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Sustainability Impacts of Convergent Technologies in the UK Creative Industries

Arup, in partnership with the CoSTAR Foresight Lab, has investigated how the Creative Industries landscape will be reshaped by convergent technologies in the coming years, with a particular focus on how these technologies will require businesses to rethink and redefine their sustainability strategies.

Posted: 02 April 2025
A film still from The Great Endeavour, directed and designed by Liam Young, 2024. The image shows an aerial view of a large solar farm in a desert landscape. Rows of solar panels are arranged in a grid pattern, with some sections appearing darker and others lighter, possibly due to the angle of sunlight or different types of panels. The ground is sandy and dotted with sparse vegetation. There is a bright reflection of sunlight near the centre of the image.A film still from The Great Endeavour, directed and designed by Liam Young, 2024. The image shows an aerial view of a large solar farm in a desert landscape. Rows of solar panels are arranged in a grid pattern, with some sections appearing darker and others lighter, possibly due to the angle of sunlight or different types of panels. The ground is sandy and dotted with sparse vegetation. There is a bright reflection of sunlight near the centre of the image.A film still from The Great Endeavour, directed and designed by Liam Young, 2024. The image shows an aerial view of a large solar farm in a desert landscape. Rows of solar panels are arranged in a grid pattern, with some sections appearing darker and others lighter, possibly due to the angle of sunlight or different types of panels. The ground is sandy and dotted with sparse vegetation. There is a bright reflection of sunlight near the centre of the image.
Image CreditFilm still from 'The Great Endeavour', directed and designed by Liam Young, 2024.
AuthorsBabet Nieman, Shrey Sood, Rhiannon Williams, Florence Mansfield, Brian Tarran and Rishi Coupland
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“Due to the growing demand, the Creative Industries need to measure the full carbon footprint of Virtual Production and establish new methods for doing so (e.g. the embodied carbon of equipment, the supply chains, end-of-life emissions for LED walls).”

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Sustainability Impacts of Convergent Technologies in the UK Creative Industries

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