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Welcome to our online digital hub where you will find additional resources to support your climate action plans. Check back often as we will continually update this database with articles, case studies, templates, tools and resources.
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Featured Resources

Articles

An Overview of Climate Risks for Film and TV Producers.
This article unpacks the various ways in which climate change represents a new set of risks for production.
An Overview of Climate Risks for Film and TV Producers.
This article unpacks the various ways in which climate change represents a new set of risks for production.
Applying the SDG's to the Entertainment Industry
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are 17 priorities with the aim of "peace and prosperity for people and the planet".
Applying the SDG's to the Entertainment Industry
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are 17 priorities with the aim of "peace and prosperity for people and the planet".
Communications Strategies for Climate Action
This article provides further tips for producers to support climate action communications.
Communications Strategies for Climate Action
This article provides further tips for producers to support climate action communications.
Greenwashing 101
Avoid greenwashing with these best practices for authentic and transparent corporate communications.
Greenwashing 101
Avoid greenwashing with these best practices for authentic and transparent corporate communications.
Key Terms
Learn key climate and sustainability definitions used throughout the Guide.
Key Terms
Learn key climate and sustainability definitions used throughout the Guide.
Snackable Sustainability
Stories have the power to be so much more than mere entertainment, but how do we ensure our content serves up more than just empty calories?
Snackable Sustainability
Stories have the power to be so much more than mere entertainment, but how do we ensure our content serves up more than just empty calories?
Towards a Sustainable Production Culture
This article provides further tips for producers to cultivate a culture of sustainability.
Towards a Sustainable Production Culture
This article provides further tips for producers to cultivate a culture of sustainability.

Case Studies

Rethinking Catering: A Case Study on Children Ruin Everything
New Metric Media's piloted a stipend system which reduced food waste and single-use plastics.
Rethinking Catering: A Case Study on Children Ruin Everything
New Metric Media's piloted a stipend system which reduced food waste and single-use plastics.
Circular Design - DGC Green Case Study
A study produced by the art department, it presents the sustainable implementation process in the production of the thriller BED REST.
CMPA - Animation Case Study
A case study looking at the emissions profile of a B.C. based animation studio. CMPA / Earth Angel Services.

Templates

Green Production Workplan
This workplan template will help your sustainability team plan and schedule green tasks.
Green Production Workplan
This workplan template will help your sustainability team plan and schedule green tasks.
Sample Green Memo
Use this Sample Green Memo to buid your own start pak green memo to let crew know about your commitment to sustainability.
Sample Green Memo
Use this Sample Green Memo to buid your own start pak green memo to let crew know about your commitment to sustainability.
Sustainability Plan Template
Use this template to lay out your sustainability efforts, assign accountability, track progress, and later, measure results.
Sustainability Plan Template
Use this template to lay out your sustainability efforts, assign accountability, track progress, and later, measure results.
Wrap Report template
Use this template to summarize your production's green efforts, results, and any key takeaways.
Wrap Report template
Use this template to summarize your production's green efforts, results, and any key takeaways.

Industry

Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA)
They offer sustainability and climate action resources for producers and have convened a Climate Action Committee for members.
L’Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM)
AQPM représente et accompagne les entreprises de production indépendante en Cinéma, en Télévision et en Web
On Tourne Vert
On Tourne Vert (Rolling Green) promotes the adoption of eco-friendly practices in Quebec and is open to everyone.
Screen Nova Scotia
Screen Nova Scotia supports producers and productions working in Nova Scotia to be more sustainable.
Environmental Media Association
The EMA hosts an annual environmental impact summit for the entertainment industry and offers certifications for green productions.
Accelerating Circularity in the Film & Television Industry
The Circular Innovation Council is a partner of Ontario Green Screen and works to advance the OGS Strategic Plan.

