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DEPT®

Climate Neutral Certified Label

category

Professional Services

first certified

2021

current certification year

2024

About Climate Neutral Certification

Wherever you see the Climate Neutral Certified label, it means the company is accountable for its greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the label, a company must annually measure cradle-to-customer emissions, implement specific action plans to reduce emissions, and invest in high quality, verified carbon credits.

The certification requirements are detailed in the rigorous, peer-reviewed Climate Neutral Certified Standard. Each company’s application is reviewed for compliance by Change Climate’s certification team.

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Emissions

DEPT®'s emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- 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 our Standard.

9,179 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 2,047 gas-powered cars for one year

2,389.74 kgCO2e per FTE

Emissions intensity

Emissions over time

Emissions year

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per FTE)

02

Reduction Plans

DEPT® has adopted near-term action plans 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

Vehicle fleet

Action

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

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 1

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

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

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

Emissions reduction targets

DEPT® has set a long-term commitment aligned with climate science.

Active

Target

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

03

Compensation

DEPT® addressed last year’s emissions by buying and retiring an equal amount of high quality, verified carbon and clean energy credits.

Emissions accounted for

9,500 tCO2e

Roughly equal to keeping 10,640,000 pounds of carbon in the ground

Total investment

$92,549

Project types

Solar

Type

Solar

Description

Projects that support solar power generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Avoid deforestation

Type

Avoid deforestation

Description

Projects that reduce the risk of deforestation in important forest ecosystems.

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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