Clean & Green City

The importance of the city of Frankfurt am Main as a national and international business location raises many environmental policy issues. The quality of the location can only be reinforced in the long term if the natural foundations of life are preserved, the environmental and residential quality is improved, and natural resources are used as efficiently as possible. The Environmental Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main is basically responsible for this. 

48 percent of the city's area is green open spaces and water areas. And if you look closely, you will discover palm trees along the Main River, dunes in the GrünGürtel (green belt), wilderness at the Old Airfield, old city parks, many playgrounds and large wooded areas. Frankfurt offers the right green space for every interest.

There are more than 40 parks in the city - from those with a rather wild character like the Volkspark Niddatal to those with a meditative aura like the Chinese Garden. Most of them were created from the magnificent gardens of the Rothschild, Bethmann and Brentano families - in an English landscape garden style with beautiful old trees. There are more than 50 lakes, ponds and pools, plus about 100 hectares of well-tended green spaces along the Main and Nidda rivers and the Palmengarten, which is famous far beyond the city limits.

You can find contact persons for filming in parks and forests under Filming.

The city of Frankfurt am Main has recognized the challenges of climate change as an interdisciplinary task and is rising to the moment with great commitment as part of the initiative Frankfurt Green City.

Agenda Stadtplan the city of Frankfurt am Main provides a digital guide to sustainable action.

The work of Umweltforums Rhein-Main pursues the aim of promoting sustainable development and environmental protection in accordance with Agenda 21. It is the contact point for sustainable development of the Rhine-Main region.

Since the beginning of 2022, minimum ecological standards have been mandatory for all HessenFilm funded projects. These minimum standards also precisely regulate catering, power supply, travel and waste disposal. All further details can be found here: https://www.oekologische-mindeststandards-greenmotion.de/oekologische-mindeststandards/

A training course to become a Green Consultant is offered, for example, by the Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH. The HessenFilm und Medien GmbH also sponsors continuing education via STEP.

A CO2 calculator can help you to find out which activities in your production are really impacting the climate and can reduce pollutant emissions.
HessenFilm und Medien GmbH offers the calculator free of charge for Hessian filmmakers at: https://hessenfilm.greenshooting.de/de_DE/

CO2 emissions cannot be avoided completely, but can be compensated for through certain measures. The following providers use the compensations they collect to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions through various projects, such as the expansion of renewable energies in developing countries.

The following are people to contact in Frankfurt to help you keep your filming project green:

Garbage sorting / waste disposal

FES Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service GmbH is a company that can offer a complete package of services for waste disposal and cleaning. According to your requirements, FES offers customized solutions, including a comprehensive range of consulting services. FES disposes of the waste it generates professionally and in accordance with the statutory provisions of the Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act and the Commercial Waste Ordinance, and cleans using the latest technology

FES Frankfurter Entsorgungs- und Service GmbH
Weidenbornstr. 60
60389 Frankfurt am Main
Service Center
T: +49 800 2008007 0
F: +49 69 212 31323
E-mail: services@fes-frankfurt.de
www.fes-frankfurt.de