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Five things to know about carbon emissions from cloud computing
In the last few decades, digitization has become an essential feature for the resilience of our societies: it has proven to be indispensable in 2020, at the apex of the Covid-19 crisis, and its importance in our lives will certainly keep growing in the years to come....
No such thing as a free lunch: why employee meals count in your carbon footprint
When we compute carbon footprints, our customers are often surprised when we ask them questions about the types of meals that their employees usually take at lunch time. After all, the way people eat is a private matter: the company has absolutely no say in that. Why...
Why carbometrix does not count your emails
Carbon emissions related to digital activities are notoriously difficult to estimate, so when actual figures are published on the topic, it is very tempting to take them at face value. Over the years, the same figure has emerged in the headlines, time and time again:...
Decarbonising fashion: a look into climate-conscious brands
Fashion is one of the most polluting industries worldwide. It emitted 2 billion tons of GHG in 2018, 4% of the world’s total emissions. In other words, fashion emitted more GHG than France, Germany and the UK combined. Furthermore, research shows that if the industry maintains the same pace of decarbonisation, its emissions in 2030 will be double of the maximum required to stay on the 1.5-degree pathway.
Electricity producers: ranking companies on their carbon performance
carbometrix has independently analyzed and computed the carbon emission performance of 22,000 electricity producers worldwide, representing 75% of global production using an asset-based methodology. The assets consist of 60,000 power plants around the world. In 2020,...
Automakers carbon performance ranking – part 2
We have analyzed and computed the carbon emission performance of 48 automakers representing 70 million cars sold in 2020, or 99% of worldwide sales. Our previous article set the context on why greenhouse gas emissions are a top priority issue for automakers. We...
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