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SmugMug

Climate Neutral Certified Label

category

Software + Tech

first certified

2023

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

SmugMug's emissions inventory uses a mix of spend- and activity-based data. SmugMug attests to the accuracy of their data inputs and the Change Climate team reviews the submission for compliance with our Standard.

2,945 tCO2e

Roughly equal to driving 657 gas-powered cars for one year

0.15 kgCO2e per dollar of personnel costs

Emissions intensity

Emissions over time

Emissions year

Absolute Emissions (tCO2e)

Emissions Intensity (kgCO2e per dollar of personnel costs)

02

Reduction Plans

SmugMug has adopted near-term action plans to reduce GHG emissions within the next 12-24 months.

Active

Source of emissions

Software and servers

Action

We will reduce our computer energy consumption by 20% by adopting advanced energy-efficient new AWS technologies such as Lambda, Graviton, a ...read more

Status

In progress

Complete By

Q4 2024

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Software and servers

Action

Reduce our energy consumption for rendering images by 10% through utilizing a more efficient processing methodology.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 3

Source of emissions

Downstream shipping

Action

Integrate with at least four new regional print labs around the world to produce and ship physical goods closer to their final destination.

Status

Newly set

Complete By

Q4 2025

Scope

Scope 3

Completed

Source of emissions

Electricity

Action

We will shut down our office, completely eliminating our energy use in that building. We are committed to being a distributed workforce.

Status

Completed

Complete By

Q1 2024

Scope

Scope 2

Emissions reduction targets

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

Active

Target

We commit to reducing 2022 Scope 1 & 2 emissions 50% by 2030

03

Compensation

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

Emissions accounted for

2,945 tCO2e

Roughly equal to keeping 3,298,400 pounds of carbon in the ground

Total investment

$24,572

Project types

Wind

Type

Wind

Description

Projects that support wind energy generation in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Improved forest management

Type

Improved forest management

Description

Projects focused on developing sustainable management and harvesting practices in forest ecosystems.

At SmugMug, we are committed to building a better, more sustainable business. As a private, Certified Evergreen company our goals stretch 100 years out, centered on building awesome tools and platforms for photographers. The first step in century scale planning begins with working on our impact right now. By measuring and reducing our carbon footprint, we are actively building a better world for future generations of photographers. Alongside focusing on our long-term impact on climate, we are passionate about protecting the open and wild spaces that photographers are inspired to visit and capture. We prioritize carbon offset projects that meet these goals, and we are also active and engaged members of The Conservation Alliance.

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