Climate Change Data

Matterport, Inc.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:14,078.7 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:22.36 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:77.42 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:13,978.92 tCO2e/year
Carbon Intensity:126.64 tCO2e/$M Revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Capital Management
  • Business Ethics
  • Product Responsibility
  • Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Climate Change Strategy

Environmental Achievements

  • Launched a social impact program, Exploration to Equity, to increase community inclusion and resilience by creating equitable access to spaces.
  • Partnered with a specialist carbon accounting firm to gather data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and calculate GHG footprint.
  • Partnered with an environmentally responsible manufacturer for next-generation camera (Pro3), eliminating much of the trans-Pacific transportation and significantly shortening freight forwarding distances.

Social Achievements

  • Launched Exploration to Equity program, providing free access to the Matterport platform and support to qualifying US-based non-profit organizations, K-12 public schools, and public universities.
  • Launched EMERGE talent development program for underrepresented groups.
  • Audited hiring practices to ensure fairness, transparency, objectivity, and inclusivity.
  • Implemented Courageous Discussions forum for employees to discuss important social issues.
  • Established six Employee Resource Groups.

Governance Achievements

  • Revised Global Code of Conduct and Ethics to incorporate views on environmental operational compliance and sustainability.
  • Implemented an anonymous and multilingual ethics hotline.
  • Implemented a company-wide compliance training program.

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Achieve an AA WCAG 2.1 rating for 2023.

Environmental Challenges

  • Scope 3 emissions in the value chain, including purchased goods and services, distribution, and employee commuting (more than 99% of total emissions).
  • Carbon cost of high-precision cameras.
  • End-of-life phase considerations for professional cameras.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Partnered with an environmentally responsible manufacturer for next-generation camera (Pro3) to reduce transportation emissions.
  • Working with third-party specialists to explore ways to increase recycled content in packaging.
  • Exploring ways to enable customers to change batteries in products themselves to reduce repair service submissions.
  • Favoring suppliers that collect and disclose their emissions data.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Revised Global Code of Conduct and Ethics to include commitment to build resilience and use natural resources efficiently; asking suppliers to consider their impact on the environment; favoring suppliers that collect and disclose their emissions data.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II Attestation

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:11,669.28 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:17.33 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:62.26 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:11,589.69 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:71.43%
Total Energy Consumption:1,304.68 GJ/year
Water Consumption:1.01 m3/year
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:85.72 tCO2e / M.USD

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Capital Management
  • Business Ethics
  • Product Responsibility
  • Data Privacy and Cybersecurity
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

  • Closed Kansas facility in August 2022 to increase efficiency.
  • Diverted more waste to recycling.
  • Responsibly disposed of e-waste.
  • Encouraged email usage rather than in-person meetings.
  • Reassessed and changed the Pro3 camera supply chain to minimize logistics carbon footprint and utilize an ISO 9000 certified facility manufacturing 100% RoHS compliant components.
  • Sent 100% of electronic waste to a certified specialist recycling firm in 2022.

Social Achievements

  • Launched EMERGE talent development program for underrepresented groups.
  • Held 9 companywide events by Matterport ERGs.
  • 100% of Matterpeeps completed Unconscious Bias training.
  • Launched Matterport Cares Week with 83 participants and 214 volunteer hours.

Governance Achievements

  • Revised Global Code of Conduct and Ethics to incorporate environmental operational compliance and sustainability.
  • Implemented a Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier Qualification Process.
  • Matterport Cloud achieved SOC2 Type 2 attestation.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Expand repair and recycling services globally by the end of 2023.
  • Beta launch Carbon Calculator to Tier-1 enterprise customers by Q1 2024.

Environmental Challenges

  • Increase in expenditures on third-party services leading to a 37% increase in total emissions from 2021 to 2022.
  • Evolving climate risks and uncertainties.
  • Lack of consistency and harmonization among countries regarding data privacy regulations.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Further consolidating facilities to reduce environmental impacts and increase cost efficiency.
  • Optimizing opportunities to act in an environmentally responsible way and prioritizing potential areas of climate risk exposure.
  • Closely monitoring the legal and regulatory landscape and diligently addressing privacy-related policies and programs as appropriate.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Supplier Qualification Process
  • Environmental policy alignment and commitments to reducing environmental impact

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, UN Global Compact, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 3
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 7
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13

See Appendix for details.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Pro3 camera with removable battery

Awards & Recognition

  • Comparably Awards