Sustainability Policy 

 

Our aim is to make this production as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible working towards being awarded an Albert+ BAFTA accreditation.  

 

We all have a role to play in ensuring that our production minimizes waste and CO2 emissions. There are ways that every individual, every department and supplier can help us achieve this. We will be keeping an active log with Albert to calculate our Carbon Footprint for this production and updating as we go along. Every department will be asked to keep a record of their waste management, energy used and any information on suppliers and their backgrounds. 

 

  1. WATER – All cast and crew will be asked to use their own reusable water bottle to use on location. On location we will aim to use locations where this is also achievable and/or using larger bottles of water to decant to reduce the amount of plastic being used.  

 

  1. PAPER – all paper and paper products to be obtained from a recycled source. We want to do our best to ensure we minimize the amount of paper that is wasted, therefore all release forms, scripts, schedules, amendments, unit lists, Risk Assessments etc will be issued electronically and will only issue hard copies when requested. A hard copy of Risk Assessments, production memos and company policies can be made available by the production team for anyone who wishes to read a hard copy but encouraged to read electronically. 

 

  1. RECYCLING – Recycling bins  will be utilised or set up where possible on location. 

 

  1. CREW TRAVEL – As and where possible we encourage crew to travel by public transport or car sharing. We aim to use car companies that can supply hybrid cars and we pay a green fee on our invoices to help off-set emissions too. 

 

  1. VEHICLES – If providing a vehicle to production or using a hire vehicle, please take note of the mileage on the mileage logs (obtainable from Production) on a weekly basis and update as we film. Mileage from hire vehicles are also included on the recommended hire car companies (e.g Enterprise Rent-a-car) final invoices for ease. 

 

  1. POWERING DOWN EQUIPMENT - We ask individuals to be responsible for turning off appliances, heaters, lights and power sockets when appropriate. 

 

7. SUPPLIERS – We ask all departments to request, where applicable, the environmental policies of their suppliers. If you are looking to source a supplier with known good environmental practices and policies in place the Albert + website has a good directory of suitable companies. 

http://wearealbert.org/inspiration/suppliers 

 

DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES 

 

LOCATION DEPARTMENT / UNIT MANAGER 

• Sourcing Low carbon suppliers for Lighting; 

http://wearealbert.org/inspiration/suppliers/@search?q=light Example: T.C.P Provider of low carbon lighting for unit bases 

• Sourcing ethical and environmentally friendly waste management companies for Unit bases;Albert + suppliers for waste http://wearealbert.org/inspiration/suppliers/@search?q=waste 

 

ART DEPARTMENT / PROPS 

• Minimal props are required for this shoot, so please only use if absolutely necessary. 

• To hire as many props as possible, so they can be returned and used by other companies. 

• To use props/decorations that are already available at the filming location. 

• To use sustainably sourced props whenever possible. 

Examples of sustainable companies -1 http://wearealbert.org/inspiration/suppliers/@search?q=prop 

 

CAMERA / LIGHTING / SOUND 

Wherever possible to use low power lighting. 

Wherever possible to use Reusable batteries. 

A generator will not used for this production. 

 

PRODUCTION 

• Running Tally of nights in Hotels and apartments. Ask for Hotel and accommodation providers sustainability policies. 

• A record of ANY car / vehicles hired to production – keeping a spreadsheet of start mileage and end mileage to support mileage logs. 

• A log of all taxi journeys – based on cost 

• A log of all couriers- bikes etc 

• A tally of all reams of paper ordered – we should not be ordering paper as we are running 

electronic only. 

• Photo evidence and a log of recycling facilities on location/facility houses – i.e bins, batteries, confidential waste, Ink Cartridges. 

• Think before you print! 

• Ensure lights and heating are off at the end of each day’s filming. 

 

CATERING 

• Where possible, ask for copies of their environmental polices. 

• Request Biodegradable consumables when needed. 

• Try to not use polystyrene. 

• Where possible, request Free range Eggs and Fair Trade products. 

• Where possible, request products which are sourced locally. 

• We encourage you to choose vegetarian and vegan meal options when possible. The following local lunch options have lots of vegetarian and vegan options. 

 

POST PRODUCTION 

• Obtain the Post Production House’s environmental policy. 

 

EXAMPLES OF ALBERT APPROVED SUPPLIERS - Suppliers - albert (wearealbert.org) 

Addison Lee – Taxis / Couriers 

Crawfords – Taxis 

Green Tomatoes – Taxis / Couriers 

Pro Motion – Kit Hire 

Procam – Kit Hire 

RIMMS – Electronic release forms on location (iPad) 

S+O – Kit hire 

Take1 – Transcripts / Post-production scripts 

More services can be found here - Suppliers - albert (wearealbert.o org)