Climate Change Data

Climbing Trees

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:146.0 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:0.0 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:0.9 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:145.1 tCO2e/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Diversity
  • Societal Impact
  • Client Impact
  • Sustainability
  • Gender Equality
  • Decent work and economic growth
  • Reduced inequality
  • Climate action

Environmental Achievements

  • Funded climate impact projects including avoiding methane emissions from landfill in Brazil and protection of the Matavén forest in eastern Colombia

Social Achievements

  • Donated £5,349 to charities
  • Supported 21 charities with digital marketing support (over 180 hours)
  • Team members volunteered over 80 hours for various causes (e.g., encouraging girls into the digital industry, local Eco Festival, Surfers Against Sewage)
  • 100% of staff received training and development
  • No gender pay gap at any level

Governance Achievements

  • Established a senior leadership team with 40% women
  • Conducted a focused review of company policies on well-being, maternity, paternity, bereavement, and miscarriage
  • Implemented transparent pay bands

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieve a B Corp score over 95 points by 2025
Medium-term Goals:
  • Maximize impact in local area (Essex, UK) through environmental and community initiatives.
Short-term Goals:
  • Improve diversity of team to align with national average
  • Improve clarity around job pay bands

Environmental Challenges

  • Initial carbon footprint calculations excluded pensions and client media spend, resulting in an underestimated footprint.
  • Difficulty in decoupling business growth from environmental impact.
  • Limited success in engaging with major ad platforms (Microsoft, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn) on carbon footprint measurement of ad campaigns.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Corrected carbon footprint calculations to include pensions and media spend.
  • Engaged with Google's sustainability team to advocate for better carbon footprint data for ad campaigns.
  • Engaging with supply chain to understand and encourage their sustainability efforts; exploring supplier changes if necessary.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Engaging with suppliers to understand and encourage their sustainability efforts

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • 5. Gender equality
  • 8. Decent work and economic growth
  • 10. Reduced inequalities
  • 13. Climate action