A Festival with a Cause!

The ISO 20121-Certified Convention Center

The Deauville Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter (C.I.D.) has been ISO 20121 cer­ti­fied since 2018. This inter­na­tion­al stan­dard, ded­i­cat­ed to the respon­si­ble man­age­ment of event activ­i­ties, aims to mit­i­gate the envi­ron­men­tal, social, and eco­nom­ic impacts of events and places Cor­po­rate Social Respon­si­bil­i­ty (CSR) at the heart of its operations.

A Commitment to Continuous Improvement

Each edi­tion of the Fes­ti­val marks a new step for­ward in improv­ing its prac­tices. Fol­low­ing this year’s event, the Fes­ti­val will con­duct its first car­bon foot­print assess­ment to iden­ti­fy the main sources of green­house gas emis­sions asso­ci­at­ed with its orga­ni­za­tion. This assess­ment will enable the Fes­ti­val to devel­op an action plan aimed at grad­u­al­ly reduc­ing its car­bon foot­print in future edi­tions, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with all its part­ners and ser­vice providers.

Fes­ti­val­go­ers are also invit­ed to con­tribute to this effort by choos­ing, when­ev­er pos­si­ble, modes of trans­porta­tion that pro­duce the fewest green­house gas emis­sions, such as trains, car­pool­ing, or pub­lic tran­sit. They can esti­mate the car­bon impact of their trip using the Impact CO₂ tool, devel­oped by ADEME, which allows users to com­pare dif­fer­ent modes of transportation.

Environmental Commitment :

• All trav­el between the train sta­tion, hotels, restau­rants, the Deauville Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter, the Casi­no Cin­e­ma, and the Morny Cin­e­ma can be eas­i­ly done on foot, there­by lim­it­ing the need for motor­ized transportation.
• C.I.D. ser­vice providers work­ing at the Fes­ti­val are com­mit­ted to cor­po­rate social respon­si­bil­i­ty (CSR) and adhere to the C.I.D.’s respon­si­ble pro­cure­ment charter.
• The C.I.D.’s approved cater­ers at the Fes­ti­val Bar pri­or­i­tize short sup­ply chains, local pro­duc­ers, and sea­son­al prod­ucts. The table­ware used is recy­clable or reusable, and bev­er­ages are served in eco-cups.
• The Deauville Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter recy­cles 89.7% of its waste through a 7‑stream sort­ing system*.
• The red car­pet remains in place for the entire dura­tion of the Fes­ti­val, there­by avoid­ing the gen­er­a­tion of exces­sive amounts of car­pet waste.
• BYD, an offi­cial part­ner of the Fes­ti­val, pro­vides a fleet of elec­tric vehi­cles to trans­port performers.
• The approved print­ers are cer­ti­fied by Imprim’Vert, PEFC, FSC, and HQE. At the same time, the Fes­ti­val con­tin­ues its pol­i­cy of reduc­ing print­ing, with a 20% decrease in print­ed vol­umes since 2018.
• The Fes­ti­val pro­gram is avail­able online, and the gen­er­al pub­lic tick­et­ing sys­tem is entire­ly dig­i­tal, there­by elim­i­nat­ing the use of PVC, card­board, and fab­ric materials.
• Thanks to its ener­gy con­ser­va­tion plan, the C.I.D. reduced its ener­gy con­sump­tion by 16% between 2024 and 2025.
• The 18,000 m² of the Deauville Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter (C.I.D.) ben­e­fit from a sus­tain­able ener­gy loop: a shared boil­er room sup­plies the C.I.D., the Olympic-size swim­ming pool, and the tha­las­sother­a­py center.

