Climate Change Data

Trifork Holding AG (changed to Trifork Group AG)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Renewable Energy Share:90-95% (electricity)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Around 90-95% of power consumption from green electricity in 2020
  • Installation of a real-time monitoring system for power, heating, and water consumption in 5% of office space in 2020 (planned expansion to 50% in 2021 and 100% by 2025)
  • EUR 1 million investment in tree planting to offset emissions
  • Construction of Trifork Smart Building One (TSBOne), a sustainable office building using wood and minimizing concrete/steel

Social Achievements

  • Implementation of a Teal organizational model promoting employee autonomy and work-life balance
  • GOTO universe reaching around 100,000 software professionals with over 20 million YouTube views
  • Diversity initiatives aiming to increase female representation in leadership

Governance Achievements

  • Commitment to good corporate governance with Board and Executive Management oversight of sustainability
  • Planned establishment of ESG boards in all business units in 2021
  • High level of competence and awareness regarding Data Privacy policy, with training and compliance measures in place

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Reach 30% female representation in business unit leadership by 2025
  • Set realistic and ambitious 2030 goals for overall CO2 reduction
Short-term Goals:
  • Carbon footprint and water consumption added to all Trifork invoices by end of 2022

Environmental Challenges

  • High employee churn (14.9% in 2020)
  • Need to improve data collection and reporting on environmental metrics
Mitigation Strategies
  • Strive to reduce employee churn to around 7%
  • Implementation of a real-time monitoring system for resource consumption
  • Setting out realistic and ambitious 2030 goals for CO2 reduction once metrics are in place

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact, UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:9,425 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:154 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:234 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:9,207 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:87.6%
Water Consumption:6,207 m3/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Lowering carbon emission
  • Reducing waste of resources due to turnover of hardware
  • Support green transition through thought leadership
  • Decrease employee turnover rate
  • Ensuring a healthy and safe working environment for all Trifork employees
  • Prioritising diversity and inclusion from our employees to executive management and board level
  • Continous development of employees and supporting talent
  • Continously contributing to society through thought leadership
  • Enhancing business partner and supplier responsibility
  • Maintaining a robust data ethics setup
  • Enhancing CSR awareness within Trifork

Environmental Achievements

  • Improved methodologies for calculating carbon emissions using the three scopes under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
  • Purchased 108 acres of forest to preserve the value chain for future Trifork Smart Buildings and contribute to CO2 capture.
  • Developed the product Otto, which monitors electricity, heat, and water consumption in office buildings.

Social Achievements

  • Slight decrease in employee turnover rate (15.4% in 2022 vs 15.6% in 2021).
  • Achieved an equal distribution of genders in the Board of Directors (50% female, 50% male).
  • Implemented initiatives to support future talent, including hackerdays, software conferences, and student programs.

Governance Achievements

  • Updated CSR Policy and Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
  • Enhanced business partner and supplier responsibility by updating the approach in the CSR Policy and Code of Conduct.
  • Maintained a whistleblower channel for reporting potential non-compliance.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve taxonomy alignment by 2023 by gathering required documentation.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce total Scope 1 emissions by phasing out fossil fuel cars and purchasing/leasing electric vehicles.
  • Increase renewable energy sources for electricity and heat.
  • Optimize indoor climate to reduce energy and water consumption.
  • Invest in solar panels for office buildings where possible.
  • Implement Otto system to monitor energy and water consumption in more office buildings.
  • Achieve 30% female representation in Business Unit Leaders by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Carbon footprint related to servers, data centers, and company cars.
  • Turnover of hardware used to deliver software solutions to customers.
  • Mental health risks for employees in fast-paced working environments.
  • Gender diversity gap in the industry.
  • Risk of business partners not recognizing the same level of ethical standards.
  • Cyber risks and potential human rights harm from advanced AI and algorithms.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Initiatives to incentivize employees to work remotely and use electric cars.
  • Re-evaluating ESG strategy and efforts.
  • Close relationship with leaders in teal organization model to address issues promptly.
  • Stress response program with stress coaches.
  • Tracking employee happiness and sick days.
  • Exploring initiatives to increase gender diversity.
  • Whistleblower channel for reporting non-compliance.
  • Assessing risks and protecting data in accordance with Data Ethics Policy.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Code of Conduct for business partners and suppliers.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and smart buildings.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol, UN Global Compact

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 4 (Quality Education)
  • SDG 5 (Gender Equality)
  • SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
  • SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)

Various initiatives related to employee development, gender diversity, ethical business practices, and environmental responsibility.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Otto (energy and water consumption monitoring system)
  • Trifork Smart Buildings

Reporting Period: 2023

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:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
  • Governance
  • Social Impact

Environmental Achievements

  • Committed to Science Based Targets and the Danish local initiative 'Klimaalliancen Aarhus', working towards climate neutrality
  • Improved method and data quality for largest Scope 3 contributor
  • Contributed to impactful AI projects within biodiversity and beach clean-up

Social Achievements

  • Updated DEI policy to include ‘Equity’
  • Participation in events aimed at getting young people interested in software technologies (e.g., Women in Tech Career Fair)
  • 1,210 employees with more than 50 nationalities

Governance Achievements

  • Preparing for CSRD by initiating the Double Materiality Assessment, involving stakeholder interviews
  • Continuous awareness training (e.g., NIS2 training)

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Climate neutrality (mentioned in relation to Klimaalliancen Aarhus)
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Employee churn rate of 15.8%
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: CSRD

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed