{"id":11057,"date":"2024-11-28T11:41:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupvalley.news\/uk\/?p=11057"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T11:41:40","slug":"thegreenshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startupvalley.news\/uk\/thegreenshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Sustainability Be the Key to Streamlining the Entertainment Industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
From on-set experience, it appeared very early on that the most efficient way to become sustainable on set was to demonstrate the financial savings it could incur. Embedding sustainability metrics with finance was the goal of TheGreenShot from the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our industry is using a myriad of tools to track finances and spending on a production. We identified the opportunity to create a single platform that includes all the necessary features for an efficient production management, also able to interface with productions software solution to create truly efficient workflows. Additionally, this year, we acquired Hollywood\u2019s leading North American sustainable production services agency, Earth Angel, that has been providing solutions to the entertainment industry for over a decade. Together, we\u2019re able to offer true end-to-end sustainable production solutions through combining software and services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Europe, we provide payroll and planning services that were warmly welcomed and rapidly adopted by crew members and producers. Most recently, our planning feature was used by national TV broadcasters exclusively during the Paris Olympic Games which led to fast adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is one of the essential needs for proper financial management and cost savings. Producers never have a real-time overview of the exact state of their cost report until the accounting department reconciles the financial data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our GreenPro tool connects to production software, collects data in real-time and automates the sustainability reporting for productions. This replaces days, if not weeks, of manual labor to aggregate the data points requested by the different reporting framework producers have to comply with. This allows sustainability consultants to have more time to act rather than manually collecting data, and provide clients with real-time impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are able to connect GreenPro to clients\u2019 internal system, whether it\u2019s a cloud based folder or accounting software, and protect the accounting department from any extra work. Accountants keep their workflow as it is and we interface seamlessly with a single access right granted to GreenPro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We provide the following features all in a single platform: onboarding, timecards, expenses, purchase orders, document distribution, locations, accommodations, transports, budget, sustainability management. All of the data can be imported and exported the way our clients need to integrate with their existing system. By providing an exhaustive of features, we help streamline and monitor, in real-time, the financials of anyproduction, providing our client with a competitive and efficient hedge for their projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Working with a one-stop-shop solution facilitates production companies journey by centralizing their point of contacts and requests. TheGreenShot has multiple departments handling payroll, software and sustainability services, but the client has one account manager they can interact with all of the solutions provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our goal is to demonstrate that sustainable choices lead to cost savings. Our industry is capable of adapting new practices very quickly \u2013 as demonstrated with COVID \u2013 and sustainable habits and practices should become the norm in the coming years<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I used to work on set as a supervising location manager. Shifting to building software and expanding a company to multiple territories comes with its own challenges. As with productions, you have to learn and adapt very swiftly to guarantee you are able to deliver what clients are expecting from us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I mentioned, we joined forces with Earth Angel in June 2024 and the operational merger has been a very smooth experience so far, from a business but also human perspective. Our goal for the next year is to build strong commercial relationships with the studios we are already working with, as well as building bridges and partnerships with industry standards accounting software to streamline clients’ experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are constantly monitoring this space and aim to stay ahead of the curve. Providing software that helps collect and automate reporting makes us a great partner for the certificating bodies and we already made great partnerships with multiple regions\/countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all worked in shared offices or remotely to reduce offices emissions to the bare minimum. Out of 25 employees in the EU, there\u2019s only one company car for an employee where no other solution was possible. Cash we would have spent on cars was allocated to low emission transportation solutions, such as company bikes or public transportation subscriptions. Except for overseas trips, all transportation is happening by train. Those are only a few of the actions every employee is taking at the moment to make sure our footprint stays as low as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same as the Belgium official motto: We are stronger together. We are in a niche industry and cooperation will always make everyone go faster and further than fighting each other. There is still a lot of work to do and room for everyone pursuing the goal of making sure our industry is cleaner and more competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Picture: @TheGreenShot<\/p>\n\n\n\n