*Of which 59.5% is mate­r­i­al recov­ery and 30.2% is ener­gy recovery

Economic and Social Commitment

• 73% of the Palais des Con­grès’ ser­vice providers are based in Nor­mandy (2024 report).
• 70% of the prod­ucts sold in the Fes­ti­val Bou­tique are made in France; the rest are pro­duced in Europe.
• The Fes­ti­val gen­er­ates the equiv­a­lent of 558 full-time local jobs (cre­at­ed or sus­tained) *.The Festival’s eco­nom­ic impact is esti­mat­ed at over 34 mil­lion euros in rev­enue for the region*.
• The C.I.D. received a per­fect score of 100/100 on the Gen­der Equal­i­ty Index.
• Each year, the Fes­ti­val expands its out­reach to young stu­dents by wel­com­ing some twen­ty school groups from Nor­mandy, rep­re­sent­ing near­ly 1,800 stu­dents from high schools, uni­ver­si­ties, and oth­er insti­tu­tions of high­er education.

*Data from the Cleo 2023 calculator

Accessibility Designed for Everyone

The Fes­ti­val is com­mit­ted to wel­com­ing all audi­ences and con­tin­ues to improve the acces­si­bil­i­ty of its services.

Venue Accessibility

• The Deauville Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter (C.I.D.), as well as the Casi­no and Morny movie the­aters, are acces­si­ble to peo­ple with lim­it­ed mobil­i­ty. All screen­ing rooms are acces­si­ble (with the excep­tion of Morny 3).
• The C.I.D. staff is trained to wel­come and assist peo­ple with lim­it­ed mobility.

Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing Individuals

• All films in the pro­gram are shown with closed cap­tions (with the excep­tion of the children’s screening).
• The open­ing and awards cer­e­monies are also closed-cap­tioned (sub­ject to the con­tent pro­vid­ed by the speakers).
• The use of a smart­phone in the the­ater is per­mit­ted when it is used with a tran­scrip­tion app.

Digital Accessibility

• The Fes­ti­val is also con­tin­u­ing to improve the acces­si­bil­i­ty of its web­site. The site is devel­oped in accor­dance with the rec­om­men­da­tions of the lead­ing dig­i­tal acces­si­bil­i­ty stan­dards to facil­i­tate access to online con­tent and ser­vices for as many users as pos­si­ble, with a focus on con­tin­u­ous improvement.

A Collective Effort to Promote Sustainable Tourism

Deauville is rec­og­nized for its com­mit­ment to sus­tain­able tourism, par­tic­u­lar­ly through the “Inno­v­a­tive and Sus­tain­able Des­ti­na­tion” label. This label is a nation­al stan­dard cre­at­ed by the France Con­grès et Événe­ments asso­ci­a­tion, whose goal is to high­light con­crete ini­tia­tives under­tak­en by pub­lic and pri­vate stake­hold­ers in a des­ti­na­tion in the area of sus­tain­able development.

Deauville was one of the first five French cities to obtain this cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in 2020.

Deauville’s approach to sus­tain­able tourism is char­ac­ter­ized by open gov­er­nance, involv­ing a steer­ing com­mit­tee com­posed of local gov­ern­ments and pri­vate-sec­tor stake­hold­ers. Among the part­ners involved are the City of Deauville, the Deauville Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter, the Cœur Côte Fleurie Com­mu­ni­ty of Munic­i­pal­i­ties, the Bar­rière Deauville Group, the Bertout Deauville Group, Les Fran­cis­caines, the Longines Inter­na­tion­al Eques­tri­an Cen­ter — Deauville, the Union des Métiers de l’Industrie Hotel­lière (UMIH), and the ACAPARS mer­chants’ association.

The cer­ti­fi­ca­tion empha­sizes the pro­tec­tion and enhance­ment of the region while respect­ing envi­ron­men­tal, soci­etal, and eco­nom­ic bal­ances. The ini­tia­tives car­ried out by both Des­ti­na­tion Deauville and the Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val cov­er var­i­ous aspects such as sus­tain­able mobil­i­ty, respon­si­ble con­sump­tion, ener­gy effi­cien­cy, her­itage preser­va­tion, and inclu­sion. New cri­te­ria for recer­ti­fi­ca­tion specif­i­cal­ly include strate­gies for eco-respon­si­ble events, reduc­ing the use of car­pet, pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able food prac­tices, improv­ing con­di­tions for sea­son­al work­ers, and reduc­ing the car­bon footprint.