WHO CARES?CME CARES!
ESRS Report 2025. How CME Group turns care into numbers.
AND WHAT ABOUT YOU, DO YOU CARE?
- RTL
- PRO TV
- POP
- BTV
- NOVA
- MARKÍZA
- O2 TV
- PRO DIGITAL
- CME SERVICES
INTRODUCTION
CME Group in numbers · 2025
Who we are
CME Group is a leading content creator and broadcaster in Central and Eastern Europe. Our 47 TV channels reach 49 million people across seven countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia and Slovenia), and we are among the top two networks in all our markets. Our strategy is simple: produce the best local content and bring it to viewers through both linear TV and streaming, on Voyo and, in the Czech Republic, Oneplay.
Our purpose is to bring people together by creating local stories they love to share. Four values guide how we do it: Creativity, Courage, Passion and Respect.
CME Cares
CME Cares is the brand initiative that brings our ESG commitments to life. It is our commitment to leave a lasting positive impact on our environment, communities and societies.
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CEO foreword
Photo, quote and name/title. CEO per cme.net is Sam Barnett; quote to be supplied by CME Group (not fabricated here).
ESRS coverage
This edition reports the topics assessed as most relevant to CME Group. Tiles show where we report quantitative datapoints, where we give a qualitative narrative, and which topics are not material.
E2, E3, E4 and S2 are assessed as not material. [[client to confirm which topics were assessed as material]]
ENVIRONMENT
E1 · Climate change
E1 · Climate change: carbon footprint
Storytelling has a footprint. For 2025 we measured every corner of ours, from studios, offices and the vehicle fleet to the productions, rights and services we buy, across nine CME Group companies, following the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1. The result is a clear map of where our emissions really sit, and where sustainable production can make the biggest difference.
93.5% of our footprint sits in the value chain (Scope 3).
Our biggest single hotspot is the content and services we commission.
Switching to green-electricity certificates cut our Scope 2 electricity emissions by ~47%.
CME Group carbon footprint · 2025
Market-based, operational-control approach, Scopes 1 to 3, GHG Protocol.
Where the emissions really sit
Almost the entire footprint is upstream and downstream of our own operations. Scope 1 covers direct emissions: the vehicle fleet, gas heating and refrigerants. Scope 2 covers purchased electricity, heat and cooling. Scope 3 covers everything we buy and everything our content touches.
Emissions by scope
Share of the total market-based footprint.
- Scope 1: direct2.6 %
- Scope 2: energy3.9 %
- Scope 3: value chain93.5 %
| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| Scope 1: direct | 2.6 |
| Scope 2: energy | 3.9 |
| Scope 3: value chain | 93.5 |
Upstream
Scope 3: the goods, services, content and rights we buy.
CME Group operations
Scope 1 direct (fleet, gas heating, refrigerants) + Scope 2 purchased electricity, heat & cooling.
Downstream
Scope 3: distribution and the use of what we produce.
The footprint over time · 2023 → 2025
Total footprint by year
| Item | Value (tCO2e) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 86 032 |
| 2024 | 104 871 |
| 2025 | 110 484 |
2025 includes O2 TV, newly reported this year (2% of the group footprint).
Scope 3: 93.5% of the footprint
Scope 3 deep-dive
Scope 3 by category
All nine reported categories. Purchased goods & services (3.1) dwarfs the rest.
| Item | Value (tCO2e) |
|---|---|
| 3.1 · Purchased goods & services | 79 305 |
| 3.2 · Capital goods | 12 521 |
| 3.3 · Fuel- & energy-related activities | 3 052 |
| 3.7 · Employee commuting | 2 638 |
| 3.11 · Use of sold products | 2 110 |
| 3.6 · Business travel | 1 925 |
| 3.8 · Upstream leased assets | 1 711 |
| 3.5 · Waste generated in operations | 43 |
| 3.4 · Upstream transport & distribution | 35 |
Top 5 items inside Purchased goods & services (3.1)
Inside category 3.1: recreational/cultural & sporting services is a spend-based estimate, largely programming, content and rights.
| Item | Value (tCO2e) |
|---|---|
| Recreational, cultural & sporting services | 45 618 |
| Electrical machinery & apparatus | 15 407 |
| Other business services | 8 596 |
| Accounting, audit & tax consulting | 2 640 |
| Other commercial services | 1 888 |
Scope 1 & Scope 2 in detail
Scope 1: 2 866 tCO2e
- Mobile combustion: vehicle fleet1 877 t · 65%
- Stationary combustion: natural-gas heating, diesel back-up580 t · 20%
- Fugitive: refrigerant top-ups (air-conditioning)408 t · 14%
Process emissions ≈ 0.5 t are not shown as a bar.
Scope 2: 4 279 tCO2e market · 7 398 tCO2e location
- Electricity3 474 tCO2e
- Purchased heat, steam & cooling805 tCO2e
Location-based reflects the average grid mix where we operate; market-based reflects the electricity we actually contract, including Guarantees of Origin. We report both and lead with market-based.
