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Transform the screen industry’s environmental impact.

About

The Sustainable Entertainment Alliance is a consortium of the world’s leading studios, streamers, and industry leaders dedicated to advancing sustainability initiatives through advocacy, education, and innovation while reducing the entertainment industry’s overall environmental impact.

Sustainable Entertainment Alliance members include:

Sustainable Production

Lead the Way with Responsible Filmmaking

As the impacts of climate change become increasingly pronounced, the entertainment industry must do our part in the clean economy transition, comprehensively reducing our environmental impact across our operations and the work we do behind the camera.

True Detective: Night Country

The cast & crew of True Detective: Night Country is committed to telling stories that leave emotional impacts, not environmental ones.

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Ransom Canyon

Filmed in New Mexico, Ransom Canyon became the first Netflix production to fully power its basecamp by the sun for weeks on end. The production reduced its diesel generator fuel usage across all equipment by over fifty percent by using a mix of large mobile batteries, solar trailers, and solar battery systems.

Josh Duhamel Pets a Horse

Variety: How Emmy Contenders Like ‘Hacks,’ ‘Life Below Zero,’ ‘The Americas’ and ‘Shark Tank’ Are Tackling the Climate Crisis

Keep an eye peeled during Emmy nominations for shows that are managing to include important messages of climate crisis — and how to advance sustainability.


June 23, 2025

True Detective: Night Country

The cast & crew of True Detective: Night Country is committed to telling stories that leave emotional impacts, not environmental ones.

A picture of geothermal power
Climate Storytelling

Where Climate and Great Stories Connect

Today’s audiences are increasingly focused on how their world is changing. The Sustainable Entertainment Alliance is committed to helping movies and shows connect with audiences by engaging with climate and sustainability onscreen.

Variety: How Emmy Contenders Like ‘Hacks,’ ‘Life Below Zero,’ ‘The Americas’ and ‘Shark Tank’ Are Tackling the Climate Crisis

Keep an eye peeled during Emmy nominations for shows that are managing to include important messages of climate crisis — and how to advance sustainability.


June 23, 2025

Variety: How Emmy Contenders Like ‘Hacks,’ ‘Life Below Zero,’ ‘The Americas’ and ‘Shark Tank’ Are Tackling the Climate Crisis

Keep an eye peeled during Emmy nominations for shows that are managing to include important messages of climate crisis — and how to advance sustainability.


June 23, 2025

Our Work

The Sustainable Entertainment Alliance works across the film and television industry to support sustainability efforts with tools, resources, reports, and more.

Sustainability in the News.

See the latest news and updates around sustainability in the industry

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