BBC Chief Financial Officer Glyn Isherwood may find himself struggling with News colleagues, over exhortations to staff to help Auntie move to net zero by 2030. Here are his latest strictures, issued to mark Earth Day, with my annotations.
Give the kit a break and power down what you’re not using
This is anathema to the style-gurus of BBC News, lovers of light entertainment lighting levels. Imagine the Temple of Doom newsroom backdrop to tv bulletins with the only computers illuminated being those actually in use. All the sparkle of a closed casino. News editors are also so convinced of their own dynamism that spare computers are left running in case "something happens", and because, even today, logging in from cold takes most of a shift.
Go paperless and reduce, reuse and recycle wherever you can
Who, among our presentation team, wants to be first with the tablet/large phone on the catwalk of news ?
As things open up again, think hard about your travel and whether you really need to make a business journey
Just say no when the newsroom asks you to deliver a repetitious live top and tail (to a piece that is complete in itself) from outside a closed building. See where it gets you.
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