BFI study calls on film industry to urgently reduce emissions

Big-budget blockbusters produce 2,840 tonnes of CO₂, though their environmental impact is often underreported', study reveals

A landmark BFI study has called for the film industry to step up attempts to address its environmental impact - including the possible mandatory reporting of carbon emissions.

It is clear that resource consumption and associated carbon emissions are underreported by productions, and in some cases not reported at all. The industry needs to take significant steps to change this," concludes A Screen New Deal, the first wide-ranging survey since a 2006 UCLA study that has so far been virtually the sole yardstick for the sector's ecological toll.