DMG Blockchain Solutions
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024-03, December 2022)
Reporting Period: 2024-03
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Delay in expansion of the Christina Lake facility
- Custodian Prime Trust placed into receivership, impacting digital currency access
- Uncertainty around ETH held with Prime Trust
Mitigation Strategies
- Assets classified as held for sale to optimize operations and reallocate resources
- Management assessed recoverability of assets held with Prime Trust
- Allowance recorded for bad debt expense related to failed BTC trades
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: December 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:60 megawatt operation (Christina Lake Data Centre)
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed
ESG Focus Areas
- Green Mining
- Regulatory Compliance
- Transparency
Environmental Achievements
- Launched Terra Pool, the world’s first green bitcoin mining pool
- First signatory of Crypto Climate Accord with Argo Blockchain
- Implementation of immersion cooling technology reducing electricity consumption by up to 18%
Social Achievements
- Not disclosed
Governance Achievements
- Launched Blockseer Pool, world’s first pool that meets OFAC standards.
- Transparency on energy consumption
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
- Grow to 2 EH/s hashrate using next-gen miners and immersion cooling
Short-term Goals:
- Expand 1 EH/s hashrate by 40% using immersion cooling
Environmental Challenges
- Regulatory uncertainties
- Market conditions and the demand and pricing for our products
- The demand and pricing of bitcoins
- Security threats, including a loss/theft of DMG’s bitcoins
- Equipment failures, lack of supply of equipment, power and infrastructure
- Failure to obtain any permits required to operate the business
- The impact of technology changes on the industry
- The impact of Covid-19 or other viruses and diseases on the Company’s ability to operate, secure equipment, and hire personnel
- Competition
- Decrease in the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
- Increase in difficulty rate when mining Bitcoins
- Failure to develop new and innovative products
- Litigation
- Increase in operating costs
- Increase in equipment and labor costs
- Failure of counterparties to perform their contractual obligations
- Government regulations
- Loss of key employees and consultants
- General economic, market or business conditions
Mitigation Strategies
- Not disclosed
Supply Chain Management
Supplier Audits: Not disclosed
Responsible Procurement
- Not disclosed
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Not disclosed
Transition Risks
- Not disclosed
Opportunities
- Not disclosed
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: Null
Certifications: Null
Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Terra Pool
- Blockseer Pool
- Immersion cooling technology
Awards & Recognition
- Not disclosed