Netflix Chief Sustainability Officer Emma Stewart is leaving the company to join the leadership team at Climate Spring, a social enterprise focused on changing how climate change is represented in film, TV and popular culture.
Stewart has been a high-profile supporter of climate storytelling during her tenure at Netflix, which she joined in 2020 from the consultancy Engie Impact. Her leaving post on LinkedIn notes that she advised on hundreds of film and television scripts and grew Netflix’s Sustainability Stories Collection to more than 200 titles in 190 countries.
She also oversaw Netflix’s attempts to cut emissions. The company’s Scope 3 emissions, which total around 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and include greenhouse gases generated by mobile power units used on production sets, make up more than 95 percent of its footprint. The streaming giant has committed to cutting its Scope 3 intensity by 55 percent between 2019 and 2030; it’s most recent sustainability report, released in June, puts progress at 14 percent, which the company describes as on track.
Stewart’s new colleagues at Climate Spring influence the portrayal of climate change by offering training, funding early-stage development of projects and consulting on the climate elements of film and TV content. The organization is involved in more than 60 projects funding and co-financing development in a range of genres, from crime to thriller to romantic comedy.