2024 → 2025
Year-on-year 2024 → 2025
+5% (104 871 → 110 484 tCO2e). About 2 percentage points come from O2 TV, newly reported in 2025 (2% of the footprint); excluding O2 TV the footprint grew by about 3%.
Biggest increases
- Upstream transport+250%
broader reporting base
- Stationary combustion+184%
broader reporting base
- Use of sold products+98%
- Capital goods+64%
more capital spend, construction & IT
- Business travel+49%
- Purchased heat, steam & cooling+34%
- Employee commuting+31%
new commuting survey
- Purchased goods & services+8.0%
Biggest decreases
- Waste-86%
method change
- Electricity (market-based)-60%
more certified green electricity (Guarantees of Origin), refreshed market factors and lower consumption at some entities
- Fugitive emissions-50%
- Fuel- & energy-related-28%
- Mobile combustion-17%
- Upstream leased assets-8.0%
Method changes
- Scope 2 market factors refreshed.
- Waste factors revised: unknown disposal routes now averaged across treatment methods.
- New employee-commuting survey introduced.
- Water reclassified from Waste (3.5) to Purchased goods & services (3.1).
The footprint by entity
TV Nova and Pro TV are the largest footprints; BTV, Markíza and RTL Croatia grew most year on year, while TV Nova, PRO PLUS and Pro Digital fell.
| Scope 1 | Scope 2 | Scope 3 | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV Nova s.r.o.NOVA Cares | Czech Republic | 588 | 133 | 41 146 | 41 867 | 37.9% |
| Pro TV S.R.L.PRO TV Cares | Romania | 992 | 41 | 25 881 | 26 914 | 24.4% |
| BTV Media Group EADBTV Cares | Bulgaria | 210 | 1 189 | 8 969 | 10 368 | 9.4% |
| RTL Hrvatska d.o.o.RTL Cares | Croatia | 214 | 544 | 8 420 | 9 178 | 8.3% |
| MARKIZA-SLOVAKIA spol. s r.o.MARKÍZA Cares | Slovakia | 385 | 798 | 7 025 | 8 208 | 7.4% |
| PRO PLUS d.o.o.POP Cares | Slovenia | 321 | 1 381 | 4 906 | 6 608 | 6.0% |
| CME Services s.r.o. | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 4 260 | 4 260 | 3.9% |
| O2 TV s.r.o.new 2025 | Czech Republic | 36 | 144 | 2 280 | 2 460 | 2.2% |
| Pro Digital S.R.L. | Moldova† | 118 | 50 | 452 | 620 | 0.6% |
| CME Group total | 2 864 | 4 280 | 103 339 | 110 484 | 100% |
O2 TV s.r.o. is newly reported in 2025 and represents about 2% of the group footprint. POP TV d.o.o. status is being confirmed with CME.
E1-5 · Energy
E1-5 · Energy consumption & mix
Studios, newsrooms, transmission and offices run on energy. In 2025 the CME Group companies in scope used 35.9 GWh, and more than 41% of it came from renewable sources.
The energy mix
- Renewable14 908.2 MWh
- Fossil17 561.5 MWh
- Nuclear3 428.8 MWh
| Item | Value (MWh) |
|---|---|
| Renewable | 14 908.2 |
| Fossil | 17 561.5 |
| Nuclear | 3 428.8 |
Fuel & purchased energy
| Item | Value (MWh) |
|---|---|
| Purchased renewable electricity & heat | 14 902.1 |
| Petroleum products | 7 869.3 |
| Purchased fossil-based electricity & heat | 7 278.7 |
| Natural gas | 1 533.3 |
Renewable share by company
| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| CME Services | 100.0 |
| TV Nova | 73.9 |
| Pro TV | 46.1 |
| RTL Croatia | 41.9 |
| PRO PLUS | 32.8 |
| BTV | 11.1 |
| O2 TV | 10.4 |
| Markíza | 6.1 |
| Pro Digital | 2.2 |
E5-5 · Resource outflows
E5-5 · Resource outflows: waste
Television is a craft built from sets, studios, equipment and paper. Measuring the waste we generate is the first step to producing with less.
Waste by treatment route
- Landfill755 t
- Incineration352 t
- Recycling & recovery (diverted from disposal)77 t
| Item | Value (t) |
|---|---|
| Landfill | 755 |
| Incineration | 352 |
| Recycling & recovery (diverted from disposal) | 77 |
Separately collected fractions (tonnes)
- Glass87.6 t
- Paper56.5 t
- Plastic38.6 t
- Wood24.6 t
- Electronic23.9 t
- Food18.5 t
- Biomass4.3 t
- Metals1.1 t
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Reuse & recycling initiatives
Narrative and case examples to be supplied by CME Group.
ESRS references: E1-5, E1-6, E5-5
S1 · Own workforce
S1 · Our people
Behind every great story is an even greater team. With our content we reach 49 million people, but the impact starts with our people. Guided by Creativity, Courage, Passion and Respect, we build a workplace where diversity is celebrated, talent is developed from the CME Content Academy onwards, and everyone feels valued and heard.