Best Practices

ABC's of Climate Storytelling
This resource is designed to help unscripted producers put climate themes and sustainable behaviours on screen.
ABC's of Climate Storytelling
This resource is designed to help unscripted producers put climate themes and sustainable behaviours on screen.
Greening the Screen: An Action Guide for Canadian Producers
(English) Une version française du guide sera bientôt disponible.
Greening the Screen: An Action Guide for Canadian Producers
(English) Une version française du guide sera bientôt disponible.
Greening the Screen: Best Practices Checklist
Use this summary to view and track all Best Practices, from every section of the Guide, in one place.
Greening the Screen: Best Practices Checklist
Use this summary to view and track all Best Practices, from every section of the Guide, in one place.
On Screen Tip Sheet: Worlds, Settings and Characters
These tip sheets help creators incorporate sustainability into world building, settings and character choices.
On Screen Tip Sheet: Worlds, Settings and Characters
These tip sheets help creators incorporate sustainability into world building, settings and character choices.
Sustainable On-Screen Nudges
Inspiring tips for putting sustainability on screen in small ways.
Sustainable On-Screen Nudges
Inspiring tips for putting sustainability on screen in small ways.
Best Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Impact (Series)
CBC's carbon-action guide for returning one-offs and series.
Business Guide to Advancing Climate Justice
For businesses that are working to address the climate crisis through equity-centred solutions. B Lab US & Canada / Forum for the Future.
Ontario Green Screen: Best Practices for Clean Energy
Ontario Green Screen's guide to best practices for clean energy.
Zero-Waste Hierarchy
This resources describes a progression of policies to support the Zero Waste system, from highest and best to lowest use of materials
Lights, Camera, Clean Energy!
A guide on integrating clean energy norms into film and television production from the Sustainable Production Alliance.
Green Production Guide
Comprehensive toolkit from the Sustainable Production Alliance with best practices, carbon and plywood calculators, and a resource library.
Green Production Guide’s Storytelling Resources
A list of industry resources on climate content from the Green Production Guide.
Good Energy Stories: Climate Change Cheat Sheet
A cheat sheet of 16 ideas for how to weave climate change into storytelling.
The Complete Post Production Manual
A guide on greening post-production pipelines from Green the Bid.
DGC Green Accounting Tips
Practical advice for the accounting department from DGC Green.

Tools

Green Production Certifications
A list of certifications available for productions to apply and qualify for third-party sustainability verification.
Green Production Certifications
A list of certifications available for productions to apply and qualify for third-party sustainability verification.
Production Environmental Accouting Report (PEAR)
The PEAR calculator from the Sustainable Producction Alliance is a free tool that measures carbon emissions generated by productions.
Production Environmental Accouting Report (PEAR)
The PEAR calculator from the Sustainable Producction Alliance is a free tool that measures carbon emissions generated by productions.
albert Toolkit Quick Start Guide
The quick-start guide for albert's carbon footprint and carbon action plan, which are both required for albert certification.
albert Toolkit Quick Start Guide
The quick-start guide for albert's carbon footprint and carbon action plan, which are both required for albert certification.
albert Creative Offsets
albert's bespoke carbon offset scheme for Film and TV productions, in partnership with Ecologi.
SME Climate Hub
Empowering small-medium sized businesses to take climate action. Offers training and tools like a business calculator and reporting tool.
Eco-Prod Guide to Eco Production
Ecoprod is an association in France that works to advance sustainability in the France and global film and TV industry.
Albert Climate Content & Planet Placement Guide
albert's editorial tools can help producers and artists create planet-friendly content across any genre.
DGC Green: Tips for Directors, Editors, Art
DGC Green offers tips for on-screen departments such as Directors, Art and Editing.
AdGreen Resource Guide for Production Companies
A resource guide for production companies working in the advertising production industry.
Reel Green Production toolkits
Reel Green offers training, vendors lists, as well as circular economy and clean energy toolkits for productions shooting in B.C.
Ontario Green Screen Production Resources
Best practices guides, Ontario Grid tie-in maps, training and more.
CBC’s Behind the Camera Green Production Resources
A collection of green production tools and resources offered by CBC's Business & Rights team.
Albert Carbon Action Plan Questionnaire
This questionnaire is part of the Climate Action Plan and is a requirement for productions pursuing the albert certification.
AdGreen Carbon Calculator
A free carbon calculator for motion, stills and audio projects within advertising campaigns.
Albert Carbon Calculator and Production Certification
albert offers one of the leading sets of free tools for production carbon calculation and certification.
Carbon Clap Carbon Calculator
Free carbon calculator tool from Ecoprod in France.
DGC Green Power Budgeting Tool
A tool to understanding the true cost and emissions of powering sets with diesel generators.
Green Riders - albert
Information on green riders from BAFTA albert.
The Green Rider - Equity for a Screen New Deal
The Green Rider campaign from Equity UK seeks to increase the use of Green riders and sustainable practices in production.
The Climate Reality Check
A Bechdel-Wallace test for a world on fire, this tool helps evaluate whether climate reality is represented on screen.
Climate Storytelling Toolkit | The Stories to Save the World
This toolkit by Futerra outlines how to create climate stories that break the mould and define paths for a new reality.
Telling Climate Stories Pocket Guide - albert
A practical pocket guide for including sustainability on screen in any genre. BAFTA albert
Good Energy Playbook for Screenwriting in the Age of Climate Change
An open-source digital guide to portraying climate change on screen.
Climate Justice And Intersectionality
This chapter of the Good Energy Stories Playbook provides tips on integrating climate justice into storytelling.

