# DEPT®

**Certification:** The Climate Label Certified — Completed, 2026
**Certified since:** 2021 (most recent: 2026)
**Industry:** Professional Services
**Website:** https://www.deptagency.com/
**Sustainability page:** https://www.deptagency.com/good-company/

## Sustainability story

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.

## Emissions (2026)

**Methodology:** 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.

- Scope 1: 317 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (location-based): 490 tCO2e
- Scope 2 (market-based): 300 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (location-based): 9,676 tCO2e
- Scope 3 (market-based): 9,676 tCO2e
- **Total (location-based): 10,483 tCO2e**
- **Total (market-based): 10,293 tCO2e**

**Emissions intensity:** Per FTE — FTE

### Emissions history (tCO2e, intensity as disclosed)
| Year | Scope 1 | Scope 2 (loc) | Scope 2 (mkt) | Scope 3 | Intensity |
|-|-|-|-|-|-|
| 2020 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4,197.57 |
| 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4,513.41 |
| 2022 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,170.37 |
| 2023 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,389.74 |
| 2024 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,173.45 |
| 2025 | 317 | 490 | 300 | 9,676 | 2,926.64 |

## Reduction plans

### Science-aligned targets
- We commit to reducing 2023 Scope 1+2 emissions by 42% by 2030 (completion: 0%)

### Reduction action plans
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce our emissions from business travel by 7% relative to our size, year on year from a base year of 2019 (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 2** — We plan to reduce our non-renewable energy consumption in all our offices (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q4 2021, completion: 50%)
- **Scope 1** — We plan to reduce emissions from future office buildings we acquire this year. (source: Energy at offices or controlled facilities, target: Q4 2022, completion: 47%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to continue to reduce emissions from travel by 7% YOY from 2019, especially with airline business travel and specifically for our company-wide Dept Fest. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2022, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — We plan to reduce emissions from our supply chain, specifically for our offices. (source: Operational waste, target: Q4 2022, completion: 10%)
- **Scope 3** — We will survey and monitor emissions in our supply chain through direct supplier engagement, and incentivize our suppliers to reduce their footprint. (source: Supply chain energy use, target: Q4 2024, completion: 67%)
- **Scope 2** — We will ensure that 75% of offices powered by renewable energy (prioritising low impact renewable energy). (source: Electricity, target: Q4 2024, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 1** — Replace 50% our traditional vehicle fleet with zero-emission electric vehicles. (source: Vehicle fleet, target: Q4 2025, completion: 100%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel 20% for employees based in North America by incentivizing and requiring alternative methods of transport.. (source: Business travel, target: Q4 2025, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — By 2026, 100% of our offices will have a responsible waste management program tailored to the local context, with a focus on e-waste disposal, proper waste sorting, recycling partnerships, and implementing composting where feasible. (source: Operational waste, target: 2026, completion: 92%)
- **Scope 3** — By 2026, we will promote sustainable travel across teams by prioritizing eco-certified hotel bookings, aiming for at least 50% of all stays to be in sustainable accommodations. (source: Business travel, target: 2026, completion: 27%)
- **Scope 3** — Reduce flight-based business travel by 12% for EMEA by by encouraging train travel on routes where a train alternative to flying exists. (source: Business travel, target: 2027, completion: 0%)
- **Scope 3** — By 2027, 100% of our regions will have an action plan to incentivize or raise awareness around sustainable commuting, tailored to the local context, with a focus on developing actions and incentives in the top-emitting locations. (source: Employee commuting, target: 2027, completion: 0%)

## Climate funding (2026)

**Total funding:** $179,096.85

**Carbon fee:** $15/tCO2e

**Spend by category:**
- VCA (Voluntary Carbon / Reductions): $16,881
- OC (Organizational Commitments): $23,159.25
- BVC (Beyond Value Chain): n/a

### Projects
- [VCA] LED bulbs instalation Amsterdam (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $1,045
- [VCA] Energy efficiency project Toronto office (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $6,500
- [OC] Carbon inventory platform and climate advisory services (Software, Planning, Research & Development): $23,159.25
- [VCA] Energy efficiency project in Amsterdam (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $8,637
- [VCA] Dimmers instalation in Manchester office (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $485
- [VCA] LED bulbs instalation in Split (Energy efficiency, Efficiency & Electrification): $214
- [BVC] Clean Cooking with pellets - Rwanda (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $52,298.67 — type: Cookstoves, registry: Gold Standard, vintage: 2022, location: Rwanda, provider: Other
- [BVC] Riscalis REDD+ Project (Carbon credit, Voluntary Carbon Market): $86,757.93 — type: Forestry, registry: Verified Carbon Standard, vintage: 2020, location: Colombia, provider: Other

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