Earth Hour 2014 Summary July 2014 | Page 46

2.6 / A GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP THE MOST ECO-FRIENDLY BLOCKBUSTER PRODUCED BY COLUMBIA PICTURES Waste management was practiced throughout the production of the film. For instance, the film sets were build using recycled, salvaged and re-used wood. Over 490 tonnes of materials were recovered or donated. In addiction, Sony Pictures Entertainment produced an Eco-Spidey online game that raised over USD$10,000. Sony Pictures Entertainment also offset 4,000 tonnes of carbon through WWF-China’s Gold Standard Verified ‘Energy Efficient Stoves To Protect The Giant Panda’ project (part of the Earth Hour Blue crowdfunding platform). These carbon offsets have rendered the entire physical production of the film, as well as its Asian publicity tour, carbon-neutral. 46