Training

Hot Set! Unpacking Heat and Wildfire Smoke Risks on Production
This webinar will help producers identify and manage exposure risks and introduce tools to help them plan ahead.
Hot Set! Unpacking Heat and Wildfire Smoke Risks on Production
This webinar will help producers identify and manage exposure risks and introduce tools to help them plan ahead.
Training for Sustainability
An up-to-date list of trainings and professional development courses available to members of the production industry in Canada
Training for Sustainability
An up-to-date list of trainings and professional development courses available to members of the production industry in Canada
AdGreen Training
Sustainable production training from AdGreen covers climate science, the advertising industry and the AdGreen calculator.
Managing Climate Risks on Productions
This webinar from BAFTA albert brought together producers and experts to discuss climate risks on productions and crew.

Research & Reporting

Sustainability & Human Rights in TV: Overlapping Agendas
This White Paper sets out the issues and opportunities to be found in the overlap between sustainability and human rights in TV production.
Close Up: Scope 3 Emissions in Film and Television Production
Whitepaper from SPA that provides guidance on the minimum measurement boundaries for Scope 3 emissions in film and television production.
Embedding Sustainability in Organizational Culture
This report from the Embedding Project explains how business leaders can embed sustainability throughout their organizations.
BAFTA albert Annual Review 2023
The albert annual reports summarize industry emissions from data collected from the albert carbon calculator.
Close Up: Look in North America
A regional analysis of Film & TV carbon emissions from the Sustainable Production Alliance
Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Canada's A/V Sector
This report by Telefilm and Green Spark Group provides an estimate of industry carbon emissions based on case studies of 22 productions.
2023 CBC Report on Production Carbon Emissions
This CBC report synthesizes data from sixty-four productions using the albert carbon calculator.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes Sustainable Production Case Study
Screen Nova Scotia partnered with CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minute to examine how the show incorporated green practices on and off set.
Waste Management Practices - Ontario’s Film & Television Industry Report
The report examined Ontario-based productions and provides useful observations to inform waste management practices.
What is the Circular Economy?
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a global charity committed to creating a circular economy.
Towards a Green Premium Framework for Canada’s Film-Based Industries
Report by Earth Angel Services / CMPA that looked at the Green Premium of sustainable production practices across Canada.
A Glaring Absence: The Climate Crisis is Virtually Nonexistent in Scripted Entertainment
Report from USC Norman Lear Centre & Good Energy Stories that looks at the representation of climate change in entertainment.
The Impact of Climate Content - Report
In depth research report on the impact of climate content on audiences. BAFTA albert, Screen Industries Growth Network - University of York
The Superpower of Media - Mirrors or Movers II
Report and call to arms for media companies to care about the way media content shifts hearts and minds. Responsible Media Forum, Carnstone
ISO On-screen Protocols & Pathways
A guide to working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories from the Indigenous Screen Office.
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