Awards go green for a bash dubbed the ‘wokest’ do ever

fashion choices. They walked in on a recycled red carpet before a dinner of sustainably sourced food, including a vegan starter and pudding.

Single-use plastic was banned and new branding made using reclaimed, recyclable materials.

The traditional gift bags were axed in favour of a “gifting wallet,” made from recycled plastic by sustainable travel goods company Groundtruth, and containing redeemable vouchers.

Organisers were aiming to be carbon neutral for the first time.

Joaquin Phoenix, who won Best Actor for Joker, made his own personal stand earlier as he led an animal equality protest in central London. The A-lister dropped a 390sq ft banner from Tower

Bridge declaring: “Factory farming destroys our planet. Go vegan.”

Responding to criticism that film stars are responsible for frequent flights and high carbon footprints, he admitted: “We are all hypocrites in some ways.

“We all struggle with what the right thing to do is and we make mistakes. The industry does consume a lot of power and resources so the way to mitigate that for me is to maintain a vegan lifestyle.”

Despite its best efforts to be politically correct, the Baftas still did not escape controversy about the lack of diversity in nominees.

Bafta bosses have said it was “infuriating” its membership selected all-white actors to recognise at the ceremony.

There was also dismay that no female directors were recognised for the seventh year in a row, since Kathryn Bigelow was nominated for The Hurt Locker in 2013.

Sam Mendes’ World War One epic 1917 picked up the most Baftas, winning seven awards.