Animation studios across Europe now have access to their first dedicated environmental certification system. Called ANiMPACT, the programme was jointly developed by CineRegio, Ecoprod, and Green Film, launching its pilot in June at the Annecy animation festival. The initiative addresses a long-standing gap: whilst live-action productions have had access to certification tools like Green Film and the UK's Albert programme for years, animation has remained without equivalent systems despite representing a substantial portion of the global film and television industry.

The certification framework emerged from a two-year development process involving over 100 organisations across 18 countries. Rather than allowing fragmented standards to emerge as occurred with live-action certification across different European countries, the partnering organisations deliberately built one shared standard from the start. The technical complexity of animation certification proved greater than anticipated, primarily because production typically occurs across dispersed studios and international locations—a challenge that only France's Carbulator tool had previously attempted to address.