The Bottle Yard’s TBY2 facility came top with a rating of Outstanding

BAFTA albert has released its 2025/26 Studio Sustainability Standard Report with The Bottle Yard Studios’ TBY2 facility the highest performing.

With an overall score of 97% (a rise of 4% from on last year) TBY2 ranked top out of 31 global studios and achieved an Outstanding rating. The Bottle Yard main site won an Excellent rating, with a score of 83%, up from its previous Very Good rating of 78%.

Laura Aviles, head of film (Bristol City Council), said: “We are extremely proud that The Bottle Yard’s TBY2 facility is the highest performer in this year’s Studio Sustainability Standard and equally delighted that our main site has shown such significant improvement too. As a dual-site complex, The Bottle Yard Studios accommodates productions working at a range of budgets with differing needs – but our commitment to sustainability is consistent across our entire operation.

“Our state-of-the-art TBY2 facility has sustainability embedded into every element of its design, including its 1MW community-owned solar rooftop, whilst our main site continues to drive forward a regime of improvements and our operational team makes every effort to help productions work more sustainably with a particular focus on supporting a circular economy here in Bristol. We remain fully committed to continuing this important work going forward.”

April Sotomayor, Head of Industry Sustainability at BAFTA albert says: “Studios from across the globe have stepped up in our industry’s fight against climate change. This year we’ve seen more investment in innovation, more support for local communities and vital education programmes being implemented to train people on how they can tackle environmental impact in their roles. Studios play such an important role in the production of content and it is reassuring to see so many are committed to making a difference for the future of our planet.”

Sustainable features at TBY2 include a building management system that controls built-in heating, cooling and ventilation in all stages, whilst optimising energy conservation. TBY2’s power supply is supported by 1MW solar array funded by Bristol Energy Cooperative, believed to be the largest community-owned rooftop PV installation in the UK, which is connected to Bristol’s groundbreaking City Leap network. The rooftop array won the Sustainable Initiative Award at the 2023 Global Production Awards.

The Bottle Yard Studios is currently shortlisted for Studio of the Year at the 2025 Global Production Awards.

Liverpool’s The Depot won a Very Good rating in the report, becoming the first studio in the north to be accredited as a BAFTA albert sustainable studio, with an above-average score of 80%. Areas in which the studio excelled were 100% LED studio lighting, providing the service of renewable generators, the sustainability policy, as well as access to green biodiverse space.

Suggestions for improvements include installing EV charging ports, looking at the feasibility of renewable energy generation and increasing the recycling rate.

Owned by Liverpool City Council and managed by the Film Office, The Depot opened in 2021 and since then has hosted productions such as This City Is Ours, The Gathering and Sexy Beast.

Liverpool had been named as the world’s first UN Accelerator City for climate action, which recognises the city’s commitment to trial new ways to decarbonise the music and film production sectors.

Head of Liverpool Film Office and fund manager, Lynn Saunders, said: “We’re thrilled to receive the rating of ‘Very Good’ and so proud that we’ve achieved this award in the first time in entering.

“We’re dedicated to building on the success of filming in the Liverpool City Region by creating a sustainable screen eco system, bettering not only our skills programme but the way we work with productions when they come to our region to film.

“By having this award, we will be able to track our progress and continue to make meaningful improvements to The Depot to better the environment for generations to come.”

Leader of Liverpool City Council, Councillor Liam Robinson, added: “This is fantastic news for the city and for film and TV productions who choose Liverpool as their place to shoot their stories for screen.

“Not only have we achieved a ‘Very Good’ rating but The Depot is leading the way for film and TV studios in the North, proving that if you want to shoot sustainable productions, Liverpool is the very best place to do this.

“This news follows our announcement last year about our ‘plug and play’ zones across key filming and TV sites in the city centre and is yet another important step towards the city’s net-zero future.”