Do you want to better understand the carbon hotspots of your production? Do you need to provide a carbon footprint to your funder or broadcaster? Driven by regulation and a growing concern for the environmental impact of film and TV production, carbon calculation has become a growing standard practice in the film and TV industry
StepUP, the international e-learning platform dedicated to green production in the film and TV industries developed by Ecoprod on a Eurimages initiative, offers a deep-dive into carbon calculation for the film and TV industry with:
- A dedicated e-learning course with hands-on exercices
- A 45 min webinar with testimonies from European sustainability experts that share tips on how to make carbon calculation easy
Learn how to assess the carbon footprint of your production
The StepUP e-learning course “Carbon calculation for the film and TV industry” is designed for anyone working in the industry that wants to learn how to measure the carbon footprint of a film production and how to use a sector-specific carbon calculator. The course works across contexts, regardless of the tools or calculators you use.
By the end of the course, you’ll understand the key climate issues facing the film industry, how and why to carry out a carbon footprint, what data to include or exclude, and how to read and interpret results. You also learn how to start reducing your impact, how sustainability labels can help you in establishing your green production strategy and the limits and role of carbon offsetting.
In two hours, you get a complete, practical overview.
- One hour of structured lessons.
- One hour of hands-on exercises.
- Interactive quizzes throughout.
The course is available in English and in French.
Practical tips to make carbon calculator easy
The third StepUP webinar introduces the fundamentals of carbon calculation, outlines its relevance for the film industry, and highlights the specific challenges associated with international co-productions.
Speakers include Dörte Schneider Garcia and Charles Jaeger, green consultants based in Portugal and France, respectively.
They shared practical insights into the tools they use, how to conduct a carbon assessment in concrete terms, the appropriate timeline for carrying it out, the challenges encountered, and ways to address them.
