Environmental Policy | Set Surfaces

Set Surfaces | Set Surfaces Digital: Environmental Policy

Autumn 2026 Review

Sustainability sits at the core of Set Surfaces and Set Surfaces Digital. Our hired-solution model removes one-time set-build waste; SSD's virtual production consultancy removes the physical build altogether. All collections are now collection-only, direct from us. We no longer offer delivery.

We assess our impact against our own 5Cs framework, benchmarked where relevant against the UK's statutory climate targets: net zero by 2050, at least 68% emissions reduction by 2030, and 78% by 2035 (Sixth Carbon Budget), all against a 1990 baseline.

Cost

  • Hire over buy removes the cost, and waste, of one-time builds.
  • SSD's CS1 case study recorded a 40% cost reduction moving BAU to virtual production.

Creative

  • Reusable SETSkins and SETPanels replace painted flats without limiting creative output.
  • SSD offers a lower-impact creative route for e-commerce and stills clients via virtual production and AI-assisted workflows.

Carbon

  • Collection-only cuts our transport footprint to zero for outbound delivery.
  • CS1 recorded a 66% carbon footprint reduction versus BAU.
  • We track our own reduction against the UK's 2030 and 2035 national milestones on the path to 2050 net zero.

Culture

  • Sustainability is a condition of every supplier and client relationship, not an add-on.
  • We say no to one-off skin sales, which prevents single-campaign disposal.

Compliance

  • Zero-to-landfill across all operations; materials repurposed or donated.
  • Helen Labourt holds PISEP accreditation (Practitioner Member, Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals), completed August 2025.
  • Print materials and process reviewed for recyclability with our print partners.

Aims

  • Protection of the environment is a prime concern and a core business value at Set Surfaces.
  • Committed to helping deliver an environmentally sustainable media production industry, physical and virtual.
  • Seek to understand and manage our impact, implementing initiatives to act on our opportunity to make a difference.
  • Working towards a Circular Economy, reducing material use and maximising reuse across the supply chain.

Our Ongoing Journey

  • Print process: partners selected for recycling capability.
  • Print material: recycled-plastic, bleach-free textile, dye-sublimation process.
  • Shoot partners: clients retain panels on site and collect skins directly, removing delivery from the process entirely.
  • Digital transition: SSD extends the same principles into virtual production and AI-assisted stills.

Mission

To remove production waste from the creative industries, through reusable physical systems and lower-impact virtual alternatives.

Aim

  • To reduce our consolidated carbon footprint in line with the UK's path to net zero by 2050.
  • To influence an industry-wide step change that reduces operational stills shoot emissions.

Next review: September 2027

Signed by Helen Labourt | Director, Set Surfaces / Set Surfaces Digital | September 2026

 

 

 

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