Published
Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 11:00
- Two of the UK's key indie groups pledge to reform business operations and the label sector at large.
Ninja Tune and Beggars Group have pledged to become carbon negative companies.
Beggars, which represents labels like XL Recordings, Young, Rough Trade and 4AD, is aiming to be carbon negative in the UK and US by the end of the 2021 and 2024 respectively, and reach an overall 46 percent reduction by 2030.
Ninja Tune, home to Big Dada and Technicolour, has pledged to be carbon neutral before 2022 and work toward negative status thereafter. Beggars reports that already in 2020 they "halved the carbon intensity of shipments with our largest logistics provider by increasing our use of sea freight."
Both groups signed on to the IMPALA campaign, which aims to make the European indie record sector more sustainable through a set of fifteen commitments. These include reforming manufacturing supply chains, reducing the carbon footprint of digital music services, self-reporting of emissions and providing guidance for other labels.