We’re officially Climate Neutral Certified

AG is officially Climate Neutral Certified, and we’re proud to join hundreds of other Climate Neutral Certified brands taking meaningful action for the planet. Climate change is the single biggest threat to humanity - but we have the tools to stop it. Over the last few months, we have measured, offset, and reduced our carbon footprint - actions that all businesses can choose to take now to “flatten the curve” of carbon emissions.

I’m sharing our experience for two reasons:

1) Our clients deserve transparency and I want to share how we are taking climate action

2) To help other SME founders understand what's involved and inspire them to take action

Why now?

Globally, we/humans emit almost 60 billion tonnes of greenhouse gasses every year. These are the emissions that cause climate change. If we don’t take responsibility for this problem now, then there’s no way we’ll hit the 2050 goals science tells us we need to achieve. These are make-or-break goals. If we reach them, we avoid the devastating effects of climate change. Miss them, and life on Earth will change for billions of people forever.

We’re acting now because scientifically vetted/proved solutions to climate change exist, and they are accessible to us and all businesses.

How did we get here?

We are not perfect and we’re learning as we go – but we’ve taken action to reduce our emissions. Climate Neutral helped us to measure and offset last year carbon emissions and we have identified ways to reduce our future emissions. This process took time and resources from our team, but ultimately, it’s a reasonable cost impact compared to the threat of climate change.

Measure

We measured our 2021-2022 carbon footprint at 137 tonnes. To arrive at this number, we looked at all the emissions created from making and delivering our communications services, including our supply chain emissions, employee commuting, business travel, and utility bills.

Offset

We then offset these emissions by buying $1,644.00 of verified carbon credits. These carbon credits supported a portfolio of projects that will help reduce the risk of deforestation, support the development of renewable energy and supply a reliable local energy source to power communities.

Reduce

Last, but not least, we have created a Reduction Action Plan to help lower emissions from our business and our supply chain over the 12-24 months:

Implement a 50% work from home policy for employees to reduce commuting emissions

Implement a new travel policy where employees only travel to essential meetings that can't be attended virtually. The policy will also prioritise train travel over flying or using personal vehicles to reduce emissions from business travel and reduce non-essential business trips

The future

We’re proud to join this year’s Climate Neutral Certified brands to help solve a problem we know is an urgent threat. We’re glad you’re with us on this journey. Let’s work together to tackle climate change faster. Get in touch with me, if you would like to learn more about our carbon net zero experience so far - I’d love to help.