Make Your Production “EMA Green”

If you are working on a film or series in production right now, you can submit the EMA Checklist and Entry Form and receive a special commendation at the annual Environmental Media Awards!

EMA Green Seal for Productions

These Awards further EMA's mission to increase environmental awareness and to inspire environmentally conscious habits on an individual level and within the industry as a whole. It also serves as an incentive for greater participation in existing studio and production company guidelines. It is our hope that by highlighting participating productions, it will encourage others to actively express their concern for the environment in their work behind-the-scenes. The EMA Green Seal Awards will honor productions that have implemented the EMA Checklist of "green" choices such as:

“EMA Green Seal” Award Checklist for Productions

• Use paints, sealants and lacquers that are low-emission (low VOC) and less toxic.
  
  
• Lease Hybrid and/or Electric vehicles for the production when possible. Request that traditional transport vehicles not idle.
  
  
• Use nontoxic cleaning products and buy unbleached, high recycled content items for production offices (paper towels, plates, cups; office paper, pencils; t-shirts).
  
  
• Reuse when possible and donate unwanted production materials and supplies. (sets, paints, props, office products, etc.).
  
  
• Recycle production office materials. (paper, plastics, glass, cans, cardboard, wood; VHS, Digital Betacams, DVDs, etc.).
  
  
• Make sure food/beverage suppliers & caterers provide reusable, recyclable and/or biodegradable serving products, instead of Styrofoam.
  
  
• Other (ie: use digital dailies, email script revisions; offset film’s carbon dioxide emissions, improve filming sites, etc.).