ESG Initiatives
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Vancouver Film Studios is passionate about reducing the impact of our industry on the environment, building our local communities and supporting the employees that make our company great!
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Please watch the video below to learn about some of the ways we are working to reduce our environmental footprint and continue to our timeline to see what other ESG initiatives we have been working on!
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2024 - VFS publishes their fourth annual Impact Report, formally known as the Corporate Social Responsibility Report
2023 - VFS awards their second Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary to Shaelyn Johnston for her project "Anishinnabemowin"
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2023 - VFS releases the Sustainability Scoop, a newsletter shared with productions to assist in providing sustainable practices while on the lot
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2023 - VFS publishes their third annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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2022 - VFS installs Progress Pride flag crosswalk, designed by Daniel Quasar
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2022 - VFS partners with BC Adoption Services and Aged Out to create the first annual Vancouver Film Studios Indigenous Bursaries which awards financial assistance to indigenous persons who plan to pursue any kind of formal or informal career-related education or training in BC
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2022 - VFS awards their very first Indigenous Filmmakers Bursary to Kira Doxtator for her project "Poem for My Future"
2022 - VFS publishes their second annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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2022 - VFS opens the very first LEED certified, solar powered sound stage in Canada
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2021 – VFS publishes their first Corporate Social Responsibility Report
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2021 – VFS partners with East Van Bees to become a host site for local hives
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2021 – VFS becomes a certified B Corporation
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2020 – VFS Sustainability Committee is formed
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2020 – VFS becomes Climate Smart certified
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2019 – VFS becomes a signatory to The Creative Industries Pact for Sustainable Action
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2018 – VFS hires Green Spark Group to write a sustainability report and road map to our goals
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2018 – VFS installs 12 Electric Vehicle charging stations
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2014 – VFS establishes their Community Garden
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2013 – VFS participates in the Still Creek Enhancement project and after an 80 year absence salmon return to creek
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2012 – Vancouver Film Studios becomes a Reel Green partner
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2008 – VFS becomes the first carbon neutral studio facility in Canada
Click here for the Green Spark Group report – VFS Sustainability Strategy
Follow us on social media to keep up to date on all of our sustainability efforts.
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