CBC has appointed Leaticia Kaggwa Environmental Sustainability Lead, a new role created to support the national public broadcaster’s new carbon footprint requirement announced in November 2021.
“We are putting environmentally sustainable thinking into everything we do, and creating this new role is part of that commitment. Leaticia brings a unique combination of education in sustainability management, industry knowledge and practical know-how from running her own business in a sustainable way to this role, which will support the acceleration of more sustainable production practices,” said Lisa Clarkson, Executive Director, Business & Rights and Content Optimization, CBC.
In the new role reporting to Clarkson, Kaggwa will support CBC productions in their use of the albert carbon calculator and share the lessons learned from calculator use as well as advancing other sustainability changes. Kaggwa will also help drive focused environmental change and action by working closely with all of CBC’s in-house and external independent producers to adopt greener production practices (including the albert calculator), greener storytelling and additional changes to help advance environmentally sustainable decision making and action.
With a strong background in commerce and sustainability, Kaggwa launched a product and apparel business that was both profitable and environmentally sustainable, and recently researched and helped to lead a new strategy to increase sustainable production practices at William F White International. Kaggwa holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta and will shortly finish a Masters in Sustainability Management from the University of Toronto.
In the spring of 2021, CBC was the first media company in Canada to use albert, a film and television industry tool that calculates the carbon emissions of productions that CBC licenced through Reel Green. As of January 3, 2022, CBC now requires completion and delivery of a carbon footprint on all original Canadian productions from independent producers with budgets over $400,000 (and delivery of a sustainability plan on all original Canadian productions from independent producers with budgets under $400,000).
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For more information, please contact:
Simon Bassett, CBC PR
simon.bassett@cbc.ca
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