Our people in 2025
Gender balance
- Women45.4 %
- Men54.6 %
| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| Women | 45.4 |
| Men | 54.6 |
Contract type
- Permanent94 %
- Temporary6 %
| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| Permanent | 94 |
| Temporary | 6 |
Non-employee workers: 227 self-employed + 70 agency.
Age structure
Headcount by age band; shares computed on their own sum.
| Item | Value (people) |
|---|---|
| Under 30 | 614 |
| 30-49 | 2 210 |
| 50+ | 851 |
Growing talent
The CME Content Academy, founded in 2022, mentors the next generation of storytellers, directors, producers and screenwriters.
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CME Content Academy statistics
Cohort numbers and outcomes to be supplied by CME Group.
Safe & healthy workplace
Work-related injuries
- 8 recordable work-related injuries
- 0 fatalities
- 59 days lost
- 0 cases of work-related ill health
Work-life balance
Employees who took family-related leave in 2025.
Human rights & fairness
Headcount & FTE per company
| Company | Country | Headcount | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro TV S.R.L. | Romania | 1 018 | 994.3 |
| TV Nova s.r.o. | Czech Republic | 768 | 742.2 |
| BTV Media Group EAD | Bulgaria | 536 | 528.1 |
| MARKIZA-SLOVAKIA spol. s r.o. | Slovakia | 438 | 420.6 |
| PRO PLUS d.o.o. | Slovenia | 395 | 381.0 |
| RTL Hrvatska d.o.o. | Croatia | 355 | 354.0 |
| CME Services s.r.o. | Czech Republic | 58 | 55.7 |
| Pro Digital S.R.L. | Moldova | 55 | 54.9 |
| O2 TV s.r.o. | Czech Republic | 30 | 21.9 |
| CME Group total | 3 653 | 3 552.7 |
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Policy & benefit narrative
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Engagement-survey results
S3 / S4 · Content & community
S3 / S4 · Responsible content & community
The stories we create and the images we share are more than entertainment: they shape how audiences think, feel and see the world. That is real power, and with it comes responsibility. We reflect on the impact of our content using the UN Sustainable Development Goals as our compass, while fully protecting editorial freedom. It is about accuracy, representation and ethics. Our news teams follow CME's Editorial Guidelines, which stand on impartiality, fairness and plurality, set far above what the law demands.
Editorial integrity
Our newsrooms are governed by CME's Editorial Guidelines and overseen by an Editorial Board: impartiality, fairness and plurality set above the legal minimum.
Stories that matter
We use the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a compass for the impact of our content, while fully protecting editorial freedom.
Next-generation storytellers
Through the CME Content Academy we mentor the directors, producers and screenwriters who will tell tomorrow's local stories.
To be supplied by CME Group
Community & content-responsibility KPIs
To be supplied by CME Group
Content-impact case stories & SDG chips
SDG chips only for the SDGs CME confirms.
ESRS references: S1, S3, S4
GOVERNANCE
G1 · Business conduct
G1 · Business conduct
Profit alone doesn't define success. At CME Group we measure our impact by how responsibly we act and how fairly we treat the people around us. Ethical conduct, safeguarding data, ensuring compliance and upholding transparency, is at the heart of how we do business, in every market we serve.
Payment practices
Average days to pay an invoice
Range across companies (days)
Late-payment proceeding outstanding (O2 TV)
On average we take about 30 days to pay an invoice, ranging from 14 to 61 days across the group. One proceeding for late payment is outstanding (O2 TV).
Average time-to-pay, by company
Simple average of each entity's payment days (preliminary).
| Item | Value (days) |
|---|---|
| BTV | 14 |
| CME Services | 14 |
| Pro Digital | 16 |
| Markíza | 27 |
| TV Nova | 30 |
| O2 TV | 30 |
| PRO PLUS | 38 |
| Pro TV | 40 |
| RTL Croatia | 61 |
To be supplied by CME Group
Code of Ethics, whistleblowing, anti-corruption training, supplier code
To be supplied by CME Group
ESG ownership at board level & Group Legal & Compliance function
ESRS references: G1
ABOUT THIS REPORT
Scope & method
This report covers the 2025 calendar year for nine CME Group companies in the reporting scope, using an operational-control boundary. Carbon figures follow the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064-1 and come from the group carbon-footprint study; energy, waste, workforce and governance figures come from the CME Group ESRS data collection.
Notes on the figures
All percentages, shares and ratios in this report are computed from raw values. Figures marked 'prelim.' are preliminary and subject to verification. Datapoints that were zero, not applicable or not yet verified are omitted rather than shown as zero.
Disclaimer
This is a marketing-grade sustainability report inspired by the ESRS. It is not a statutory, audited CSRD report and has not been assured. Nothing here should be read as a regulatory disclosure.
Contact
For questions about this report, contact the CME Cares team.
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