For several years, the Cannes Film Festival has been moving towards reducing its environmental footprint. Since 2021, the Cannes Film Festival has applied twelve strong measures in an ecological commitment. The Cannes Film Festival is going green? Yes, but not his carpet, which remains red. Its surface, reduced by 50%, is recyclable and recycled! The Festival’s car fleet belongs to it and is now made up of 60% electric vehicles. The official program of the Festival is online today, and the various impressions are reduced by half. No more plastic water bottles are distributed by the organization of the Festival. The surface of the carpets used in the spaces of the international village is reduced to 24%. The recovery of waste from the Festival must exceed 95%. To offset the production footprint, the Festival pays an environmental contribution, the sums of which are allocated to local or national projects.
The teams are working to raise awareness of eco-gestures among the Festival population, including an incentive for soft mobility. And, each festival-goer must pay an environmental contribution, or carbon tax, to offset the footprint of their travel and stay at the Festival.
To conclude, yes, the Cannes Film Festival carpet remains red, but the Cannes Film Festival is going green!