Carbon Footprint
We follow the Greenhouse Gas Protocol when measuring our carbon footprint
We have been measuring the size of Smartly’s carbon footprint since 2019, taking into account all three emissions scopes and following the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. As a software company, our operations don’t create any direct emissions, and our largest source of emissions is business travel, especially by air. Servers typically amount to a large emission source, but as our service provider runs our servers on green electricity, they are exempted from the carbon footprint calculation.
Decreased Emissions
Our total emissions have decreased by 47% since 2019
Since the beginning of the tracking period in 2019, our total emissions have decreased by 47%. Emissions per revenue and employee have decreased by 67% and 69% respectively, even as Smartly has grown its team by 73% and revenue 60% in the same time frame. The key reason behind our shrinking carbon footprint was reduced business travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently exploring ways to proactively cut our emissions, starting from our product development with sustainable code all the way to our daily operations.
Compensating Emissions
What emissions we can’t reduce, we compensate
Our portfolio of carbon capture projects covers both traditional carbon capture methods, such as forest conservation and reforestation, and innovative carbon capture methods, like soil carbon and biochar. To tackle the uncertainties in carbon capture and ensure our carbon neutrality, we overcompensate our annual emissions. So far, we have contributed to capturing over 14,000 tCO₂ from the atmosphere.
