The audiovisual industry is one of the sectors with the greatest environmental impact but, at the same time, it is a key vehicle for raising awareness, inspiring, and promoting actions toward a sustainable future that ensures a balance between the economy, the environment, and social well-being.
Vitoria-Gasteiz Araba Film Commission aims to bring sustainability closer to the audiovisual industry, and support you in this transition towards new production models that generate a positive environmental impact.
For this reason, we put a series of tools at your disposal to serve as a guide or base on this path, helping you encourage actions and promote a more sustainable and respectful production model for the planet.
Decalogue of good practices
- Green Communication: define your Sustainability Plan with your team: set objectives, measures and actions. Display informative signs at the office and on set to engage and raise awareness among the crew. Share your best practices via the media and exchange ideas and initiatives with the industry.
- Scout Responsibly: choose locations that are as close to each other as possible. Check and respect the environmental characteristics and regulations of each location.
- Efficient and Transport Mobility: plan your transport logistics efficiently, optimizing trips. Share vehicles whenever possible. Inform the team about public transport options and bike rental points.
- Local Suppliers: choose local suppliers with an established social and environmental policy. Boost local employment!
- Sustainable Catering: choose local catering suppliers with a sustainable policy in purchasing, waste management, re- duction of packaging, or the use of biodegradable or reusable containers, and that work with local, seasonal products.
- Minimise Consumption: avoid, whenever possible, purchasing equipment, materials or production items, and encour age renting instead. Reduce the use of paper and promote digitalisation. Establish purchasing and manufacturing criteria based in sustainable development.
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: create a waste management plan: implement separate collection at the office and on set. Rent, reuse, borrow or buy second-hand materials for sets, costumes and props. Distribute, sell or donate any leftovers to local charities.
- Water: source of life: avoid single-use bottled water by providing dispensers or refill stations and encouraging the use of personalised eco-friendly bottles.
- Reduce Energy Consumption: raise awareness about energy saving habits: turn off lights when are not required, avoid standby mode, use energy-saving bulbs and rechargeable batteries. Recycle materials at desig- nated collection points.
- Evaluation: Assign an Eco-Manager to monitor the Sustainability Plan. Assess your carbon footprint us- ing the calculator before and after the shooting.
Tools
Good practices Guide: with actions and measures that you can adapt to your projects.
Carbon footprint calculator: to assess a production’s impact and determine how to reduce it.