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No, the Green Handshake isn’t a contract, but an offer for collaboration between artist and production. You can amend it to reflect your circumstances and the production. Download the Green Handshake and schedule a call with your agent to discuss what you’d like to aim for.

The best first step is to send the Green Handshake to your clients, then discuss what actions they would like to take to improve their impact. Get in touch if you’d like members of the Green Rider team to come to your offices to run a workshop on the Green Handshake and sign up to our mailing list for updates.

The Green Rider team are actively working with Equity to negotiate green measures into collective agreements with Equity and PACT (the Producer’s body). This will mean that as an Equity member working on a PACT contract, you should be guaranteed a certain level of sustainability on your jobs. This negotiation is ongoing, so we will share updates when we have them. In the meantime, check out Equity’s PACT negotiations updates.

Send the Green Handshake agreement to cast, and assemble a Green Team in pre-production to meet throughout production to share ideas. The Green Rider team are happy to come to read-throughs to discuss the Green Handshake and get productions excited about being part of a bigger movement - get in touch if you’d like to arrange this. You can also sign up to our mailing list for updates.

Yes! We encourage actors at all levels to get involved in the way that’s right for you. You can sign up as a supporter, send the Green Handshake to production on your next job, attend one of our events, or enlist your actor, writer, and director friends!

Actions like ridesharing and using 3-way trailers do save production money. Productions may spend those savings elsewhere - in proper waste disposal, train travel and cleaner energy sources. Ultimately, the focus is saving the planet, so if we can prove to the industry that it’s greener AND cheaper, that’s a win-win!

No problem! Adapt it to your circumstances. Keep the discussion alive with your agent and other artists. There may be some projects where you can do more than others. Remember, you are part of a bigger community pushing for systemic improvements across the entire industry. This is so much more effective than placing all the responsibility for change on a few individuals.

Nobody can be perfect. We live in a world that still relies on fossil fuels for many things, meaning affordable, sustainable options are not always available to us. In order to move to a healthier, fairer economy, we need everyone to get involved. Do what you can. It’s much more powerful to have 99 imperfect people working together than one puritan.

Firstly, don’t worry! Reassure production that the Green Handshake is not a contract. It doesn’t need to be included in your deal. Instead, it’s an invitation to production to collaborate on improving the production’s environmental impact. Invite production to look at the Green Handshake and tell them you want to help. See what things they are already doing and what else they could do with your support. If production or your agent are still being unresponsive, don’t be disheartened. This is a movement and you don’t have to fight on your own. Just engaging with this issue demonstrates that artists  want change too. Please feel free to contact us if you’d like further support on approaching agents, productions or other artists.

Don’t be deterred! Let them know that BAFTA Albert supports the Green Handshake and are actively encouraging productions to use it. By getting involved, artists can help productions meet their climate targets. It will benefit them to work with you!

Congratulations! If you haven’t already, please fill out this feedback form to let us know how you found using the Green Handshake. We are always looking for supporters and advocates. This could include posting on social media, attending our events, featuring in a campaign video, or simply providing us with a quote. If you are uncomfortable with taking action publicly, we can also work with you behind the scenes, for example in convening other artists to get involved. Please get in touch. And don’t forget to use a Green Handshake on your next job.