Sustainability Resources
You can find here useful resources on sustainability.
Carbon Calculators
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| European common carbon emissions calculator | The project has been entrusted to a consortium, with the leader Seriotec, a German company specialised in cloud-based applications such as the production hub Yamdu, alongside KlimAktiv, expert on systems for calculating the carbon footprint, and green film expert Philip Gassmann. The project will run from January 2024 until December 2027 (48 months) and has an estimated budget of €650.000 from the MEDIA strand of Creative Europe programme. |
| Eureca | Eureca is a pilot project emerging from the European project Green Screen, financed by the European Regional Development Fund. Online instrument that will measure the carbon footprint of AV productions including resources to raise producers’ awareness of the impact of their activities on the environment and assist them with planning including top-end scientific conversion factors for CO2 which will facilitate sustainable filming across Europe and provide a monitoring and reporting tool which will enable the film funds to consolidate results at a regional level. |
| Albert | |
| Carbon clap | Carbon'Clap is the carbon calculator for the film and TV industry developed by Ecoprod. |
| Green Shot | |
| KlimAktiv-Greenshooting-CO₂-Calculator | |
| Secoya |
European Projects & Initiatives
| Names | Description |
|---|---|
| Green Screen (Interreg funded project) | Green Screen’s mission is to inspire and educate the nomadic world of filming by creating sustainable working practices. By reducing the environmental impact of filming essentials such as transport, construction, lighting and catering we aspire to lead European film & TV production into a greener way of life. |
| Green Film | Green Film is a tool designed to promote environmental sustainability for audiovisual productions and to guide producers in working in an environmentally sustainable manner, a label that certifies environmental sustainability for audiovisual productions, and a network of partners working together to implement strategies and tools for sustainable film production and to coordinate joint sustainability-related training activities. Developed by Trentino Film Commission, a regional Film Fund in Northern Italy, and APPA (Agency for Environmental Protection) in 2017. Since then it has been improved and it is currently shared with many other film funds across Italy and Europe (Belgium, Spain, Norway, Denmark, Iceland). |
| EUFCN | Green Filming page with green protocols and best practices developed and adopted by film commissions. |
| Facebook group Agora for sustainable Filming | A Facebook group representing a virtual meeting place for people working on the intersection between sustainability and audiovisual industry. |
| Green Film shooting blog | A platform for sustainability in the media industry presenting approaches to sustainable operating methods – in Europe as well as all over the world. It is also a forum for ambitious and creative professionals in the media to share their experiences, information, ideas, and new approaches. |
| Green Guide | Guide created by the Lower Austrian Film Commission for the sector. |
| Eurimages Sustainability Strategy | Eurimages Board of Management established a Sustainability Study Group in March 2021 to develop a strategy and action plan to help the Fund meet these challenges while continuing to support quality projects of international reach. Deliverables: A Sustainability Strategy; List of Useful tools for green film production; Study on the carbon impact of the fund Part of the strategy is the creation of an e-learning platform. Eurimages partnered with Ecoprod to launch the platform focused on sustainable film production to enhance vocational skills for film professionals across its member states, targeting international co-productions of various film genres. This platform aims to enhance the skills of film professionals across Eurimages member countries and beyond, with a focus on international co-productions. It will offer modular training courses catering to various professional levels and will facilitate the exchange of best practices. |
| Green Toolkit Film and TV | A free access platform that gathers practical guidance and shares sustainability practices and tools implemented across Europe for Film and Audiovisual production. This toolkit is the result of a project led by creative industry’s representative partners of the European audiovisual social dialogue in order to strengthen sustainable production capabilities and provide a unique source of information on what practices, tools, initiatives, incentives are already driving the sustainable transition of the industry. Deliverables: A European booklet with best practices to make production more sustainable; A database, focused on five main categories: carbon calculators, certifications, trainings, platforms, guides. |
| Screens of Tomorrow | Screens of tomorrow is a movement initiated by a hundred French audiovisual and film professionals who want to tell stories highlighting a more inclusive and sustainable society. Among them: Mediawan, Banijay, Canal +, Pathé, Haut et Court, France Tv, Nord Ouest, Arte, TF1, Newen, Ubisoft, Echo studio, Secoya... Together, they have co-constructed a new tool: the Screens of tomorrow guide. Created by and for the TV and film professionals, this guide serves as a means to reconsider writing and story line development routines to create new reference points for viewers. It includes a questionnaire to reassess writing automatisms without hindering their creativity, as well as a resource centre giving access to studies and expert advice on social and environmental issues. |
| Eco Movie Manifesto | The Eco Movie Manifesto aims to bake sustainability into the DNA of audiovisual stories from the moment synapses connect to form them. It goes upstream: from the dawn of script development, screen directors will champion diverse stories that can be told with minimal environmental impact. FERA will promote the “Vows of Sustainability”, restrictions for directors designed to positively simulate creativity and cultural diversity in addition to reducing carbon emissions of audiovisual production, and the ethos that informs them to the its 20,000 strong European screen directors community. |
| NEST - Northern Europe Sustainability Team-up | NEST, Northern Europe Sustainability Team-up, is a network created to spread and disseminate information about development and trends on sustainable production in Northern Europe. The network includes members from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Northern Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As a part of the making knowledge available the NEST has created a database of information on sustainable initiatives. The database is publicly available on demand. NEST also organizes seminars, workshops and meetings to promote and inspire the members and the regions. The network invites key players such as producers, green consultants and more to inspire and educate our members. The goal is to promote sustainable coproduction in the region. |
| REGIOSTARS Awards | Europe’s label of excellence for EU-funded projects that demonstrate the impact and inclusiveness of regional development since 2008. Green Screen, the Interreg funded project (see higher), has been selected for the 2023 awards. |
| ECOPROD | Created in 2009 as a collective, Ecoprod's mission is to unite and support the audiovisual sector in the broadest sense (cinema, advertising, TV, digital, corporate, etc.) in assessing and reducing its environmental impact. Guide to Filming in Natural Environments by Ecoprod (in French, July 2023) |
Reports & Studies
Eco-production Impact study by Ecoprod (April 2024)
Albert 2022 Annual Review (October 2023)
“Greening the Creative Europe programme" study, commissioned by the European Commission (May 2023)
Fuel Project Supplier Guidance Report (October 2022)
Study on the Carbon impact of video streaming, Carbon Trust (June 2021)
CineRegio Green Reports 2020