How the music industry plans to save the environment
The music industry are promising to fix their environmental impact and Warner Music have announced their step to become climate-neutral.
One of the world’s biggest music labels and member of the big 3 majors, Warner Music Group (WMG) have outlined their environmental plans for the future. Amongst their goals is relying exclusively on renewable energy by 2030.
WMG’s Environment Social Governance (ESG) report looks forward to their next steps as a climate conscious label. Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl writes that the climate crisis is impacting the music industry “like never before”.
He cites the disruption to concerts and festivals by climate fuelled disasters as part of the reason they’re “taking a leading role in reducing our own emissions”. The report specifically mentions an incident last year in which the equipment wouldn’t turn on at a Disturbed concert in Phoenix due to the intense heat.
Amongst green-focused innovation is an industry first method of creating greener vinyl, with help from Sonopress. WMG have partnered with MIT, Live Nation, Hope Solutions, as well as individual artists to study and reduce the impact of touring and live events.
Late last year, we reported on the news that all 3 major labels were putting aside their competition to form the Music Industry Climate Collective (MICC). Together they intend on examining Scope 3 emissions, the offshoots of producing and distributing products. WMG are also making plans to reduce their Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
Kyncl writes: “These steps are just the beginning. I’m excited about the momentum and trajectory of the initiatives we’ve started, and I look forward to seeing them continue to blossom in the years ahead.”
You can read the full report here which also explores Warner’s commitments to “empowering our people and creative talent” as well as “using our scale and influence for good”.