We began our carbon neutral journey in 2021, setting out to do our bit for the global climate challenge. Since then we have reduced our carbon footprint by 70% (principally through the elimination of office space and commuting costs, but also through company incentives to adopt solar powered home electricity and electric vehicles). We also purchased carbon offsets with Pachama to take us to a negative carbon footprint. Yes, we know carbon offsets are not perfect, but they are a good step in the right direction and Pachama does a solid job of reporting.
In previous years we have supported Central Kalimantan Peatlands and NIHT Topaiyo. This year we chose to purchase offsets through the Borneo Peatlands project. Borneo Peatlands is one of the largest peat swamps remaining in Indonesia and can hold up to 20 times more carbon than the average forest. The land is at risk for illegal deforestation and conversion to an industrial acacia plantation company for commercial exploitation.
Valtira carbon output and offsets for 2023
We analyzed our carbon footprint including direct and indirect metric tons (Mt) of CO2 emissions, determining the offset purchase needed to become carbon neutral.
Scope 1: Direct Emissions
2023
2022
2021
0 Mt
0 Mt
0 Mt
Direct Emissions
Scope 2: Indirect Emissions – Owned
Purchased energy
2023
2022
2021
46.5 Mt
46.5 Mt
93 Mt
Office electricity, heating, & cooling
Scope 3: Indirect Emissions – Not Owned
Upstream activities
2023
2022
2021
15 Mt
15 Mt
17 Mt
Purchased goods and services – production related (dev cloud, offshore home offices, SaaS tools)
1 Mt
1 Mt
1 Mt
Purchased goods and services – non-production related (SaaS tools)
20 Mt
20 Mt
29 Mt
Fuel and energy related activities not captured above (home offices)
3 Mt
3 Mt
2 Mt
Capital goods (laptops, monitors, phones)
Downstream activities
2 Mt
2 Mt
2 Mt
Use of sold products (cloud hosting)
87 Mt
87 Mt
145 Mt
Total Emissions
-200 Mt
-200 Mt
-200 Mt
Purchased carbon offsets
-113 Mt
-113 Mt
-55 Mt
Net carbon footprint
In 2024, we remain committed to making a positive impact on the environment while building creative and scalable solutions. If you would like to learn how to build environmentally sound solutions please reach out, we would love to chat.