• Improving Scope 3 data quality by introducing supplier-level data
• Introduced a new sustainable travel policy
• Working on setting divisional targets in 2023
• Planned increase to ITV’s electricity supply from renewable sources
• Installation of electric vehicle charging points
• Strengthening focus on senior representation through initiatives

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Over 200 suppliers invited to submit sustainability-related information to CDP

Responsible Procurement

• Embedded new sustainability requirements into standard contractual terms and conditions
• 20% of supplier selection criteria dedicated to Social Purpose issues

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather
• Flooding
• Drought

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes
• Market shifts

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products
• Virtual Production

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: CDP, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Albert

Certifications: albert

Third-party Assurance: ERM CVS (limited assurance)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
• SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
• SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
• SDG 13: Climate Action

Initiatives contribute to these goals through various campaigns and programs

Awards & Recognition

• A rating on CDP Climate Change
• Best Broadcaster for New Talent at The Edinburgh TV Foundation New Voice Awards 2022
• Numerous other awards listed on page 53

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Mental Wellbeing
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Climate Action
• Better Futures

Environmental Achievements

• 52% Scope 1 & 2 emissions reduction compared to baseline year (2019)
• 17% Scope 3 emissions reduction compared to baseline year (2019)
• 69% of electricity from renewable energy

Social Achievements

• Surpassed target of 200 million actions to improve mental or physical health, reaching 249 million actions between 2019-2023.
• Invested £22.8 million of Diversity Commissioning Fund in 2023, reaching £54.2 million over two years (2022-23)
• 62 diverse creatives stepped up into more senior production roles in 2023

Governance Achievements

• Management Board remuneration linked to achieving climate action targets
• Published Climate Transition Plan aligned with the UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce framework

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Maintaining data quality for climate action reporting, particularly Scope 3 emissions.
• Slower progress towards diversity targets at senior levels.
• Decreased proportion of working-class colleagues despite increased data sharing.

Mitigation Strategies

• Continuously improving data management and collection; independent assurance by ERM CVS.
• Strengthened focus on senior representation for underrepresented groups; updated definitions of Managers and Senior Leaders.
• Further analysis and interventions to improve the experience of Black, Mixed Race/Dual Heritage and other minority ethnic colleagues.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Over 250 suppliers invited to submit climate-related information to CDP; 60% response rate.

Responsible Procurement

• Sustainability embedded into procurement processes and contracting terms (20% of selection criteria for key contracts dedicated to Social Purpose)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events impacting productions

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes, market shifts

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products and processes

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol, TCFD, CDP

Certifications: albert

Third-party Assurance: ERM Certification and Verification Services Limited (ERM CVS)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
• Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
• Goal 13: Climate Action

Initiatives contribute to these goals through various programs and campaigns.

Awards & Recognition

• Numerous awards for Britain Get Talking, Love Island & eBay partnership, and other initiatives (see page 61)