Sustainability At DC — Our Promise
Sustainability
Every strike is a start. Every set has a next life. Every quote assumes reused materials where possible.
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Every strike is a start. Every set has a next life. Every quote assumes reused materials where possible.
Sustainability at Digital Canaries isn't a sticker on the door — it's the way we run the studio.
Every set we build is built to be re-built. Every prop we own is on its second, third, fifth life. Every kilowatt that lights a scene comes from sources we can defend, and every meal that feeds the crew is sourced as close to Hamilton as we can get it.
We do this because film and television sit at the centre of culture. The stories we help shoot here travel the world. If the way we make those stories is reckless, the message — no matter how good the script — gets undermined. We owe it to the productions we host, the crews we work with, and the city we live in to make this place a leader, not a laggard.
This page is our open ledger. The link library to your right is what we're reading and learning from. The vlog above is us speaking, in our own voice, about what we're changing this month and why. Hold us to it.
Ontario Creates' province-wide program is putting carbon calculators, training, and green-production toolkits in front of every Ontario shoot.
Production designers across TV are systematically recycling and re-dressing sets to hit budgets — standing sets are the industry's circular economy in action.
Battery-buffered and hybrid power units are displacing idling diesel generators on major productions across North America and the UK.
BAFTA's albert certification is now standard for UK broadcasters, and North American studios are adopting the same carbon-tracking playbook.
LED volumes and in-studio environments are shrinking location convoys — more of the shoot happens under one roof.
Major studios and streamers now publish emissions targets and annual sustainability reports — green practice is becoming a booking criterion.