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DEPT®

category

Professional Services

first certified

2021

current certification year

2025

About The Climate Label

Companies with The Climate Label provide products and services that are better for the climate, because they account for the greenhouse gas emissions from operating their business.

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01

Emissions

DEPT® measured its GHG emissions in order to understand its impact on the climate and inform its plans to reduce GHGs over time.

Total 2024 GHG Emissions

11,923

tCO2e

(location-based)

Roughly equal to driving 2,659 gas-powered cars for one year

3173.45

kgCO2e

per FTE

Emissions intensity

DEPT®'s emissions inventory uses a mix of spending and activity-based data. An independent third party verification ensures accuracy and completeness of the inventory. The Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with the Standard.

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per FTE)

Emissions year

Note: The chart shows market-based emissions totals.

02

Funding for Climate Solutions

DEPT® is funding a portfolio of projects to support the climate transition. This portfolio includes specific actions within their operations, as well as projects elsewhere around the world.

Total climate funding

$191,203

+ $18,028 above minimum requirement, based on a carbon fee of $15 per tonne

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Climate Project Portfolio

These are the projects that DEPT® funded over the past year to reduce emissions in their operations, supply chain, and around the world.

Climate Projects

VCA

Type

Electrification

Project Details

Electrification Project Hamburg Office

Total Spent

$17,760

VCA

Type

Energy efficiency

Project Details

Dimmers installation in Buenos Aires office

Total Spent

$1,948

VCA

Type

Energy efficiency

Project Details

LED bulbs installation Aarhus Office

Total Spent

$967

BVC

Type

Carbon credit

Project Details

Sofala Water Project

Project Type

Water Filtration

Total Spent

$144,551 ($12.52/tonne)

OC

Type

Software

Project Details

Carbon Inventory and Climate Advisory

Total Spent

$70,661

03

Reduction Plans

As part of its climate transition planning, DEPT® has established near-term actions to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

We plan to reduce our non-renewable energy consumption in all our offices

Status

In progress


Complete By

Q4 2021

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Energy at offices or controlled facilities

Action

We plan to reduce emissions from future office buildings we acquire this year.

Status

In progress


Complete By

Q4 2022

Scope

Scope 1

Source of emissions

Operational waste

Action

We plan to reduce emissions from our supply chain, specifically for our offices.

Status

In progress


Complete By

Q4 2022

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Supply chain energy use

Action

We will survey and monitor emissions in our supply chain through direct supplier engagement, and incentivize our suppliers to reduce their f ...read more

Status

In progress


Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

We will ensure that 75% of offices powered by renewable energy (prioritising low impact renewable energy).

Status

In progress


Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 2

Source of emissions

Business travel

Action

Reduce flight-based business travel 20% for employees based in North America by incentivizing and requiring alternative methods of transport ...read more

Status

In progress


Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Operational waste

Action

By 2026, 100% of our offices will have a responsible waste management program tailored to the local context, with a focus on e-waste disposa ...read more

Status

Newly set


Complete By

2026

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Business travel

Action

By 2026, we will promote sustainable travel across teams by prioritizing eco-certified hotel bookings, aiming for at least 50% of all stays ...read more

Status

Newly set


Complete By

2026

Scope

Scope 3

Completed

Source of emissions

Business travel

Action

We plan to reduce our emissions from business travel by 7% relative to our size, year on year from a base year of 2019

Status

Completed


Complete By

Q4 2022

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Business travel

Action

We plan to continue to reduce emissions from travel by 7% YOY from 2019, especially with airline business travel and specifically for our co ...read more

Status

Completed


Complete By

Q4 2022

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Vehicle fleet

Action

Replace 50% our traditional vehicle fleet with zero-emission electric vehicles.

Status

Completed


Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 1

Emissions reduction targets

DEPT® has set a long-term target to reduce GHG emissions.

Active

Target

We commit to reducing 2021 Scope 1 and 2 emissions 50% by 2030.

We started DEPT® to build the best digital agency in the world. Now, we want to build the best digital agency for the world. Technology is changing how people interact. How products and services are imagined, created and delivered. It is transforming and reshaping businesses, economies and life itself. It is also challenging some of the world's biggest problems - from climate change and inequality to environmental degradation. It makes cities smarter, supply chains shorter and consumption more conscious. And, because technology is what we do, we want to help our clients unlock power of digital to help solve their sustainability challenges. This is how we can make the biggest impact as an agency. Sustainable thinking is becoming part of our way of working. Our clients can rest assured it has been integrated in our processes and services. Every project is a potential impact project. We will be the best for the world on three levels: We want to protect the climate: we are carbon neutral today, and want to be carbon negative by 2023. We will remove more carbon from the atmosphere than our organisation emits each year. We want to accelerate responsible production & consumption via the work we do for our clients: in 2023, projects with a positive social or environmental impact will compose more than 15% of our total revenue. We want to be a diverse, equal and inclusive organisation: by 2023 our workforce is a solid representation of society at large and more than 40% of our managers are female or nonbinary.

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