SUNBELT RENTALS HELPS PRODUCTIONS GO-GREENER FASTER

As part of its commitment to sustainability, Sunbelt Rentals Film and TV has become an Albertaccredited supplier and announced a new partnership with online software platform Skoon, which offers clean energy solutions and software tools to the film and TV, electricity grid and construction industries.

Albert is a not-for-profit environmental sustainability organisation that encourages those working in TV and film production to reduce their waste and carbon footprint. Like many sectors, media production carries a large carbon footprint, beyond the traditional environmental impacts such as travel, use of buildings and energy consumption.

Sunbelt Rentals was awarded Albert accreditation after successfully meeting sustainable supplier criteria, which included demonstrating sustainable solutions in live settings, such as providing sustainable power solutions for location services, supplying LED lighting solutions on-set for a popular streaming service, and supplying electric plant for hire to a studio complex.

The company has also have entered into a one-year partnership with Skoon to support customers in the construction, events and film and TV industries with a seamless booking system to access sustainable clean energy products.

This partnership will increase the ease of hiring battery storage units, hydrogen generators and solar array clean energy solutions and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.

The Skoon software platform allows for customer-friendly reporting on energy usage and savings. Together, this partnership will assist the strategic goals of customers to transition to clean alternatives from diesel generators.

Geoff Fawkes, director of film and TV

commented, “Sunbelt Rentals is wholeheartedly committed to innovating change and protecting the planet. As a business we’ve developed our own ESG action plan – Our Planet. And, over the last 12 months, we’ve been supporting customers from various sectors to tackle and drive down their carbon emissions. We understand the challenges our customers face and are proud to be able help productions go-greener, faster.”