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“IT CAN’T JUST BE LEFTTO PRODUCERS AND LINE PRODUCERSAND PRODUCTION MANAGERS TO REINVENT THEWHEEL EACHTIME THEY SET UP A PRODUCTION”

FEED: What are the best means for the industry to share information?

FEED: Are there things that can be learned from other industries?

PIPPA HARRIS: The central facilitator for all of this environmental work has been the Albert Consortium, led by Bafta, and 1917 is on its website as a test case.The Albert has become part and parcel of television production. People have gotten used to seeing the Albert sustainability stamp at the end of shows, and if you don’t have it, people are questioning why. It needs to become the same for film production, there needs to be an

PIPPA HARRIS: Many of the challenges we face are not just environmental ones, but have to do with welfare more generally and are faced by working people in whatever business they’re in. I think it’s really heartening that Leavesden has paired up with Charlotte Riley’s company Wonderworks, where it will have a childcare facility so crew can leave their children while they’re working. It’s about thinking about work in its totality. It shouldn’t be just environmental. It’s taking best care of both the environment and the cast and crew.

assumption that you will be working in a sustainable way. It’s not simply avoiding printing out a vast array of documents you don’t need or banning plastic water bottles; you need to look at every bit of your production.You need to look at the amount of travel you’re doing.You need to look at your hair and makeup department – are they using biodegradable wipes, are they using bamboo toothbrushes instead of plastic ones? All these little things add up.

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