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"It’s Earth Day 2026 — and Netflix is using the global day of eco-consciousness
to tout progress it has made in cutting its carbon footprint on some original
productions.
A large portion of Netflix’s carbon footprint comes from the productions for
its films and TV series. Fuel consumed by generators that power equipment and
gas-powered vehicles for crew and actor transportation are its biggest source
of greenhouse gas emissions.
As part of its corporate goal of cutting emissions 50% by 2030, Netflix has
been progressively transitioning its productions away from fossil fuels to
newer technologies to power the productions behind its films and series. Since
2023, all scripted productions that the company directly manages incorporate
some form of clean mobile power and electric, plug-in hybrid and/or hybrid
vehicles. That has included hydrogen-power units for “Bridgerton”; mobile
batteries on “Virgin River”; solar trailers and solar battery systems to
“Stranger Things” — and even an entire solar-energy microgrid on “Ransom
Canyon” in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“You don’t just snap your fingers and it happens,” says Emma Stewart, who
joined Netflix as its first sustainability officer in 2020, about the
emissions-reductions targets. “We’ve been chipping away at this over several
years.”
Now the streaming giant is boasting about results of three recent productions
around the world where it has achieved breakthrough milestones in
sustainability: “The Witcher” in the U.K., “The Boroughs” in New Mexico and
“Apex” in Australia."
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