CBC has appointed Leaticia Kaggwa as its new environmental sustainability lead to support the pubcaster’s recently announced carbon footprint requirement for original, Canadian English-language productions.

Kaggwa’s duties will include supporting CBC productions in their use of “albert,” a U.K.-based film and television industry tool that calculates production carbon emissions. The corporation says it was the first media company in Canada to use albert in spring of 2021 for the in-house, Toronto-shot CBC Kids show Gary’s Magic Fort. CBC has since used the calculator on Family Feud Canada, Marketplace and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Kaggwa will also work closely with all of CBC’s in-house and external independent producers to adopt greener production practices and storytelling, and help advance environmentally sustainable decision-making and action.

The newly created role will report to Lisa Clarkson, CBC’s executive director of business & rights and content optimization.

Kaggwa’s previous experience includes launching an environmentally sustainable product and apparel business, and researching and helping to lead a new strategy to increase sustainable production practices at Canadian production services company William F. White International. Kaggwa holds a bachelor of commerce from the University of Alberta and will soon finish a master’s degree in sustainability management from the University of Toronto.

As of Jan. 3, 2022, CBC requires completion and delivery of a carbon footprint on all original Canadian productions from independent producers with budgets over $400,000. It also requires delivery of a sustainability plan on all original Canadian productions from independent producers with budgets under $400,000.

“We are putting environmentally sustainable thinking into everything we do, and creating this new role is part of that commitment,” said Clarkson in a news release. “Leaticia brings a unique combination of education in sustainability management, industry knowledge and practical know-how from running her own business in a sustainable way to this role, which will support the acceleration of more sustainable production practices.”