{ "licence": "CC-BY-4.0", "attribution": "maGnet — sustainable practices database", "source": "https://magnet.ma-gestion.pro", "exported_at": "2026-09-22T23:43:04.207Z", "label_language": "fr", "filters": { "profession": null, "impact": null, "country": null, "sector": "cinema", "language": "en", "q": null }, "practice_count": 5, "practices": [ { "id": 39, "title": "Test on-set composting and alternative catering with the crew, not just on paper", "description": "Producers, caterers and film commissions test, in real shooting conditions rather than in theory: separating waste on set into measured streams, composting locally on site, offering alternative protein sources on the catering menu, and giving crew electric bikes for short trips between set and base camp. Producers also ask film commissions to open up access to the public electric charging network for production vehicles.\n\nThis comes out of a joint workshop between Dutch producers, caterers and film commissions, meant to be tried on an actual shoot rather than stay a proposal.\n\nNo percentage or figure is given for the reduction achieved. The source does point to one lever: larger producers have enough purchasing power to push their suppliers toward more sustainable options.", "impact_criterion": "accommodation", "impact_criterion_label": "Hébergement", "profession": "production", "profession_label": "Production", "country": "NL", "country_label": "Pays-Bas", "sector": "cinema", "sector_label": "Cinéma", "language": "en", "language_label": "anglais", "source_name": "Green Filmmaking (Netherlands Film Fund)", "source_url": "https://greenfilmmaking.com/project/20-02-18-workshop-catering/", "author": "contributor-anonymous", "published_at": "2026-09-22T20:04:34.195Z", "url": "https://magnet.ma-gestion.pro/fiches/39", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0" }, { "id": 34, "title": "Hand over usable set pieces to a relay structure instead of the skip", "description": "Instead of sending leftover set pieces to the skip at wrap, the production hands them to a relay structure: a DIY recycling workshop that stores set pieces for the theatre world, or a municipal drop-off point where productions can collect or leave items for free. An informal exchange group among Dutch producers works the same way, on a smaller scale.\n\nThis happens at the end of the shoot, when the set would otherwise simply be thrown out — either the crew drops items off voluntarily, or a relay structure comes to collect them.\n\nThe source does not give a figure for Dutch productions specifically, and notes that a shared, sector-wide set depot is a need that has been identified but not yet built.", "impact_criterion": "waste", "impact_criterion_label": "Déchets", "profession": "regie", "profession_label": "Régie et repérages", "country": "NL", "country_label": "Pays-Bas", "sector": "cinema", "sector_label": "Cinéma", "language": "en", "language_label": "anglais", "source_name": "Green Filmmaking (Netherlands Film Fund)", "source_url": "https://greenfilmmaking.com/2019/07/rethinking-waste-sustainable-set-design/", "author": "contributor-anonymous", "published_at": "2026-09-22T20:04:34.158Z", "url": "https://magnet.ma-gestion.pro/fiches/34", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0" }, { "id": 26, "title": "Reuse, borrow and donate props and set materials instead of buying new", "description": "Rather than building or buying everything new, the art department reuses existing props, borrows or lends equipment between productions, and buys from second-hand shops. For set construction, it favours FSC-certified materials and water-based paint. At the end of the shoot, usable items are donated or sold on rather than thrown away, and the rest is sorted for recycling. The costume department applies the same logic — second-hand clothing and props first, partnerships with sustainable fashion labels — and make-up favours certified organic brands over conventional ones.\n\nThis runs through the whole production: material choices in prep, sharing between productions during the shoot, and donation or resale once filming wraps.\n\nThe source describes sharing between productions as bringing 'both a financial and an energy benefit', in general terms, and notes that any extra sustainability steps 'need to be budgeted for' — without giving a cost or saving figure.", "impact_criterion": "materials", "impact_criterion_label": "Matériaux", "profession": "set_design", "profession_label": "Décoration et scénographie", "country": "NL", "country_label": "Pays-Bas", "sector": "cinema", "sector_label": "Cinéma", "language": "en", "language_label": "anglais", "source_name": "Green Filmmaking (Netherlands Film Fund)", "source_url": "https://greenfilmmaking.com/toolkit/art-department-2/", "author": "contributor-anonymous", "published_at": "2026-09-22T20:04:34.099Z", "url": "https://magnet.ma-gestion.pro/fiches/26", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0" }, { "id": 16, "title": "Test battery-and-solar systems as an alternative to the diesel generator", "description": "Two battery-based systems are tested as a replacement for the diesel generator: a small solar-and-battery unit, silent, transportable by one or two people, built with more than 98% recycled battery cells, for smaller productions or top-up needs; and a larger battery-plus-solar unit with a hybrid HVO generator as backup, for heavier productions on a fixed site, monitored remotely by app but less suited to frequent moves given its weight.\n\nThe smaller unit fits mini-series or productions with modest power needs; the larger one suits bigger productions that stay on one location.\n\nThe source does not give a CO2 figure for either system. It does give the cost: roughly 89 euros a day for the smaller unit, and around 800 euros a week for the larger one.", "impact_criterion": "energy", "impact_criterion_label": "Énergie", "profession": "electrical", "profession_label": "Électricité", "country": "NL", "country_label": "Pays-Bas", "sector": "cinema", "sector_label": "Cinéma", "language": "en", "language_label": "anglais", "source_name": "Green Filmmaking (Nederlands Filmfonds)", "source_url": "https://greenfilmmaking.com/2019/05/sustainable-generators-volta-naos-and-the-green-generator/", "author": "contributor-anonymous", "published_at": "2026-09-22T20:04:34.028Z", "url": "https://magnet.ma-gestion.pro/fiches/16", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0" }, { "id": 3, "title": "Choose walkable or transit-accessible locations during scouting", "description": "When scouting, accessibility by public transport is used as one of the criteria for choosing a location, alongside the usual technical and artistic requirements. For short scouting trips in the area, the location scout gets around by bike or public transport rather than by car.\n\nThis applies mainly to scouting and location selection in a dense urban area such as Berlin and Brandenburg, where public transport coverage is good enough to make it a realistic criterion. It is decided at the point the shortlist of possible locations is drawn up, before the final choice is made.", "impact_criterion": "transport", "impact_criterion_label": "Transport", "profession": "regie", "profession_label": "Régie et repérages", "country": "DE", "country_label": "Allemagne", "sector": "cinema", "sector_label": "Cinéma", "language": "en", "language_label": "anglais", "source_name": "Berlin Brandenburg Film Commission", "source_url": "https://www.bbfc.de/en/service/green-filming/green-departments", "author": "contributor-anonymous", "published_at": "2026-09-22T20:04:33.929Z", "url": "https://magnet.ma-gestion.pro/fiches/3", "licence": "CC-BY-4.0" } ] }