REDUCE EMISSIONS GUIDE

Reducing your production's carbon footprint is achievable & cost effective.

The best way to do it is to employ one of our team to work with your production, but if that is not possible then here is our how-to guide.

POWER

USE ALBERT'S GREEN SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY where possible
USE MAINS over generators
USE ELECTRIC GENERATORS over fuel run alternatives. Try NXTGENbps & Get Set Hire
TRY HYDROGEN POWER FOR LIVE BROADCAST Bold but possible
LOW ENERGY LIGHTING
RECHARGABLE BATTERIES

TRAVEL

USE LOCAL CREW to avoid long distance commute.

VIDEO CALLS in place of in-face meetings when possible.

USE ELECTRIC CARS Try London taxi co LEVC & Green Tomato Cars. For car shares nationwide try Zip Cars & request EV.

PEDAL COURIERS for local deliveries. Companies are popping up throughout the UK. Try Pedal Me for London, Pedal & Post for Oxford.

DRIVE CAREFULLY Cutting speed from 80mph to 55mph and being less 'heavy' on the pedals when braking and accelerating can reduce your emissions by a third.

BIKE2WORK SCHEME Use this Government scheme which allows your employees to buy a new electric bike with reductions of up to 48.25%. For employers it's free and can also save you in national insurance contributions.

GIVE EMPLOYEES TIME TO TRAVEL ABROAD BY TRAIN & CAR, NOT PLANE. CLIMATE PERKS is an employer benefits scheme where staff receive paid ‘journey days’ to choose low-carbon holiday travel instead of flying.

FLYING

"The hard truth is that we are a long way off putting a long-haul passenger plane into the sky without burning around 100 tonnes of fossil fuel...there is no getting around the need to be frugal with flying. Don't believe anyone who tells you otherwise."

Mike Berners-Lee

Avoid national flights
Restrict international flights to essential travel only
Economy class preferable, reducing emissions per capita by up to a factor of three

SET BUILDS & PROPS

REDISTRIBUTE Plywood set builds to social enterprise groups like ReCollective & Riverside Timber Recycling Project

REDISTRIBUTE Unwanted props to companies like the Prop Up Project

REDISTRIBUTE Unwanted kit to KIT4CREW

CATERING

EAT LOCAL & GREEN

CHOOSE CATERERS WHO PRIORITISE LOCALLY GROWN SEASONAL FOOD. There's no point in having Peruvian asparagus or Californian grapes, they have to be flown in. Try Showbites or Doing Good Catering. And for carbon neutral coffee from self sufficient trailers try Keep Rolling Coffee.

REQUEST VEGETARIAN FOOD A stew with chickpeas at its heart is 60 times less carbon hungry than one made with beef reared on deforested land.

REUSABLE NOT DISPOSABLE

ASK FOR REUSABLE CROCKERY & CUTLERY Anything disposable, whether biodegradable or not, is unfortunately a wasted resource. For London productions check out china hire from Rayners and enamel hire from London Event Hire.

REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLES & REUSABLE COFFEE CUPS Encourage crew and cast to bring their own.

SPLIT WASTE & RE-CIRCULATE FOOD

SPLIT FOOD WASTE, GENERAL WASTE AND RECYCLING Use separate bins on location. London productions, check out Quantum Waste.

LIMIT FOOD WASTE Upload leftover food to food sharing App Olio & to City Harvest.

PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO DAIRY 2.5 pints of cows milk per day each yr is a tonne of Co2e, equivalent to a flight from London to New York.

WASTE

Waste management is important when reducing emissions and resource use.

RIGOROUS RECYCLING of all production-related waste
ZERO TO LANDFILL
BIODEGRADABLE & COMPOSTABLE packaging to go to industrial composting to ensure proper breakdown
USE WASTE SERVICES who are truly dedicated to the job of recycling. We use Quantum Waste for London productions

CARBON AWARE PRODUCTIONS