Climate Change Data

SuperOffice Group AS

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:187.5 tCO2e (Scope 1) + 14.5 tCO2e (Scope 2) + 6800 tCO2e (Scope 3)
Scope 1 Emissions:187.5 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:14.5 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:6800 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:100% (office electricity)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Implemented a green electricity policy for all offices.
  • Implemented an electric car policy.

Social Achievements

  • Maintained 40% gender diversity.
  • Planning to launch a regular employee satisfaction survey in 2022.

Governance Achievements

  • Implemented an ESG governance structure.
  • Signed up for the UN Global Compact program.
  • Signed up for the Plant for the Planet program.
  • Implemented a reporting structure for ESG.

Climate Goals & Targets

Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce CO2 emissions by 50% by 2025 (compared to 2019 benchmark).

Environmental Challenges

  • Reducing Scope 3 emissions (from hosting).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Actively collaborating with third-party hosting providers to minimize environmental footprint.
  • Migrating customers from legacy on-premise solutions to cloud offering.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Following up on supplier Code of Conduct.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2151 tCO2e/year (Scope 1: 153 tCO2e, Scope 2: 65 tCO2e, Scope 3: 1998 tCO2e)
Scope 1 Emissions:153 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:65 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:1998 tCO2e/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainable Workforce
  • Sustainable Operations
  • Sustainable Software
  • Sustainable Hosting and Value Chain

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced customer emissions by 154 tCO2e through cloud migrations in 2023 (Note: This achievement is from 2023, not 2022)
  • Established a new methodology for determining emissions, including Scope 3

Social Achievements

  • Completed first annual employee survey with 95% response rate and eNPS of 39%
  • Conducted first gender pay gap analysis
  • Maintained a good working environment with no significant injuries or accidents; sickness absence averaged 5.5 days per FTE

Governance Achievements

  • Established an Audit Committee following the bond loan listing
  • Defined office as main workplace, expecting employees to be present three days a week

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Lower than target gender diversity (31% vs. 40% target)
  • Challenges in gathering activity data for Scope 3 emissions calculations
  • Improvement potential in supplier base related to emission calculations and environmental impact overview
Mitigation Strategies
  • Initiatives to attract, hire, and promote women, especially in fields with lower female representation
  • Using a spend-based approach for a significant part of Scope 3 emissions calculation, with activity-based data for key areas
  • Working closely with the supply chain to ensure responsible conduct

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Value chain analysis in accordance with the Transparency Act

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Migration emission calculator
  • Zero Footprint integration for Microsoft Outlook and Sharepoint