Shortly after that, she kickstarted the sustainability committee at the PGA.
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Weve gone through a big shift from where we started, says Pilcher.
Climate denialism is not a thing for anybodys whos in touch with what is going on.
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In 2014, Pilcher realized the industry needed an action plan and the PGA released a call to action.
It was abundantly clear to us that we needed to transition to electrification in our industry.
Its a powerful group, she says.
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Clean energy transition is super important and thats really what were putting all of our energy into.
Her sustainability leadership onThe Amazing Spider-Man 2was hailed as one of Sony Pictures most eco-friendly blockbusters.
That mindset is starting to change, she says.
I typically tell producers to think of us as their sustainability department.
In the same way that most productions have specific departments, we function very similarly.
These plans are bespoke to each production and tracked through a productions life cycle.
She points to reuse strategies for materials as more cost effective than calling in dumpsters as an example.
In A24sThe Whale, they were able to repurpose the entirety of the house set.
She credits Aronofsky as an enormous advocate of sustainable productions.
When you have the luxury of having talent involved advocating this, it goes a long way.
The number one thing that makes sense to me is to donate your food, says OBrien.
The BFI made it a strategic principle for BFI-backed projects to meet sustainability criteria.
When we did this, we knew we needed to give these projects the support to do that.
Its really an underutilized solution, she says.
